Monastery information | |
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Other names | Holy Cross Abbey |
Order | Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien, Order of Saint Benedict |
Established | 1922 |
Disestablished | 1946 |
Dedicated to | Holy Cross |
Diocese | Diocese of Yanji |
Abbot | Theodore Breher |
Site | |
Location | Yenki (Yanji), Jilin, China |
Holy Cross Abbey, Yenki (Yanji), Jilin, China, was a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. Established in 1922 as a mission station, the monastery later became the seat of the Vicariate Apostolic of Yenki. After the withdrawal of Soviet forces following World War II, the monastery was suppressed by the People's Republic of China. While many of the monks were repatriated to Europe, others moved to South Korea and founded the Abbey of Waegwan.