Dear friends,
An energetic group of young Russian Orthodox parents from the Hornsby area, members of our Gosford parish, have with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion recently established the Saint Seraphim Community Russian School. Classes will begin this coming Sunday, November 13, at Mount Colah Public School.Continue Reading
«Яко вышния тверди благолепие, и нижнюю споказал еси красоту святого селения славы Твоея, Господи, утверди сие во век века и приими наша в нем непрестанно приносимыя Тебе моления Богородицею, всех Животе и Воскресение» (Тропарь обновления Иерусалимского храма).
29 октября 2011 года милостию Божией совершилось Великое освящение православного храма Покрова Богородицы в поселении Лебонс Бэй, на Южном острове Новой Зеландии, созданного по благословению Его Высокопреосвященства, митрополита Илариона, Первоиерарха РПЦз, в месте проведения ежегодного православного детского лагеря.Continue Reading
“You have revealed the beauty of the holy dwelling place of Your glory on earth to be like the splendour of the heavenly firmament, O Lord. Through the prayers of the Theotokos, strengthen it for ever and ever and accept our supplication which we ceaselessly offer to You therein, the life and resurrection of all.” (Troparion to the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem)
By God’s Grace the Russian Orthodox church of the Protection of the Mother of God in Le Bons Bay, on the South Island of New Zealand was consecrated on Saturday, October 29 2011. The church was built with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad at the location of the annual children’s Summer Camp.Continue Reading
On 21 October/03 November 2011 on the occasion of his Names Day (the commemoration of Saint Hilarion the Great, Saint Hilarion of the Kiev Caves and Saint Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev) His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Diocesan Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
Serving with His Eminence were His Grace, Bishop Irinej of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church and 11 priests and 5 deacons. His Grace Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada prayed in the altar.Continue Reading
The members of the 2nd Episcopal Assembly of all canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania welcomed once again the opportunity to meet in Sydney from October 16-17, 2011, under the chairmanship ex officio of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia.
The Assembly commenced with prayer at the central offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, Redfern.
Present were: His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos (Ecumenical Patriarchate – Australia), His Eminence Metropolitan Paul (Antiochian Patriarchate), His Grace Bishop Irinej (Serbian Church), His Grace Bishop Mihail (Romanian Church), His Eminence Metropolitan Amphilochios (Ecumenical Patriarchate – New Zealand), His Grace Bishop Ezekiel (Assistant Bishop), His Grace Bishop Seraphim (Assistant Bishop), His Grace Bishop Nikandros (Assistant Bishop), His Grace Bishop Iakovos (Assistant Bishop), the Very Rev. Father Michael Protopopov (representing His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church) who read a letter of greeting from His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion) and Rev. Father Michael Smolynec (representing His Eminence Archbishop Ioan of Parnassou of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Diaspora).Continue Reading
25 сентября, в отдание праздника Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы, по древней традиции чудотворную икону Божией Матери «Знамение» Курскую-Коренную крестным ходом перенесли из монастыря Коренная пустынь в Знаменский кафедральный собор.
Чудотворная икона Божией Матери «Знамение» Курская-Коренная в третий раз принесена на курскую землю: в сентябре 2009 года Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл впервые, после девяностолетнего пребывание чудотворного образа за рубежом, осенил курскую землю чудотворным образом Божией Матери «Знамение» Курская-Коренная; в мае прошлого года святыня пребывала в Курске во время летнего крестного хода и была торжественно перенесена в Курский Коренной Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы мужской монастырь. 24 сентября сего года святыня была принесена в Коренную пустынь из Казахстана.Continue Reading
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion the first Russian Orthodox Teen Retreat will be held for teens in grades 9 – 12. The retreat will be held this summer, beginning in the late afternoon on Monday December 19 and finishing on the morning of Friday December 23 2011.
