Church Profile
Service Times
11:00 am Sunday Divine Liturgy
(973) 838-8795
Vicar John lobue
Our Mission
preserving the unaltered Eastern Orthodox faith from modernism and ecumenicalism
The mission of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia is to preserve unadulterated the Sacred Tradition of the Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Church; to continue the mission of the One, Holy Apostolic Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the nations to whom our service has been entrusted; to endeavor at every hour to spread the message of salvation granted to the Holy Apostles as Our Lord commands, to be a light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Founded
The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles was canonically erected on February 14/27, 2011 by Tomos of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas.
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We are a small informal conservative confessional Lutheran fellowship to serve local Lutheran in the area of western New Jersey
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First-time Visitor
This chapel is located in a private residential home
It only holds 4 people plus two clergy at best
It is best you call and make a appointment
About ABBEY OF THE HOLY NAME AUTONOMOUS ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN OF THE AMERICAS AND THE BRITISH ISLES
The Abbey of the Holy Name is a monastery subject to the Holy Rule of St. Benedict of Nursia and is under the governance of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles, a Synod of the Orthodox Church which was granted autonomy by the Ukrainian and Greek Old Calendar Churches to govern Churches of both the Eastern and the ancient Western Rites for people in the Western world. It is one of the monasteries of the American Congregation of the Primitive Observance of the Order of St. Benedict that includes monasteries for men or women in the United States and Western Europe under the governance of the same Metropolia. The Holy Rule, which was written by St. Benedict about the year 540 A.D. is the oldest Rule that survives for any Order of monks from the western lands of the Orthodox Church.
The Abbey is located on twenty-five acres of semi-mountainous land adjoining a spring-fed lake in West Milford, New Jersey, USA, approximately ten miles from the border of New York State. The monastery land is surrounded by some five hundred acres of woodland and may only be reached by its one-third mile long private access road. From the top of the monastery mountain, which is known as Mt. Apshawa, the skyscrapers of New York City can be seen some forty miles away in the distance.
The purpose of the Abbey is the observance of the monastic life of complete dedication to God according to the earliest interpretation of the Holy Rule, as well as the teachings of the Early Fathers of the Church, the conferences of St. John Cassian and the Greater and Lesser Rules of St. Basil the Great, all of which are enjoined upon monks by St. Benedict's Rule itself. The habit (monastic clothing) of the monks is the Benedictine habit according to the style manifested by an angel in the deserts of Egypt to St. Pachomius the Great, the first Abbot of a monastic community. The Abbey is also dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus, and, therefore, great efforts are taken to promote the ancient devotion of the continuous "Prayer of the Heart" that is more widely known as the Jesus Prayer.
The Abbey also serves as the Archdiocesan Chancery for the Archdiocese of New York and New Jersey for the same Metropolia (covering churches and Monasteries throughout the Eastern United States and Canada), and serves therefore as a center and stronghold for the genuine, unchanged Orthodox Catholic Faith which is held by the Orthodox Church. This Faith, which differs from the strange corruptions that have been added to the original Catholic Faith in the past nine centuries by the "Roman Catholic Church, and is in fact the very same Faith held by the ancient Church, our founder St. Benedict, Pope St. Gregory the Great and all faithful Orthodox and Catholic Christians before the influence of the erroneous Papal claims and the Protestant "Reformation" began to make other Christians begin their total submission to heretical teachings.
Denomination / Affiliation:
Orthodox
Service and Sermon Style:
Liturgical
Dress Style:
semiformal
Average Age of Attendees:
all-ages
Primary Language:
English
BELIEFS
Primary Bible Version Used:
Multiple Versions Used
Baptism:
Infants
Communion Frequency:
Weekly
Eternal Security:
Yes, Can Lose
Healing and Charismatic Gifts:
Ceased
Regularly Practice:
Congregational Readings
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ABBEY OF THE HOLY NAME AUTONOMOUS ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN OF THE AMERICAS AND THE BRITISH ISLES is a Orthodox Church located in Zip Code 07480.
Church Profile Manager: John Lobue