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'''Dormition of Our Loady of Mount Royal''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[stavropegial]] [[monastery]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR). It is currently located in Jacksonville, Florida.
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#REDIRECT [[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)]]
 
 
== 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 Brooklyn|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 New 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.
 
 
 
In 1993, the former Prior of Mount Royal, Dom James (Deschene) founded [[Christminster]] in Rhode Island, which subsequently relocated to Hamilton, Ontario.
 
 
 
In 2010, Abbot Augustine reposed and was succeeded by Abbot David (Pierce).
 
 
 
==External links==
 
* [http://orthodoxwesternrite.wordpress.com/mount-royal-monastery] Unofficial site
 
 
 
[[Category:Monasteries]]
 
[[Category:ROCOR Monasteries]]
 
[[Category:Canadian Monasteries]]
 
[[Category:Western Rite]]
 

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