FATHER MICHAEL RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Friday the 28th of May, 2009. Fr. Michael, Superior of Saint Petroc Monastery was released from Royal Hobart Hospital today after having had a pituitary tumour removed. The neurosurgeon, Mr. Andrew Hunn was very pleased with the result since no damage appears to have been sustained by the pituitary gland. Fr. Michael was back in his office the next day. He is forbidden from singing for about six weeks to allow the grafts over the entry point to heal.
20090520
FATHER DAVID RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Fr. David was released from St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville two days after brain surgery had removed an entirely self-contained tumour. The neurosurgeon believes that this was a primary tumour. Fr. David will undergo further radiation therapy in order to ensure the demise of any remaining cells. Fr. David has returned to his cell at Holyrood Hermitage.
Fr. David was released from St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville two days after brain surgery had removed an entirely self-contained tumour. The neurosurgeon believes that this was a primary tumour. Fr. David will undergo further radiation therapy in order to ensure the demise of any remaining cells. Fr. David has returned to his cell at Holyrood Hermitage.
20090519
FR. MICHAEL IN HOSPITAL
Thursday the 21st of May 2009, Hobart, Fr. Michael of Saint Petroc Monastery was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital to have a pituitary tumour removed. He is expected to remain in hospital until the 27th.
FR. DAVID IN HOSPITAL
Jacksonville, Florida. Monday 18th May, 2009. Fr. David, the Hieromonk at Holyrood Hermitage has been taken to St.Vincent's hospital having had a large brain tumour discovered. He will be operated on Tuesday. The surgeons are hopeful of a complete recovery. Fr. David has the care of the aged Abbot Augustine at the instruction of Metropolitan Hilarion.
CITY MISSION
Saint Petroc Monastery together with Fr. George Robinson and his family is planning a mission to the City of Hobart in September 2009. Fr. George will bring his collection of very large modern Russian religious art which will be set up in a central city
hall. The mission will be built around the exhibition.
WORKING WITH ABORIGINES
Fr. Barry Jefferies a married Western Rite Priest working under Saint Petroc Monastery has been working for the past two years in the desert centre of Australia in the tiny, scattered desert Aborigine communities. These Aborigines have a life expectancy well short of the white population and tend to regard Fr. Barry (in his late sixties) as an Elder if only because he is older that almost any of them. Fr. Barry's office is typically the open sided tent that he sets up whenever he arrives at a new community. There are no communications with the outside world other than satellite uplift phone. Metropolitan Hilarion has set up a new mission called the Australian Orthodox Indigenous Community with Fr. Seraphim Slade (himself an Aborigine) in charge.
GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY WESTERN RITE LITURGY PICTURES
St. Benedict's Russian Orthodox Church, Oklahoma City, USA, is a bi-ritual parish of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. Much information can be seen at its website,Archpriest Anthony Nelson this year celebrated Western rite services on Great and Holy Friday. These consisted of pre-sanctified Liturgy and veneration of the Holy Cross. Images from these services are shown in this post.http://www.russianorthodoxoklahoma.org.
NEW NOVICE FOR SAINT PETROC
April 5th 2009, Hobart. Novice Edward Waters
was admitted to the Novitiate of Saint Petroc Monastery. Novice Edward is presently finishing his honours year at Melbourne University doing statistical mathematics. He hopes to be admitted as a doctoral candidate at Reading University next year.
SAINT COLMAN PRAYER BOOK
30th of March, 2009. Fr. Michael of Saint Petroc Monastery announced today that a new, cheap edition of the Shorter Saint Colman Prayer Book is available. This is a stapled, 105 page edition which retails for $US18.00. It omits the entire cycle of Holy Week services.
NEW ORTHODOX PARISH CONVERTS
26th of March, 2009. Saint John the Baptist Mission in Lewistown. Maryland, formerly Methodist, and then Charismatic Episcopal has become an Orthodox Western Rite parish.
NEW CONVERT PARISH
February 8th 2009, Muleshoe, Texas. Saint Clement's, a small parish of forty-one people and their priest, formerly Charismatic Episcopal were received by Chrismation by Fr. Michael Keiser on behalf of Bishop Basil.
CHRISTMAS EVE MASS AT OUR LADY OF GLASTONBURY
This Russian Orthodox church is attached to Christ the Saviour Orthodox Benedictine Monastery in Ontario, Canada. Excerpts of its Christmas Eve liturgy are beautifully filmed in this linked video, and other services can be seen filmed by the same user.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAuGDdAbQes
NEW WESTERN RITE PARISH
30th of December, 2008. Oklahoma City has its second Western Rite parish - Saint Andrew's, with the Priest, Fr. Mark Wallace.
NEW WESTERN RITE ORDINATIONS
November 22nd, 2008. Fr. Kenneth DeVoie and Fr. Christopher Nerreau were Ordained to the Orthodox Priesthood in Worcester, Ms by Bishop Antoun. Frs Kenneth and Christopher are former Charismatic Episcopal Church. Their former parishes were received into Orthodoxy in October.
ARCHBISHOP PAUL ORDAINS NEW WRITE CLERGY
28th September, 2008. His Eminence Archbishop Paul Ordained nine converts to the Priesthood, blessed to the Western Rite in the Philippines. The men will serve fourteen parishes and missions which have recently converted to Orthodoxy. They have come from both Roman Catholic and Protestant pasts.
WESTERN RITE DISCUSSIONS
July 15th, 2008. Fr. Michael of Saint Eanswythe, Bournemouth, flew to Sydney for discussions with Metropolitan Hilarion about the future of Western Rite. He also assisted the Metropolitan in the dedication of a new cemetary chapel.
ICONS BLESSED AT WESTERN RITE SERVICE
On Sunday the 9th of March 2008, after Divine Liturgy, Father Michael blessed icons for members of the Saint Eanswythe congregation. Afterwards the congregation had lunch together.
LECTURES IN LONDON
25th of February, 2008 London. Fr. Michael and members of the Saint Eanswythe Society attended a weekend series of lectures given by Fr. Andrew Louth at Saint Botulph's Orthodox church in London. The Lectures were on the Orthodox attitude to Saint Augustine of Hippo. Fr. Andrew, an Orthodox Priest, is Professor of Byzantine and Orthodox studies at Durham University. He was joined in the lectures by Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Oxford. The lectures ran through the Saturday and Sunday.
Thursday the 21st of May 2009, Hobart, Fr. Michael of Saint Petroc Monastery was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital to have a pituitary tumour removed. He is expected to remain in hospital until the 27th.
FR. DAVID IN HOSPITAL
Jacksonville, Florida. Monday 18th May, 2009. Fr. David, the Hieromonk at Holyrood Hermitage has been taken to St.Vincent's hospital having had a large brain tumour discovered. He will be operated on Tuesday. The surgeons are hopeful of a complete recovery. Fr. David has the care of the aged Abbot Augustine at the instruction of Metropolitan Hilarion.
CITY MISSION
Saint Petroc Monastery together with Fr. George Robinson and his family is planning a mission to the City of Hobart in September 2009. Fr. George will bring his collection of very large modern Russian religious art which will be set up in a central city
hall. The mission will be built around the exhibition.
WORKING WITH ABORIGINESFr. Barry Jefferies a married Western Rite Priest working under Saint Petroc Monastery has been working for the past two years in the desert centre of Australia in the tiny, scattered desert Aborigine communities. These Aborigines have a life expectancy well short of the white population and tend to regard Fr. Barry (in his late sixties) as an Elder if only because he is older that almost any of them. Fr. Barry's office is typically the open sided tent that he sets up whenever he arrives at a new community. There are no communications with the outside world other than satellite uplift phone. Metropolitan Hilarion has set up a new mission called the Australian Orthodox Indigenous Community with Fr. Seraphim Slade (himself an Aborigine) in charge.
GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY WESTERN RITE LITURGY PICTURES
St. Benedict's Russian Orthodox Church, Oklahoma City, USA, is a bi-ritual parish of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. Much information can be seen at its website,Archpriest Anthony Nelson this year celebrated Western rite services on Great and Holy Friday. These consisted of pre-sanctified Liturgy and veneration of the Holy Cross. Images from these services are shown in this post.http://www.russianorthodoxoklahoma.org.
NEW NOVICE FOR SAINT PETROC
April 5th 2009, Hobart. Novice Edward Waters
was admitted to the Novitiate of Saint Petroc Monastery. Novice Edward is presently finishing his honours year at Melbourne University doing statistical mathematics. He hopes to be admitted as a doctoral candidate at Reading University next year.
SAINT COLMAN PRAYER BOOK
30th of March, 2009. Fr. Michael of Saint Petroc Monastery announced today that a new, cheap edition of the Shorter Saint Colman Prayer Book is available. This is a stapled, 105 page edition which retails for $US18.00. It omits the entire cycle of Holy Week services.
NEW ORTHODOX PARISH CONVERTS
26th of March, 2009. Saint John the Baptist Mission in Lewistown. Maryland, formerly Methodist, and then Charismatic Episcopal has become an Orthodox Western Rite parish.
NEW CONVERT PARISH
February 8th 2009, Muleshoe, Texas. Saint Clement's, a small parish of forty-one people and their priest, formerly Charismatic Episcopal were received by Chrismation by Fr. Michael Keiser on behalf of Bishop Basil.
CHRISTMAS EVE MASS AT OUR LADY OF GLASTONBURY
This Russian Orthodox church is attached to Christ the Saviour Orthodox Benedictine Monastery in Ontario, Canada. Excerpts of its Christmas Eve liturgy are beautifully filmed in this linked video, and other services can be seen filmed by the same user.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAuGDdAbQes
NEW WESTERN RITE PARISH
30th of December, 2008. Oklahoma City has its second Western Rite parish - Saint Andrew's, with the Priest, Fr. Mark Wallace.
NEW WESTERN RITE ORDINATIONS
November 22nd, 2008. Fr. Kenneth DeVoie and Fr. Christopher Nerreau were Ordained to the Orthodox Priesthood in Worcester, Ms by Bishop Antoun. Frs Kenneth and Christopher are former Charismatic Episcopal Church. Their former parishes were received into Orthodoxy in October.
ARCHBISHOP PAUL ORDAINS NEW WRITE CLERGY
28th September, 2008. His Eminence Archbishop Paul Ordained nine converts to the Priesthood, blessed to the Western Rite in the Philippines. The men will serve fourteen parishes and missions which have recently converted to Orthodoxy. They have come from both Roman Catholic and Protestant pasts.
WESTERN RITE DISCUSSIONS
July 15th, 2008. Fr. Michael of Saint Eanswythe, Bournemouth, flew to Sydney for discussions with Metropolitan Hilarion about the future of Western Rite. He also assisted the Metropolitan in the dedication of a new cemetary chapel.
ICONS BLESSED AT WESTERN RITE SERVICE
On Sunday the 9th of March 2008, after Divine Liturgy, Father Michael blessed icons for members of the Saint Eanswythe congregation. Afterwards the congregation had lunch together.
LECTURES IN LONDON
25th of February, 2008 London. Fr. Michael and members of the Saint Eanswythe Society attended a weekend series of lectures given by Fr. Andrew Louth at Saint Botulph's Orthodox church in London. The Lectures were on the Orthodox attitude to Saint Augustine of Hippo. Fr. Andrew, an Orthodox Priest, is Professor of Byzantine and Orthodox studies at Durham University. He was joined in the lectures by Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Oxford. The lectures ran through the Saturday and Sunday.
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HOLYROOD HERMITAGE VISIT
Monday 29th of September, 2008: His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, visited Holyrood Hermitage at Avondale (a Western Rite monastic house within ROCOR). His Eminence had talks with Fr. David and Fr. Augustine before blessing the chapel at Holyrood House. Holyrood has been affiliated with Saint Petroc Monastery since 2006. Fr. Augustine was received as a Western Rite monk into Russian Orthodoxy in 1962.
20070927
CHRISTMINSTER TO MOVE TO CANADA
Having obtained episcopal blessing, Fr. James, the Superior of Christ the Saviour Monastery (ROCOR) is preparing to move the monastery to Hamilton, Ontario.
In July, Fr. James visited Hamilton and celebrated the Divine Liturgy of the Western Rite at Our Lady of Glastonbury Oratory, which will be the new home of the monastery after the move.
In July, Fr. James visited Hamilton and celebrated the Divine Liturgy of the Western Rite at Our Lady of Glastonbury Oratory, which will be the new home of the monastery after the move.
WESTERN RITE IN OKLAHOMA CITY
Saint Benedict’s (ROCOR) Parish in Oklahoma City has been officially using the Western Rite since Bishop Peter of Cleveland blessed the Rector, Fr. Anthony Nelson, to to do so in 2006.
Saint Benedict’s church Oklahoma City.
Archpriest Anthony Nelson celebrating the Western Rite.
Saint Benedict’s church Oklahoma City.
Archpriest Anthony Nelson celebrating the Western Rite.
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SOLEMN PONTIFICAL LITURGY
On Saturday the 7th of July, His Eminence Archbishop Hilarion, Chief Deputy President of the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR, pontificated at a solemn celebration of the Western Rite Divine Liturgy to mark the centenary of the decision of the Holy Synod of Russia to authorise the adaption of services taken from the Book of Common Prayer for use by Orthodox people.
The day began with the Liturgical Reception of the Archbishop in the Nave of Saint Mary-the-Virgin church. Archbishop Hilarion was accompanied by his Chaplain, Fr. Seraphim Scheidler.
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Matins was sung by Fr. Michael and Fr. Barry and the choir while the Archbishop vested assisted by Fr. Dcn John. This was followed by the Divine Liturgy.
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The celebrant of the Solemn Liturgy was Fr. Michael, Superior of Saint Petroc Monastery, Cascades. The Deacon was Fr. Barry Jefferies,.JPG+copy)
of Saint Stephen Monastery Mission, Launceston and the Sub Deacon was Fr. Dcn. John Whiteside of the Antiochian Orthodox Good Shepherd Mission, Clayton. .JPG)
The Clerk for the Liturgy was Dr. John Ward of Saint Dyfan Monastery Mission, Hobart. The Deacon brought the Sacrifice from the Lady Chapel in the Offertory Procession.
Fr. Michael read the Last Gospel in the course of the Recession. The ceremonial for the "English Liturgy" is Sarum, taken from the ROCOR Saint Colman Prayer Book..JPG+copy)
The singing was led by Sub Deacon Peter Ball of Saint Dyfan Mission and he was assisted by Anastasia Baines of Saint Dyfan Mission.
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At the end of the Liturgy, Archbishop Hilarion, assisted by Fr. Barry, distributed the Eulogion to the congregation.
The Archbishop, clergy and some members of the congregation then went to lunch at a nearby seaside restaurant.
The day began with the Liturgical Reception of the Archbishop in the Nave of Saint Mary-the-Virgin church. Archbishop Hilarion was accompanied by his Chaplain, Fr. Seraphim Scheidler.
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Matins was sung by Fr. Michael and Fr. Barry and the choir while the Archbishop vested assisted by Fr. Dcn John. This was followed by the Divine Liturgy.
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The celebrant of the Solemn Liturgy was Fr. Michael, Superior of Saint Petroc Monastery, Cascades. The Deacon was Fr. Barry Jefferies,
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of Saint Stephen Monastery Mission, Launceston and the Sub Deacon was Fr. Dcn. John Whiteside of the Antiochian Orthodox Good Shepherd Mission, Clayton. .JPG)
The Clerk for the Liturgy was Dr. John Ward of Saint Dyfan Monastery Mission, Hobart. The Deacon brought the Sacrifice from the Lady Chapel in the Offertory Procession.
Fr. Michael read the Last Gospel in the course of the Recession. The ceremonial for the "English Liturgy" is Sarum, taken from the ROCOR Saint Colman Prayer Book.
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The singing was led by Sub Deacon Peter Ball of Saint Dyfan Mission and he was assisted by Anastasia Baines of Saint Dyfan Mission.
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At the end of the Liturgy, Archbishop Hilarion, assisted by Fr. Barry, distributed the Eulogion to the congregation.
The Archbishop, clergy and some members of the congregation then went to lunch at a nearby seaside restaurant.
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