Byzantine Discalced Carmelites
The Byzantine Discalced Carmelites are communities of
Around the world
Bulgaria
Discalced Carmelite friars are resident in Bulgaria.[1]
Lebanon
The Carmel of the Mother of God and Unity in
France
In 1964, the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism received an enthusiastic welcome in the Carmel of Nancy; then, with the agreement of the community, the Prioress, Mother Elisabeth, considered founding an Eastern-rite Carmel. Little by little, the details of the project were worked out; it was encouraged by the Superiors of the Order and received Pope Paul VI's blessing. After friendly consultations with several representatives of the Orthodox Church in France, a statute approved by the Bishop allowed the Sisters who were committed to the project to pray the Byzantine-rite Office. In 1971, this "Eastern branch" transferred to the Carmel in Nogent- sur-Marne, close to Paris, enabling the Sisters to become better acquainted with Orthodox Christianity and to be trained in iconography. With the authorisation of the Bishops of Nancy and Dijon, the Monastery of St. Elijah was founded in Saint Remy (Côte d'Or) in 1974 by four Carmelites from Nancy.[6] In 1981, after the five year review of the project, the review commission authorized the opening of a novitiate. In 1986, the Monastery was established as a Carmel of the Byzantine Rite under the jurisdiction of the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France, which delegates its authority to the Bishop of Dijon,[7] making it the fourth Byzantine-rite Carmel in existence, after Sofia (Bulgaria), Harissa (Lebanon) and Sugarloaf (Pennsylvania).[8]
Romania
In response to an invitation from the Greek Catholic Metropolitan in Romania, Mgr
United States
Originally established as a
Father Walter Ciszek, S.J., both guided the sisters in the establishment of this new foundation and introduced the community to Bishop Michael.
"
. We in turn promised, when feasible, that a foundation would be made in their homeland. This has been our endeavor since 1995, and in 2002 we sent Sisters there to begin the Monastery of St. Therese in Koritnyani, Transcarpathia." - Mother Marija
In 1999, the community, through an unusual chain of events, accepted five young women of the
See also
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic
References
- ^ "Discalced Carmel in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Golden Jubilee Of the Carmel of the Mother of God and Unity"
- ^ "Carmels de la Théolokos Harissa et Kfarmasshoun"
- ^ "Golden Jubilee Of the Carmel of the Mother of God and Unity"
- ^ "Benedict XVI visits the Harissa Carmel"[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History"
- ^ "The Byzantine Catholic Carmelite Monastery of St Elias"
- ^ "Byzantine | REFLECTIONS | Primitive Carmel". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ "A skete in Romania"
External links
- Official Website of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Byzantine Catholic Church
- Official Facebook page of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Byzantine Catholic Church
- Saint Elijah Byzantine Carmelite Monastery, Saint Remy, France (in French)
- Byzantine Carmelite Monastery and Fraternity of St. Elie in Saint Remy, France (defunct English website)
- Holy Cross Skete, Stânceni, Romania
- Discalced Carmelite Calendar and Saints
- Desert Mothers of Europe