Communities
There are currently at least five Benedictine monastic houses within the Orthodox Church. There are two stavropegial Benedictine monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, namely the Dormition of Our Lady of Mount Royal, whose abbot is Dom David (Pierce), and the Christ the Saviour Monastery (or Christminster), whose abbot is Dom Janes (Deschesne). In addition, an oblate programme exists at Saint Benedict Russian Orthodox Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
There is also the Abbey of the Holy Name with its daughter house of St John the Theologian, which is under the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles.
Within the United States of America, the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, while having no monastic houses, does have a number of parishes that run an oblate programme.
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