Hellige Sunniva Ortodokse kloster på Selja
Hellige Sunniva Ortodokse kloster på Selja er et nytt kloster i Norge, stiftet 1. juni 2014.
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Sacred Monastery of Saint Sunniva
A monastic community of Orthodox Christian monks in the Patriarchate of Georgia located in Selje, Norway.
SAINT SUNNIVA MONASTERY
SAINT SUNNIVA MONASTERY
In May 2010 the mayor of Selje, Gunn Helgesen, invited officially the
foundation of an Orthodox Monastery on Sancta Sunniva’s sanctuary. She
mentioned the more than 20 years relationship with spiritual children of
Elder Dionyssios. Also in May 2010 the Lutheran bishop
of Bjørgvin, Halvor Nordhaug, joined his wishes and prayers for the
foundation of a Monastery on Saint Sunniva island. In June 2014, the new
mayor of Selje, Ottar Nygård, renewed the invitation for the foundation
of an Orthodox Monastery in his letter addressed to his Holiness the
Patriarch of Ilia II of all Georgia.
The monks of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Sunniva devote their life to God through prayer, hospitality and labor at Selje, Eide on the West Coast of Norway.
A Stavropegial Monastery of the Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate.
The brotherhood of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Sunniva was canonically established by His Beatitude the Most-Holy Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia, Elias II. Our brotherhood is part of a spiritual family in Greece under the spiritual guidance of our Elder Archimandrite Dionyssios, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Dormition, Petra in Thessaly, Greece. Elder Dionyssios spiritual son of Elder Aimilianos, former Abbot of Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos, who in turn is a spiritual son of Metropolitan Dionyssios of Trikkis & Stagon of Blessed Memory.
Currently the brotherhood is temporarily sheltered in Eide about 6 km south from Selje along the road to Måløy (Rv618) at the sea house of M. Stein Jørund Amdam.
The Monastery celebrates its feast day on the 8th of July, the day the incorrupt Relics of St. Sunniva were discovered on Selja Island. This date as been included in the canon law by the holy King Olav Haraldsson in 1024.
The monks of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Sunniva devote their life to God through prayer, hospitality and labor at Selje, Eide on the West Coast of Norway.
A Stavropegial Monastery of the Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate.
The brotherhood of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Sunniva was canonically established by His Beatitude the Most-Holy Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia, Elias II. Our brotherhood is part of a spiritual family in Greece under the spiritual guidance of our Elder Archimandrite Dionyssios, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Dormition, Petra in Thessaly, Greece. Elder Dionyssios spiritual son of Elder Aimilianos, former Abbot of Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos, who in turn is a spiritual son of Metropolitan Dionyssios of Trikkis & Stagon of Blessed Memory.
Currently the brotherhood is temporarily sheltered in Eide about 6 km south from Selje along the road to Måløy (Rv618) at the sea house of M. Stein Jørund Amdam.
The Monastery celebrates its feast day on the 8th of July, the day the incorrupt Relics of St. Sunniva were discovered on Selja Island. This date as been included in the canon law by the holy King Olav Haraldsson in 1024.