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List of monasteries in Australia

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The following is an incomplete list of Monastic houses in Australia.

Catholic Orders in Australia and New Zealand

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Male Religious Orders

Female Religious Orders

  • Benedictine Abbey, Jamberoo, New South Wales. See [4]. This community of Benedictine Nuns have had a continuing presence in NSW since 1848.
  • Benedictine Monastery of the Transfiguration, Tanby, Yeppoon, Queensland. See [5].
  • Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict
  • Discalced Carmelites have monasteries for women in the Australian cities of Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane (see [6]) and the New Zealand city of Christchurch (see [7]).
  • Poor Clares have a number of monasteries for women in Sydney. The Order of Saint Clare have monasteries in Waverley and Riverstone. See [8] A separate congregation of Poor Clares have a monastery in Campbelltown, named Bethlehem Monastery
  • Tyburn Nuns, convents located in Riverstone, NSW, Australia and Bombay, New Zealand
  • Maronite College of the Holy Family & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Harris Park NSW
  • St Maroun's College & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Dulwich Hill NSW
  • Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family Nursing Village & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Dulwich Hill NSW
  • Maronite Antonine Sisters College & Convent, Maronite Antonine Sisters. East Coburg VIC
  • St Paul's Community, Maronite Antonine Sisters. Thornbury VIC
  • Brigidine Southern Cross Community, Brigidine Sisters. Malvern Victoria

A completer list of Catholic Religious Orders in Australia can be found here:[9]

See Catholic religious orders for a list of non-monastic and monastic Catholic institutes.

Anglican Orders

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see Anglican religious orders for other Anglican religious orders

Eastern Orthodox

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Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand

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  • Monastery of St Anna, Preston, Victoria. Female monastery under Abbess: Riasophor Theodora.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

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  • Monastery of St George, Winmalee, NSW. Male monastery under Archimandrite Kyriakos.
  • Monastery of Panayia Gorgoepikoos, Geelong, Vic. Female monastery under Abbess: Mother Kallistheni.
  • Monastery of the Holy Cross, Mangrove, NSW. Female monastery, under Abbess Mother Philothei.
  • Monastery of St John of the Mountain, Forrestfield, Western Australia under Hieromonk Evagrios.
  • Monastery of Pantanassa, Lower Mangrove Creek, NSW. Male monastery Under Archimandrite Stephanos (Pantanassiotis).

Russian Orthodox Church - Australian and New Zealand Diocese

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  • Monastery of Prophet Elias, Monarto, South Australia. Male monastery. Under Abbot Hieromonk Benjamin.
  • Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan, Kentlyn, New South Wales. Female monastery under Abbess: Nun Maria (administrator).
  • Monastery of Archangel Michael, Marrickville, NSW. Male monastery under Abbot: Igumen Kosmas (Vasilopoulos).
  • Saint Petroc Monastery, Cascades, Tas. Male monastery of the Western Rite under Abbot: Hieromonk Michael (Mansbridge-Wood).
  • Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God, Bungarby, New South Wales. Female monastery under Abbess Mother Anna (Karipoff)
  • Monastery of Holy Transfiguration, Bombala, NSW. Male monastery. Under Abbot Archimandrite Alexis (Rosentool)
  • Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Monkerai, NSW. Male monastery under Abbot Hieromonk John (Macpherson).
  • St. John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn, NSW. Male skete under Abbot Hieromonk Joachim (Ross)

Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Our Diocese". www.maronite.org.au. Retrieved 17 August 2022.