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The '''Holy Monastery of Saint Anna''' was a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for women under the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]].  The monastery was located in Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, and was established in 1995 under the [[omophorion]] of His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul of Australia and New Zealand]].  The [[superior]] was Riasaphora Virginia Hutchinson. The monastery was closed in 2015 when Sister Virginia 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 the Antiochian Village. 

==Timeline==
*2002 Feb - the superior is editor of ''Orthodox Contact'', a publication of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas East Melbourne.
*2002 May 16 - first [[Liturgy]], celebrated by [[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]].
*2003 [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies|MIOCS]] established.  Riasophora Virginia is the registrar. 
*2004 MIOCS has first lectures; Riasophora Virginia lectures along with some Melbourne [[clergy]].
*2005 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. 

==Former Structures==
*Chapel
*Accomodation
*Library and reading room

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==Links==
*The Word, [http://www.antiochian.org/assets/asset_manager/13557fd7fc9ac8db9a86fc3f4e9a006f.pdf p12]
*[http://www.australianorthodox.org.au/news_item.php?newsItem=19 MIOCS]  Articles about MIOCS in the University of Melbourne's United Faculty of Theology News:
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2004/newsmarch04.html UFT News, March 2004]
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2004/newsapril04.html UFT News, April 2004]
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2005/newsmarch.html UFT News, March 2005], including photographs of some lecturers.
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2005/news-june.html UFT News, June 2005]
*[http://stnicholas.org.au/Contact.htm ''Orthodox Contact'']  News about the monastery:
**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/June2002.htm June 2002] - News about the first Liturgy
**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Aug2002.htm August 2002] - Brief note about first [[feastday]] of the monastery.
**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Feb2003.htm February 2003] - A pilgrim goes to the monasteries of St Anna and [[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Australia)|Gorgoepikoos]].
**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Aug2003.htm August 2003] - Brief note about cleaning up in preparation for the second feastday of the monastery.
**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Summer%202005.pdf Summer 2005] - Shamassy Clare begins co-editing ''Orthodox Contact''.  page 3.

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