Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist

The Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist is a monastic community for men and women, directly under the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It is located in Tolleshunt Knights, near Maldon, Essex, in England, and is the oldest Orthodox religious community in the United Kingdom.

It was founded in 1958 by St Sophrony of Essex, under the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Anthony, the Metropolitan of Sourozh and ruling Russian Orthodox bishop in England, with six monastics from a number of nations; in 1965 the monastery moved under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

The community is a double monastery with both monks and nuns in separate residential quarters. This is rare in Orthodox monasticism.

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