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The '''Holy Monastery of St John of the Mountain''' is a monastic community for men under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. The monastery is located in Forrestfield, Western Australia, and was established <!--in 1976 -->the first years of the 21st century under the omophorion of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia. The current abbot is Hieromonk Evagrios; there is currently one hieromonk and one recently-tonsured monk in residence.
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The monastery currently hosts a monthly [[matins]] and Divine [[Liturgy]] in English.
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 The monastery currently hosts abbot, Hieromonk Evagrios, was a monthly monk for approximately 14 years on [[matins]] and Divine [[LiturgyMt Athos]] in Englishthe Monastery of Simonopetra. He was ordained to the priesthood on the 7th of January, 2005 by Bishop Nikandros, the bishop responsible for Western Australia in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. On the same day, the then-novice of the monastery, also from Mt Athos, was tonsured a reader.
See the [[Talk:Monastery_of_St_John_of_the_Mountain_%28Forrestfield%2C_Australia%29|talk page]] for more details.
==External Links==
*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7egoawa/stjohnoros.html Monastery homepage]
*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7egoawa/frevagrios.html Ordination of the Abbot to the Priesthood]
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