Sts Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Institute
4 Dec 09: Myrrh-Streaming Icon of the Mother of God, “Softening of Evil Hearts”, to visit Australia from Tuesday, 8th of December
The Myrrh-Streaming “Softening of Evil Hearts” Icon of the Mother of God from Russia will visit Australia from Tuesday the 8th of December for about three weeks.
Since this icon from the Bogolubsky Cathedral in Pushkino began streaming myrrh thousands of faithful have venerated it. The Rector of the Bogolubsky Cathedral remarks that: “All who pray before the Icon will feel a softening of the heart… If you pray for your enemies before it, their hostile thoughts will depart, leaving in their place a feeling of mercy.” Parishioners in Pushkino have witnessed not only cures from evil and envy, but healing of the body as well.
The icon originally began to stream myrrh in a Moscow apartment when, in 1998, this otherwise regular image was placed on the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow. Myrrh also streamed very strongly from the icon at the Local Council of Bishops in 2009, during the election of Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Russia. (more…)
27 Nov 09: Юбилей Архангело-Михайловского храма в Блэктауне
В воскресенье 22 ноября прихожане небольшого храма в западном районе Сиднея отмечали престольный праздник – Архистратига Михаила. Это был особенный праздник, в эти дни отмечается 50 лет со дня основания храма и прихода.
В 1959 году 50 русских семей, живших в то время в районах Сант Мерис, Блэктаун, Маунт Друит и Пенрит, решили построить свой храм. Недавно прибывшие иммигранты были не богаты, но буквально по кирпичику возводили они свой Храм и вместе с этим создавали свою общину, свой будущий приход. История создания храма подробно описана в приложении к № 46 газеты «Единение». (more…)
21 Nov 09: Archangel Michael Church, Blacktown, 50th anniversary – 21-22 Nov 09
Sunday 22 November, 9am – Meeting of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad followed by the Divine Liturgy and a festive banquet – ALL WELCOME!
13 Nov 09: Ключарь Петропавловского кафедрального собора провел беседу с православной молодежью
В воскресенье 8 ноября протоиерей Георгий Лапардин, ключарь Петропавловского кафедрального собора в Сиднее, провел беседу с русской православной молодежью этого города на тему: “Заповеди Блаженства”. По окончании дискуссии по теме была предложена трапеза, за которой продолжилось общение духовенства с молодежью в неформальной обстановке. (more…)
7 Nov 09: Announcement – Talk at the Cathedral – Sunday 8th November 2009
SPIRITUAL YOUTH TALK 2009 SERIES
Topic: The Beatitudes Explained
Speaker: Fr George Lapardin
Location: Sts Peter & Paul Cathedral, Strathfield
Time: 4pm
Date: Sunday 8th November 2009
Food and drinks after the talk.
6 Nov 09: Announcement – Talk in English – Sunday 8th November 2009
A Talk by Priestmonk Kosmas, Do the Dead Need Our Help or Do We Need Theirs? will be held in the hall of the parish of St George Church, Carlton, at 6pm. A memorial Pannikhida (commemoration service for the departed), will be sung in English beforehand at 4.45pm. The faithful will have an opportunity to submit the names of their reposed Orthodox relatives and friends. (more…)
18 Oct 09: Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God, Newcastle – October 13-14, 2009
For the parishioners of the church of Saint Nicholas in Wallsend (Newcastle), the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God was this year an occasion of greater significance than usual. This is because it was the sixtieth anniversary of the first patronal feast day of the Hunter Valley’s first Russian Orthodox Church, the Holy Protection Church at Greta Migrant Camp.
The Holy Protection Church at Greta functioned from the arrival in Australia in August 1949 of Archpriest John Lupish (+1977) until the closure of the camp some seven years later. It was, during that time, a refuge and a consolation for many Orthodox Christians who found themselves settled for a time in the camp, having come to begin a new life in Australia after the turmoil of the Second World War. (more…)