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The German Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia organizes n an international scholarly conference – “Legacy & Calling,” which will take place from May 6-8 of this year in Munich, and is timed to mark the centenary of the German Diocese.

The conference will bring together leading historians and theologians specializing in the history of the Russian Church, with the aim of comprehensively reflecting upon the historic journey of the German Diocese.

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Пасхальное послание
Высокопреосвященнейшего Георгия,
Архиепископа
Сиднейского и Австралийско-Новозеландского
Пасха 2026 г.

«Вчера́ спогреб́о́хся Тебе́, Христе́,
совостаю́ днесь воскре́сшу Тебе́,
сраспина́хся Тебе́ вчера́, Сам мя
спросла́ви, Сп́асе, во Ца́рствии Твое́м»
(Пасхальная утреня,Третья Песнь.)

Возлюбленные о Господе, духовенство и верные чада
Австралийско-Новозеландской епархии!
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Paschal Epistle of Archbishop George of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand
Pascha 2026

Yesterday I was buried with Thee O Christ;
today I rise with Thine arising.
Yesterday I was crucified with Thee;
Do Thou Thyself glorify me with Thee,
O Saviour, in Thy kingdom.
(Pascha Matins, Third Ode.)

Beloved in the Lord, Clergy and Faithful
of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese!
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ПАСХАЛЬНОЕ ПОСЛАНИЕ
Высокопреосвященнейшего НИКОЛАЯ
Митрополита Восточно-Американского и Нью-Йоркского Первоиерарха Русской Зарубежной Церкви

Преосвященные собратья-архипастыри, всечестные отцы, дорогие братья и сестры, рассеянные по всему миру, с Христовой любовью приветствую всех вас Пасхальным целованием: ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ! «Желаю вам всего светлого в дни сии, – пишет святитель Феофан Затворник,– а ради них – во все последующие. Господь всегда есть и сладость, и радость, и покой! Умудритесь всегда быть с Господом, и будете всегда Пасху светлую праздновать».

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PASCHAL EPISTLE
Of His Eminence NICHOLAS
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Venerable Brother Archpastors, Venerable Fathers, Dear Brothers and Sisters scattered throughout the world, I greet you all with Christ’s love with the Paschal kiss: “CHRIST IS RISEN!”

“I wish you all that is bright in these days,” writes St Theophan the Recluse, “and in all the days to come. The Lord is always sweetness, and joy, and peace! Strive always to be with the Lord, and you will always celebrate the Bright Pascha.”

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В пятницу 20 марта 2026 года в Хобарт прибыл Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федерации в Австралии, Его Превосходительство Михаил Иванович Петраков. В аэропорту Господина Посла встретил настоятель прихода Святой Троицы отец Георгий Морозов, после чего Господин Посол посетил храм Воздвижения Креста Господня, где он возложил цветы к надгробию Григория Белавина, баталера корвета «Боярин» Российского императорского флота.

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On Friday the 20th of March, his Excellency Mikhail Ivanovich Petrakov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Australia, arrived in Hobart. He was met at the airport by Fr George Morozoff, the rector of the Holy Trinity Parish, after which his Excellency visited the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, where he paid his respects and placed flowers at the tombstone of Gregory Belavin, assistant paymaster of the Russian Imperial Corvette ‘Boyarin’. Gregory Belavin passed away in 1860 and his remains are still located in an unmarked grave at St David’s Park, formerly a cemetery in the centre of Hobart. His Excellency visited the park (cemetery) and the Cornelion Bay Cemetery where many of the Russian Orthodox have been laid to rest, including the first priest appointed to Tasmania, Mitred Archpriest Theodore Borishkevich.

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Entering the Kingdom is a series that will teach you about all the fundamental teachings of the Orthodox Church – including the Nicene Creed, who is God, what humans are and how we are saved, how we are to live, the Sacraments of the Church that Christ founded, and how we are to get closer to our loving God.

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After arrival and prayer the previous day the Clergy conference the proceedings on Wednesday Morning began with a solemn and beautiful Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts concelebrated by Archbishop George and Diocesan Clergy at St Nicholas Cathedral. Many local parishioners took the opportunity to attend this service also and to hear the beautiful Lenten Hymns sung by the Cathedral Choir and also the Children of St John of Kronstadt Academy.Continue Reading