Chevetogne Abbey (Monastery Of The Holy Cross). Benedictine Monastery In Belgium. Dedicated To Christian Unity.

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Français: Chevetogne (Belgique), l'abbaye bénedictine.

English: Chevetogne (Belgium), the Benedictine Abbey.

Deutsch: Chevetogne (Belgien), Benediktiner-Abtei.

Nederlands: Chevetogne (België), de benedictijner abdij.

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Chevetogne Abbey, also known as the Monastery of the Holy Cross, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine Monastery, dedicated to Christian unity, located in the Belgian village of Chevetogne in the municipality of Ciney, Province of Namur, halfway between Brussels and Luxembourg. Currently, the Monastery has twenty-seven Monks.

In 1924, Pope Pius XI addressed the Apostolic Letter, "Equidem verba", to the Benedictine Order, encouraging them to work for the reunion of the Catholic and Eastern Churches, with particular emphasis on the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Monks of Chevetogne Abbey chant "The Beatitudes" from the Slavonic Liturgy.

Available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmqGNl2MH4

The following year, a Community was established by Dom Lambert Beauduin (1873 – 1960) at Amay, on the river Meuse. Because of Beauduin's close friendship with Cardinal Mercier and Pope John XXIII, as well as his relations with Eastern Christians, he became a pioneer of the Catholic Ecumenical movement. His initial focus was on unity with Orthodox and Anglicans, but was eventually extended to all those who bear the name of Christ.

In 1939, the Community of Amay Priory moved to its current location at Chevetogne, occupying a former Jesuit Novitiate. Since then, an Eastern Church was built in 1957 and painted with frescoes by Rhallis Kopsidis and Georges Chochlidakis, and a Western Church was completed with a Library in its Basement. The Library has, approximately, 100,000 volumes and subscribes to about 500 specialised Journals and Periodicals. Chevetogne Priory was raised to the status of an Abbey on 11 December 1990.

The Monks of Chevetogne Abbey chant the Good Friday Liturgy.

Available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TVLyTImz5A.

The Monks of Chevetogne Abbey chant the Grand Prokeimenon.

Available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjVlWovadU0

In order to live a life of Christian unity, the Monastery has both Western (Latin Rite) and Eastern (Byzantine Rite) Churches, which hold Services every day. While the Canonical Hours of the daily Monastic Office are served separately, the Monks share their meals together and are united under one Abbot.

Along with Prayer, the Monks engage in publishing a Journal, Irénikon, since 1926, making recordings of Church Music, and producing Incense, all of which can be bought in the Monastery shop.

The official Web-Site of the Abbey is http://www.monasterechevetogne.com/, where a full introduction to the Abbey can be found and, also, CDs of the Abbey Choir can be purchased.

Interior of the Eastern Church at the Monastery of Chevetogne. 

Photo taken before Compline, 16 August, 2005.

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Author: Daniel Galadza.

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