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The Order of Saint Benedict is a loose affiliation of monastics of the Orthodox Church who strive to live according to the Holy Rule of St Benedict. While there is no actual incorporated body known as the "Order of Saint Benedict", Orthodox Benedictines enjoy good relations with each other, which frequently cross jurisdictional boundaries. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box: The Eastern Orthodox Church...
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Communities There are currently at least three Benedictine monastic houses within the Orthodox Church, namely, Our Lady of Mount Royal, under Abbot Augustine (Whitfield); the Monastery of Christ the Saviour, under Abbot James (Deschene); and the interesting case of the St Petroc Monastery, which, while not actually a Benedictine foundation, does have and welcome Benedictine monks, and runs a Benedictine Oblate programme. In addition, an Oblate programme exists at Saint Benedict Russian Orthodox Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA [1]. All three of these houses and the parish in Oklahoma City are under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Within the United States of America, the autocephalous Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, while having no monastic houses, does have a number of parishes that run an Oblate programme. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (Russian: , ), also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, or ROCOR) is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church. ...
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America (in full, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America) is the sole jurisdiction of the USA and Canada with exclusive jurisdiction over the Antiochian Orthodox faithful in those countries, though these faithful were originally cared for by the Russian Orthodox Church in...
History The Benedictine monastic tradition began with St Benedict of Nursia himself, who was a monk of the Orthodox Church in the 6th century. Influenced by the writings of Ss Basil the Great and John Cassian, he composed a rule for the ordering of the life of monastic communities in the West, rather than adopting rules that had been composed for monks in a very different climate, with a different cultural and dietary background. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
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Most of the Benedictine communities existed in the West under what was geographically the canonical jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Rome. After some centuries of increasing distance between Rome and the other four ancient Patriarchates that formed the Pentarchy, (due to doctrinal, linguistic, and cultural differences, and the development of different schools of theology), the Patriarchate of Rome separated from the remainder of the Orthodox Church, taking with it most of the Benedictine communities that had come to flourish in the West since the time of St Benedict. The Pentarchy, a Greek word meaning government of five, designates the Five Great Sees or early Patriarchates, which were the five major centres of the Christian church in the early Middle Ages: Rome (Sts. ...
However, there were some Benedictines outside of the jurisdiction of Rome who remained Orthodox, not the least of whom were the monks of the Amalfion Monastery, which was a community of Benedictine monks from Italy who had come to reside on Mount Athos in the late 10th century, where they remained until near the end of the 13th century. Capital Karyes Official languages Koine Greek and Church Slavonic (both liturgical); Modern Greek, Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Bulgarian, Romanian (civil use) Government - Head of State2 Dora Bakoyannis - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Area - Total 390 km² 150 sq mi Population - estimate 2,250 Demonyms: Athonite, Hagiorite (English); Αθωνίτης, ΑγιοÏίτης (Greek). ...
Orthodox Benedictines Today The Benedictine tradition was largely lost to the Orthodox Church until the 20th century, where a revival was seen, encouraged by the efforts to restore the Western rite to Orthodoxy, which began in the 19th century. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Western Rite Orthodoxy. ...
In 1962, under the leadership of its Abbot, Dom Augustine (Whitfield), the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Royal, which had been an Old Catholic monastic community since its foundation in 1910, was received into the Moscow Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church by Bishop Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York. It was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in 1975 by Archbishop Nikon (Rkitzsky). Mount Royal continues to this day under Abbot Augustine. The Old Catholic Church is not so much a religious denomination, as a community, part of whose member churches split from the Roman Catholic church in 1870. ...
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: ), also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
In 1993, Bishop Hilarion (Kapral) of Manhattan (now Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney) of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia blessed the founding of a new Benedictine monastery under its Abbot, Dom James (Deschene). Christ the Saviour Monastery (Christminster) today runs a successful Oblate programme and seeks to make modest provision for the formation of clergy within the Western rite of the Orthodox Church, a provision that is lacking in many Orthodox seminaries. It also publishes music and liturgical books to enhance the offering of the Western Rite Orthodox Liturgy.
In 1997, Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney (since transferred from Manhattan) received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia the monastery of Saint Petroc, in Tasmania. This monastic community had been formed as a Continuing Anglican monastery in 1992 under its Superior, Hieromonk Michael (Mansbridge-Wood). While it is not a Benedictine foundation, it does have a Benedictine presence attached to it, and cares for a number of Orthodox missions. The Continuing Anglican Movement is a group of Christian churches which follow the Anglican tradition but which split from the Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA) and the Anglican Church of Canada because of what they viewed as a rejection of orthodoxy by those North American provinces of the Anglican...
There are currently no female Benedictine monastic houses in the Orthodox Church.
The Oblature The word Oblate derives from the Latin oblatus, which means "one offered". Oblates of Saint Benedict offer themselves to God in much the same way that monks and nuns do, except that they do not take monastic vows or necessarily live within the monastic enclosure. Rather, they make a commitment to God, in the presence of the monastic community (or the parish community, depending on circumstances) to strive to live according to the Rule of St Benedict as adapted to suit their own life situations. Usually, the Rule is adapted according to the individual spiritual and practical needs of each oblate by the Abbot or Oblate-Master of the monastery to which he is to retain a bond of practical support and spiritual obedience. What is an Oblate of Saint Benedict? Oblates of St. ...
Oblates may be male or female, celibate or married. They are not tonsured as monastics, and, unlike monastic vows, their oblation may be revoked at any time. Out of necessity, Antiochian oblates are not usually attached to a monastery, (except for those who are under the direction of Christminster), as there are currently no Benedictine monasteries in that jurisdiction. However, the oblature operates on the parish level. Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem. ...
Habit The Holy Rule does not stipulate a particular colour for the monastic habit, and the habit of unbleached, undyed, wool has not been unknown among Benedictines. However, the colour most associated with the Benedictine tradition is black, (hence the name "black monk" used to refer to a Benedictine monk), and that is the colour currently worn by Orthodox Benedictines.
The first layer of the habit is the tunic, which is secured in place by a belt. This is the form of habit worn by Oblates during their period of Novitiate. The next layer is the monastic scapular, which is a tabard-like garment worn over the tunic. The tunic, belt, and scapular, (with a head-veil for women), form the complete habit worn by Oblates while in the monastic enclosure and by monastics during the Novitiate. Outside of the monastery, the Oblate simply wears a reduced scapular and the Saint Benedict Medal under civilian clothing. When the monastic makes his solemn profession, he is tonsured and invested with the cowl. Tupa Inca tunic The tunic was the common masculine garment of Roman civilization. ...
A novitiate (also called a novice) is a member of a religious order who has not yet taken his/her vows. ...
The Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel promises salvation to its wearer. ...
A Roman Catholic monk wearing a cowl The cowl (from the Latin, cuculla) is a long, outer garment, with wide sleeves, worn by Catholic monks when participating in the liturgy. ...
Monastics and Oblates alike, upon their repose, are buried in the habit proper to their order.
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