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The '''Patriarchal Mănăstirea [[StavropegicStavropighie]] Monastery of St John the BaptistPatriarhală a Sf. Ioan Botezătorul''' is a este o obşte [[monasticmonahism|monahală]] community for both men and womende bărbaţi şi de femei, directly under the direct sub omoforul [[Church of ConstantinopleBiserica Constantinopolei|Ecumenical PatriarchatePatriarhiei Ecumenice]]. It is located in Este situată în Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, EnglandAnglia.
The community was founded in Obştea a fost întemeiată în 1959 by Elder de Stareţul [[Sophrony Sofronie (SakharovSaharov)]], under the jurisdiction of His Eminence Metropolitan sub jurisdicţia Înalt Preasfinţitului Mitropolit [[Anthony Antonie (Bloom) of Sourozhal Surojului|AnthonyAntonie]], Metropolitan of Mitropolit al [[Diocese of SourozhEparhia Suroj|SourozhSurojului]] and ruling şi episcopul [[Church of RussiaBiserica Rusiei|Russianrus]] bishop in Englandîntâi-stătător al Angliei, with six monastics from a number of nationscu şase monahi de naţionalităţi diferite; soon afterla scurtă vreme, in în 1965, the Monastery moved under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical PatriarchateMănăstirea a trecut sub jurisdicţia directă a Patriarhiei Ecumenice. Obştea este alcătuită din bărbaţi şi femei ce vieţuiesc, după tradiţia monastică, o viaţă de rugăciune, centrată pe Hristos. Astăzi, marea parte a obştii o constituie monahiile (~15-20), numărul monahilor fiind mai mic.
The community consists of men and women living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members. Currently, the majority of the community are nuns (~15-20), with a smaller number of monks.
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==Daily lifeViaţa de zi cu zi==Când a întemeiat mănăstirea
When founding the monastery, Elder Sophrony wanted to be sure that his community would not just have outward conformity, but have its focus on inner asceticism. The [[typikon]] of the monastery, consisting of repetition of the [[Jesus Prayer]] for approximately 4 hours per day and [[Divine Liturgy]] three or four times per week, found inspiration in Elder Sophrony's experience in the Athonite desert, and precedent in Athonite skete practise, St [[Nikodemos the Athonite|Nikodemos]] and St [[Paisios Velichkovsky]].
