Brother Cyril Drnjevic

Brother Cyril Drnjevic, OSB, has been a monk of Mt. Angel Abbey since 1985. For over a decade he has taught monastic history at the Abbey, and since 2004 he has been an administrative assistant to the abbot (leader) of the abbey. After five years of archival research, he published an article in the American Benedictine Review on the early decades of Mt. Angel Abbey. He received a bachelor's degree (with honors) from the University of Puget Sound and three master's degrees: in theology and divinity from Mt. Angel Seminary and in history from the University of Virginia.

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  • Mount Angel Abbey

    Mount Angel Abbey, in the town of St. Benedict, Oregon, is a community of monks in the Catholic Benedictine tradition. They live in a peaceful environment, amid inspiring scenery atop the only butte in the mid-Willamette Valley. Benedictine monks follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, written in 520, …

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