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Saint Petroc Monastery is a semi-eremitic [[monasticism|monastic]] community for men in the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|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 superior is Hieromonk [[omophorion]] of His Grace Archbishop [[Hilarion Michael (KapralMansbridge-Wood) of Sydney|Michael]]. The current superior is Hieromonk Michael, and has been assigned follows the primary task Sarum practise of attracting people of Anglo-Saxon-Celtic background to Orthodoxy using the [[Western Rite]] . The Monastery consists of the Orthodox Churchtwo affiliated houses: Saint Petroc House, with a small chapel, at Cascades; and Holyrood House, with a small chapel, at Avondale.

The consists ==History==Saint Petroc Monastery was founded in 1992 as an Anglo-Catholic monastery. In 1995 it turned to Orthodoxy and, under instruction, was placed under the direction of Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV of two affiliated housesAntioch]]. In 1997, the monastery was received into [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]], Saint Petroc House with a small chapelunder the omophorion of Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion of Sydney]], at Cascades [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and Holyrood HouseNew Zealand]], with the mandate to not only continue using the Sarum practise of the [[Western Rite]], but to do so with a small chapel at Avondalethe explicit intent of attracting people of Anglo-Celtic ancestry to Orthodoxy through this rite. The Monastery has the mechanism for creating also received permission to create attached monastery missions and parishes. In 1998, the monastery began one of these attached missions in Launceston, named for St Stephen. In the same year, Fr Michael becomes a [[chaplain]] at the University of Tasmania.

==Timeline==*1992 - Saint Petroc Monastery founded.*1997 - The monastery was receivedIn 2003, by Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].*1998 - The monastery begins the mission of Saint Stephen's in Launceston. Fr. Michael becomes a chaplain at the University of Tasmania.*2003 - Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR.*2004 In June - of the next year, the Monastery, calls a meeting of [[Western Rite]] clergy from in Australia and New Zealand - which included the priests attached to the monastery and two [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, regarding and All Oceania|Antiochian]] clergy - to discuss the future of the Western Rite in Australasia. <!-- ==Timeline==*200x - information -->