This year, the Gosford parish will celebrate its patronal feast on Saturday 8 August 2009. All-night Vigil will begin at 6.00pm on Friday 7 August 2009, with the Lesser Blessing of Waters at 8.15am on Saturday 8 August 2009, and Divine Liturgy at 9.00am. Afterwards, there will be a festive lunch at the Narara Community Centre. All are invited! Clergy and altar servers should bring gold vestments. (more…)
Topic: The Spiritual Significance of the Paschal Period
(A continuation of the talk Fr. Alexis gave during Great Lent on the different aspects of Great Lent)
Speaker: Archimandrite Alexis, Abbott of Holy Transfiguration Monastery (more…)
A Talk by Priestmonk Kosmas, Why Logic and Reason in Spiritual Matters Can Lead to a Loss of Grace will be held in the hall of the parish of St George Church, Carlton, at 6pm. A Paraklesis (Moleben) to the Most Holy Theotokos will be served in English beforehand at 4.45pm. (more…)
В архиерейской крестовой церкви в Кройдоне служба в память Святых Царственных мучеников начинается в четверг 16 июля 2009г в 10.30 часов ночи и закончится рано утром в день их злого убиения.
Allnight Vigil and Liturgy – Thursday 16/7/09 at 10.30pm
The Saint Nicholas Church in Christchurch, New Zealand has a website (more…)
Sunday 5 July 2009. On a beautiful, crisp, clear Canberra morning, the parishioners of St John the Baptist, led by their rector Archpriest Alexander Morozow, welcomed their beloved hierarch His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand to their Church to celebrate their patronal feastday – the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.
On the preceding evening, His Eminence celebrated the All Night Vigil Service with Litia (Blessing of the Loaves), and earlier that morning according to the traditional practice, a Blessing of the Waters service was conducted by the assistant Priest of the parish Fr Alexander Borodin and Fr Protodeacon Alexander Kotlaroff (from Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Strathfield, Sydney), with assistance from Reader Victor Kargin. (more…)
English Liturgy at Archbishop’s chapel, Croydon: Sunday 12/7/09 at 8am
Sts Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Institute
