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==Timeline==
 
==Timeline==
*2002 May 16 - first Liturgy. [http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/June2002.htm]  At this time, the Abbess is editing Orthodox Contact, a publication of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas.
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*2002 Feb - At this time, the Abbess is already editing Orthodox Contact, a publication of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas.
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*2002 May 16 - first Liturgy, celebrated by [[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]].
 
*2003 [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies|MIOCS]] idea begins.  Rassophor Virginia is the registrar.  
 
*2003 [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies|MIOCS]] idea begins.  Rassophor Virginia is the registrar.  
*2004 MIOCS has first lectures; Rassophor Virginia lectures along with some Melbourne clergy. [http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2004/newsmarch04.html]
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*2004 MIOCS has first lectures; Rassophor Virginia lectures along with some Melbourne clergy.
*2005 Rassophor Virginia is assisted in her editing of Orthodox Contact by [[Shamassy]] Clare. [http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Summer%202005.pdf p.3]
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*2005 Rassophor Virginia is assisted in her editing of Orthodox Contact by [[Shamassy]] Clare.  
  
 
==Current Structures==
 
==Current Structures==
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*Accomodation
 
*Accomodation
 
*Library and reading room
 
*Library and reading room
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==Links==
 
==Links==
*[http://www.australianorthodox.org.au/news_item.php?newsItem=19 MIOCS].  News items about MIOCS:
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*The Word, [http://www.antiochian.org/assets/asset_manager/13557fd7fc9ac8db9a86fc3f4e9a006f.pdf p12]
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*[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/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/2004/newsapril04.html UFT News, April 2004]
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2005/newsmarch.html UFT News, March 2005]
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**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2005/newsmarch.html UFT News, March 2005], including photo's of some lecturers.
 
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2005/news-june.html UFT News, June 2005]
 
**[http://www.uft.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2005/news-june.html UFT News, June 2005]
*[http://stnicholas.org.au/Contact.htm Orthodox Contact]
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*[http://stnicholas.org.au/Contact.htm Orthodox Contact].  News about the Monastery:
 
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**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/June2002.htm June 2002] - News about the First Liturgy
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**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Aug2002.htm August 2002] - Brief note about first feastday of the Monastery.
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**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Summer%202005.pdf Summer 2005] - Shamassy Clare begins co-editing Orthodox Contact.  page 3.
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**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Aug2003.htm August 2003] - Brief note about cleaning up in preparation for the second feastday of the Monastery.
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**[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Contact/Feb2003.htm February 2003] - A pilgrim goes to the monasteries of St Anna and [Monastery of Gorgoepikoos|Gorgoepikoos].
  
 
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The Holy Monastery of St Anna is a monastic community for women under the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. The monastery is located in Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, and was established around 2002 under the omophorion of His Eminence Metropolitan Paul of Australia and New Zealand. The current abbess is Riasaphor Virginia; there is currently 1 nun in residence.

Timeline

  • 2002 Feb - At this time, the Abbess is already editing Orthodox Contact, a publication of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas.
  • 2002 May 16 - first Liturgy, celebrated by Archimandrite Nabil (Kachab).
  • 2003 MIOCS idea begins. Rassophor Virginia is the registrar.
  • 2004 MIOCS has first lectures; Rassophor Virginia lectures along with some Melbourne clergy.
  • 2005 Rassophor Virginia is assisted in her editing of Orthodox Contact by Shamassy Clare.

Current Structures

  • Chapel
  • Accomodation
  • Library and reading room

Links