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In 2009, two Orthodox Priests, V. Rev. Fr. Peter-Michael Preble from [http://www.stmichaelorth.org St. Michael Orthodox Christian Church] in Southbridge, Massachusetts and [http://www.emmanuelorthodox.org/about-fr-ken/ The Rev. Fr. Kenneth M. DeVoie ] from [http://www.emmanuelorthodox.org Emmanuel Orthodox Catholic Church] (a parish of the [[Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate]]) in Warren, Massachusetts met to share a common vision to establish a Pan-Orthodox Monastic community in the heart of Central Massachusetts (New England). The vision took flight. Fr. Peter petitioned and received permission from Archbishop Nicolae to proceed; he was soon tonsured as a monk at [[St. Dumitru Retreat and Monastic Center (Middletown, New York)]] by Archbishop Nicolae . Simultaneously, Fr. Ken petitioned Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Archdiocese, who also granted him permission to proceed.