Tolleshunt Knights

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Tolleshunt Knights is a village and civil parish[2] in the English county of Essex.

The Parish has a Parish council, and lies within the area of Maldon District Council. It bordersTiptree, Layer Marney and Salcott cum Virley within the Colchester Borough Council's District andTolleshunt D'Arcy also within Maldon District. Prior to Tiptree Parish Council being established in 1934 much of the Tiptree Heath area was within the boundaries of Tolleshunt Knights.

Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist

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The Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist is a monastic community for both men and women, directly under the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It is located in Tolleshunt Knights, near Maldon, Essex, inEngland, and is the oldest Orthodox religious community in the UK.

The religious community was founded in 1958 by Elder Sophrony, under the jurisdiction of MetropolitanAnthony, Metropolitan of Sourozh and ruling Russian bishop in England, with six monastics from a number of nations; soon after, in 1965, the Monastery moved under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.