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The Abbey of the Holy Name (West Milford, New Jersey)

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{{westernrite}}The '''Abbey of the Holy Name''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[monastery]] of the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] [[Holy Synod Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Milan]] North and South America and the British Isles established in West Milford, New Jersey with . It was established in 1973 while the blessing Abbey was part of Metropolitan William a small jurisdiction that derived from Ukrainian autocephalists. The head of this orgainzation was then Archbishop Willian (Brothers) , who blessed the project to establish a monastery there in 1973 and ; it was later supported by Metropolitan Joseph prior , who as the successor to his repose in 1990Archbishop William.
The abbey was the continuing monastic institution which succeeded St. Dunstan's Priory in Woodstock, New York. St. Dunstan's had been moved to Woodstock, New York, in 1940 by Metropolitan William when he transferred the priory and his see from Waukegan, Illinois. Following its destruction by fire in 1948, it was temporary relocated thereafter to Overlook Mountain. The former location of the priory is still the present site of the Milan Synod's Orthodox Parish of the Holy Transfiguration (Western Rite), considered a spiritual institution in the area[http://wavelinks.net/cottocom.htm].
===Current===
In 1997, the bishops of the Milan Synod, which had by then received a second [[Tomos]] confirming their autonomy in connection with the [[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] by Patriarch Voldymir of Kiev, received the bishops of the Western Rite Synod into the Milan Synod by a new granting of [[ordination]]. At the same time, Bishop John, who had served as ''[[locum tenens]]'' for First Hierarch after the repose of Metropolitan Joseph in 1990, was given the position of Archbishop of New York and New Jersey. He retained this title after being received into the Milan Synod through chierothesia(often viewed as a 'confirmatory' or 'conditional' ordinations). Afterward, the American Archdiocese were granted autonomy, and the Milan Synod in Europe, effective April 4, 2011, ceased communion with the new Metropolia due to the Milan Synod's insistence on union with the Patriarch of Moscow, and the Sister Synod's refusal to accept such a union.
==Western Rite work and Services==
The monastery has been [[Western Rite]] for virtually the whole of its existence. Originally using the Tridentine liturgy with Overbeck's modifications (which combined forms the basis of the [[Liturgy of St. Gregory]],) the monastery began the pioneering work of translating the services of the [[Sarum Rite]], a process that took over two decades. In 1993, the ''Medieval Monastic Psalter'' was published in a series of over thirty volumes, employing the traditional language used in the West for centuries in an Orthodox text. The texts contain all the parts needed to employ the full cycle of services and Divine Liturgy used in the pre-schism Sarum Rite, thus making the texts the first completely translated pre-schism Western liturgies in centuries.
The monastery continues to sponsor Western rite initiatives and missions in the Archdiocese through the provision of texts and translations provided on the basis of need, and also guides the Western Rite missions of the [[Holy Synod Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Milan|Milan Synod]] North and South America and the British Isles, and assists with those who seek information about the ancient Western rite. The monastery itself still uses the Sarum rite for the daily cycle of services.
The cylce of services at those associated with traditional Western practices in many monastaries prior to the Great Schism, which include the regular canonical hours, as well as the Hours of the Virgin, followed by a daily Liturgy or dry mass depending upon the circumstances.
 
The Schedule is as follows:
 
Lauds
Lauds of the Virgin
Prime
Prime of the Virgin
Terce
Terce of the Virgin
Mass
(dry) Mass of the Virgin
Sext
Sext of the Virgin
None
None of the Virgin
Vespers
Vespers of the Virgin
Compline
Compline of the Virgin
15 Gradual Psalms
Night Vigils
Night Vigils of the Virgin
In 2008, the texts of the ''Medieval Monastic Psalter'' were approved for use in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].

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