Abbess Evpraxia of Kentlyn, Australia

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Abbess Evpraxia (Pustovalov) was the long-serving superior of the Our Lady of Kazan Convent in Kentlyn, New South Wales, Australia, a monastery under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).

Key Details About Abbess Evpraxia:

Leadership: Following the repose of the founding abbess, Mother Elena, Mother Evpraxia was chosen to assume leadership of the convent in 1984.

Repose: She passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2006.

Legacy at Kentlyn: Under her guidance, the monastery continued its spiritual mission in the Kentlyn area. Notably, she granted permission in 1999 for Hieromonk Joachim from the nearby St. John the Baptist Skete to use the old monastery Church of All Saints for services.
Succession: She was succeeded as Abbess by Abbess Maria.

Australian and New Zealand Diocese

The Our Lady of Kazan Convent (New-Shamordino) is a monastic community for women under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The monastery is located in Kentlyn, New South Wales, was established in 1956 under the omophorion of His Grace Bishop Sava of Sydney by Mother Elena (Ustinov). Following the repose of Mother Evpraksia, Mother Maria was elected Abbess in 2007.

At the arrival of Hmk Joachim (Ross), Abbess Evpraksia allowed the use of the former monastery Church of All Saints to be used on Sunday and feastdays by St. John the Baptist Skete.

1956 Jun 10: Mother Elena (Ustinov) and Novice Tatiana (Skorniakov) attended a ceremony where the foundations of the Russian Orthodox church in Cabramatta were laid.
After this, Fr. Rostislav Gan, previously a spiritual director of a convent in Harbin, China, was invited by Bishop Sava to begin a convent, named 'New-Shamordino' («Новое Шамордино»), after the Russian convent near Optina desecrated by the Bolsheviks. The community was to be self-sufficient through looking after sick and frail; and was to be attached to the Cabramatta church.
Between 1956 and 1960, Pdn Peter Grishaev donated 21 acres of land in Kentlyn for the establishment of a monastery. A drive to attract novices for a male monastery began, led by Hmk Dimitry (Obuhoff), yielded three novices.

1959 Mar: By this time, it was decided that the time for a male monastery was not right. Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Melbourne, one novice went with him, one novice was made to be in charge of the diocesan workshop and candle factory, and the final novice did not persue monasticism.

1959 Mar: At the same time, it was decided that the space provided for the convent at Cabramatta was too crowded and impractical. They were moved to Kentlyn, retaining the feast of All Saints for their patron. In addition to Fr. Rostislav Gan, Archpriests Anthony Galushko and Ilya Pijov were appointed to conduct the daily cycle of services.

1961: Archpriest Anthony Galushko was unable to continue serving at the convent due to age. He was replaced by Fr. Timothy Klopoff.

1983: The chapel and residence for the nuns was built. Our Lady of Kazan became the patronal feast for the convent.

1984: Following the repose of Mother Elena, the founding abbess, the monastery chose Mother Evpraxia to assume this position.

2006: Mother Evpraxia reposed on 6/19 July 2006.

Abbesses :

Mother Elena (Ustinoff), 1956-1984.
Mother Evpraxia (Pustovalov), 1984-2006.
Mother Maria, 2006-present.
She is remembered within the Australian ROCOR diocese, with "Memory Eternal" sung in her honor alongside other departed leaders of the Kentlyn monastic community

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How's Ramadan going?

[Barbara]

I have more to add here, didn't have time at the library yesterday.
How is your Ramazan going - ? It's not Ramadan - it's Ramazan in South and West Asia, anyway. Ramadan is more of a stereotypical Arab expression, but the pronunciation isn't right taken from the original Arabic.
Ramazan is closer to the original.
[For a minute I thought i had had a typo in there somehow !]