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Christ the Savior Monastery (Niagara Falls, NY)

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{{monastery|name=Christ the Savior Monastery or Christminster|jurisdiction=[[ROCOR]], [[Stavropegial]]|type=Male Monastery|founded=1962|superior=Dom James(Deschene)|size=unknown|hq=Niagara Falls, New York|language=English|music=Gregorian|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|feasts=unknown |website=[http://christminster.org/ Official Website]}} '''Christminster''' or '''Christ the Savior Monastery''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[monastery]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR), established in Rhode Island in 1993 with the blessing of [[Archbishop]] [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], then [[Bishop]] of Manhattan, who authorized Dom [[James M. Deschene]] (formerly the [[prior]] of the [[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal(Jacksonville, Florida)|Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Royal]]) to continue the Western Rite mission of Mount Royal under the title of ''Christ the Saviour Monastery'' or ''Christminster''. It is currently located in [[:en:HamiltonNiagara Falls, Ontario|Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada. The large monastery complex includes an oratory dedicated to Our Lady of GlastonburyNY.
== History ==
Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, [[Mount Royal]]'s mission and work continued under [[Old Catholic]] auspices until 1962. In that year the community was received into the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church by its American [[exarch]], Bishop [[Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of BrooklynNew York|Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York]]. For several years, the [[monk]]s of Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Dositheus' successor, Archbishop [[John (Wendland) of YaroslavlNew York and the Aleutians|John (Wendland)]], blessed and confirmed the Western Rite observance and mission of Mount Royal and the leadership of its [[abbot]], Dom [[Augustine Whitfield]].
In 1975, under Abbot Augustine, the monastery was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzsky)]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observances.
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