Christminster ({{monastery|name=Christ the Savior Monastery) is a western-rite monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (or Christminster|jurisdiction=[[ROCOR)]], established in Rhode Island in 1993 with the blessing of Archbishop Hilarion, then Bishop of Manhattan, who authorized [[Stavropegial]]|type=Male Monastery|founded=1962|superior=Dom James M. (Deschene (formerly the Prior of the 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|size=unknown|hq=Niagara Falls, New York|language=English|music=Gregorian|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|feasts=unknown |website=[http://christminster.org/ Official Website]}}
Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic '''Christminster''' or '''Christ the Savior Monastery''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[monastery, Mount Royal’s mission and work continued under Old Catholic auspices until 1962. In that year the community was received into ]] of the patriarchal [[Russian Orthodox Church by its American exarchOutside Russia]] (ROCOR), Bishop Dositheus Ivanchenko 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. For several years, Deschene]] (formerly the [[prior]] of the [[Monastery of the monks Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal staffed a western-rite chapel in the Russian Cathedral (Jacksonville, Florida)|Monastery of Our Lady of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving Mount Royal]]) to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Dositheus’ successor, Archbishop John Wendland, blessed and confirmed continue the western-rite observance and Western Rite mission of Mount Royal and under the leadership title of its Abbot''Christ the Saviour Monastery'' or ''Christminster''. It is currently located in Niagara Falls, Dom Augustine WhitfieldNY.
In 1975== History ==Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, [[Mount Royal]]'s mission and work continued under Abbot Augustine, [[Old Catholic]] auspices until 1962. In that year the monastery community was received into the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop Nikon Rklitzskyits American [[exarch]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observancesBishop [[Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York|Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York]]. In 1993For several years, upon the retirement [[monk]]s of Abbot Augustine, Christminster was founded Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in Rhode Island with the blessing Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Hilarion to carry on Dositheus' successor, Archbishop [[John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians|John (Wendland)]], blessed and confirmed the work Western Rite observance and mission of western-rite Orthodoxy in Mount Royal and the ROCOR Synodleadership of its [[abbot]], Dom [[Augustine Whitfield]].
Source: personal email from Dom James 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. In 1993, upon the retirement of Abbot Augustine, Christminsterwas founded in Rhode Island with the blessing of Bishop Hilarion to carry on the work of Western Rite Orthodoxy in the ROCOR Synod. ==External links==* [http://www.christminster.org/ Christ the Savior Monastery] (official site)* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Occidentalis/message/9375 News site] [[Category:Monasteries]][[Category:ROCOR Monasteries]][[Category:Canadian Monasteries]][[Category:Western Rite]]
