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jurisdiction=[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]]TOC-R|type=Semi-Eremitic Male Monastery|

superior=Hieromonk Fr [[Michael(Mansbridge-Wood)|Michael]]|size=One|hq=''unknown''|hq=Cascades, Tasmania, Australia|

music=[[Western Rite]], ''Anglican style''Sarum|

feasts=''unknownUnknown''|website=[http://www.rocororthodoxresurgence.orgco.au/stpetrocmonasteryuk/ Petroc website]

Saint '''Petroc Monastery is ''' was a semi-eremitic [[monasticism|monastic]] community for men in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] located in Cascades, Tasmania. In 1997 it became a ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia) establishment under the The current [[omophorion]] of His Grace Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydneysuperior]]is Fr. The current superior is Hieromonk [[Michael (Mansbridge-Wood)|Michael]], and has been assigned follows the primary task Sarum practise of attracting Australians of Anglo-Celtic background to Orthodoxy using the [[Western Rite]] of the Orthodox Church.

The present accommodation is very small==History==Saint Petroc Monastery was founded in 1992 as an Anglo-Catholic monastery. In 1995 it turned to Orthodoxy and, with a small chapelunder instruction, on was placed under the lower slopes direction of Mount WellingtonPatriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV of Antioch]]. The Monastery has In 1997, the mechanism for attached monastery missions was received into [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]], under the [[omophorion]] of Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion of Sydney]], [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and parishesNew Zealand]], with the mandate to not only continue using the Sarum practise of the [[Western Rite]], but to do so with the explicit intent of attracting people of Anglo-Celtic ancestry to Orthodoxy through this rite. Fr Michael and has Fr [[Barry Jefferies]], a married priest doing Orthodox Chaplaincy work associated with Fr Michael, were baptised and ordained by Abp Hilarion to this end[http://stpetrocabbeyfaq.blogspot.com.au]. The Monastery also received permission to create attached monastery missions and [[parish]]es. In 1998, the university and seamenmonastery began one of these attached missions in Launceston, named for St. Stephen.

==Timeline==*1992 - Saint Petroc Monastery founded as an Anglo-Catholic monastery.*1997 - The monastery approachesIn 2001, and was received, by Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].*1998 - The monastery begins the mission parish of Saint Stephen's in Launceston.[http://omna.malf.net/petroc2news.htm] Fr. Michael becomes a [[chaplain ]] at the University of Tasmania.*2003 - Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by ; though this service concludes after the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR.*2004 June - Monastery, along with [[Western Rite]] clergy from Australia and New Zealand, participates in a meeting for the future University of the Western Rite in AustralasiaTasmania sells their faith centre.

==External Links==*[http://wwwIn 2003, the Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR.orthodoxresurgence.co.uk/Petroc/ In June of the next year, the Monastery homepagecalls a meeting of Western Rite clergy in Australia and New Zealand - which included the priests attached to the monastery and two [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania|Antiochian]]clergy - to discuss the future of Western Rite in Australasia. *On [http://www[November 19]], 2010, Hieromonk Michael is made the Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western Rite communities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, while Dom [[James (Deschene)]] was made the Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western Rite communities in the United States of America and Canada.rocor On [[May 23]], 2011, Hieromonk Michael is suspended by Metropolitan Hilarion for public defamation of brother [[clergy]].org This was lifted around late June, with Hmk Michael restricted simply to caring for his flock in Tasmania.au/stpetrocmonastery Archdiocesan homepage On [[February 13]]*, 2013, Hieromonk Michael is suspended and retired by Metropolitan [[http://wwwHilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]] due to canonical violations, neglect (through absence) of St Dyfan's parish in Hobart, and "bringing disrepute to the Orthodox witness of the Western Rite movement" through his online interactions.kingston.org.au/utas_chaplaincy/ Chaplaincy On the 31st of March, he announced that "[o]n the 15th of University March, [he] was notified in writing of Tasmania[his] reception by his eminence [sic], where Fr Michael Metropolitan Daniel of the Metropolitanate of Moscow (TOC-R). This was followed by the necessary decrees. The decrees stated that [he is ] a Hieromonk of Metropolitan Daniel's diocese, resident in the United Kingdom". This reception means the Orthodox Chaplain departure of Hieromonk Michael and conducts servicesSt Petroc Monastery from the Church.