A Western Rite Orthodox Benedictine Community
WELCOME TO CHRIST THE SAVIOUR MONASTERY -
Christminster
A Western-Rite Orthodox Benedictine Community
“Never, never, never let anyone tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must also be Eastern.
The West was Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable liturgy is far older than any of Her heresies.”
+ Saint John the Wonderworker of San Francisco +
We are formerly a community within the russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). Established in rhode Island in 1993 with the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Hilarion. His blessing authorized our Abbot, The Right Reverend Dom James Deschene (Former Prior of the Monastery of Our Mount Royal) to continue the Western-Rite mission of Mount Royal at a new monastery: Christ the Saviour Monastery.
In the West, Benedictine monasteries are always independent and self-sufficent. They depend on the work of the monks and the generosity if tge Ibkates abd Bebefactirs for survival.
We encourage all to join us in praying the Daily Offices wherever they may be.
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