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St. Anna Convent (Preston, Victoria)

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{{monastery|name=Holy Monastery of St Anna|jurisdiction=[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]|type=Female Monastery|founded=unknown|superior=Sister [[Virginia (Hutchinson)]]|size=1 nun|hq=Preston, Victoria, Australia|language=English|music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|feasts=[[July 25|25 July]]|website=none advertised}}The '''Holy Monastery of St Saint Anna''' is was a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for women under the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. The monastery is was located in Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, and was established around 2002 in 1995 under the [[omophorion]] of His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul of Australia and New Zealand]]. The current [[abbesssuperior]] is Riasaphor [[was Riasaphora Virginia (Hutchinson)|. The monastery was closed in 2015 when Sister Virginia]]; there is currently one [[nun]] moved to the Antiochian Village in Goulburn, New South Wales. The icons from Saint Anna Convent were removed from the chapel in Preston and relocated to the chapel in residencethe Antiochian Village.
==Timeline==
*2002 Feb - the abbess superior is already editing editor of ''Orthodox Contact'', a publication of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St Saint NicholasEast Melbourne.
*2002 May 16 - first [[Liturgy]], celebrated by [[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]].
*2003 [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies|MIOCS]] idea beginsestablished. Rassophor Riasophora Virginia is the registrar. *2004 MIOCS has first lectures; Rassophor Riasophora Virginia lectures along with some Melbourne [[clergy]].*2005 Rassophor Riasophora Virginia is assisted in her editing of ''Orthodox Contact'' by [[Shamassy]] Clare.*2015 Riasophora Virginia relocated to the Antiochian Village in Goulbourn and the monstery is closed.
==Current Former Structures==
*Chapel
*Accomodation
*Library and reading room
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