Video snippets from last weekend in Sydney
2007-09-28
Small YouTube videos available here.Continue Reading
Saint Panteleimon Church, Gosford, Family Picnic Day – 1 Oct
2007-09-27
The Russian Orthodox Church
of St Panteleimon Gosford
invite all to
the fun and games
of the
Family Picnic DayContinue Reading
Saint Matthew Passion at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne – 28 Sept
2007-09-27
Saint Matthew Passion at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne
Friday, 28 September, 2007
8.30pm at St Patrick’s Cathedral,
East Melbourne
The Australian Premiere of Bishop Hilarion’s (Alfeyev) Saint Matthew Passion.
Performed in the presence of the composer, the Most Reverend Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) (Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna and Austria), this glorious setting of the Passion according to gospel of St Matthew received critical acclaim at its premiere performances both in Moscow and in Rome. Directly inspired by the great choral traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the passions of J.S. Bach, this work for string orchestra choir and soloists will be brought to life in the resonant acoustics and brilliant surrounds of Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Archbishop Hilarion of Australia and New Zealand will also be in attendance at the concert.
We invite you to join us for this unique and special event. All welcome!Continue Reading
Upcoming Talk – Black & White Magic and the Church’s teachings regarding these practices – 2 Oct
2007-09-27
With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Hilarion
English talks by Priestmonk Kosmas have been scheduled for the first Tuesday of the next few monthsContinue Reading
The Holy Reigning Icon of the Virgin Mary comes to Sydney 22 September 2007
2007-09-26
The Meeting of the Icon
It was not long ago that the Australian land said goodbye to a great Russian sacred relic – the Kursk Root Icon of the Virgin Mary, which returned to its place of residence in the USA.
Now, once again, the Most Holy Virgin Mary has willed to grace upon the faithful Orthodox people in the faraway land of Australia that they be communicants of yet another unforgettable and most joy-filled visitation.
On Saturday, 22 September, for the first time in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, the holy Reigning Icon of the Virgin Mary (read the history here) arrived in the city of Sydney.
By the blessing of His Holiness, the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexis II, a special delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (ROC MP), headed by His Eminence, Metropolitan Onuphry of Chernovtsy & Bukovina, His Grace, Archbishop Evgeny of Verea, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, the Very Reverend Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov, the superior of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow), together with a select group of clergy and the choir of the Sretensky Monastery accompanied the Reigning Icon.Continue Reading
Photo Gallery of the “Reigning” Icon of the Mother of God and the Delegation in Melbourne
2007-09-26
See the Photo Gallery here.
The Parishioners of the Melbourne Deanery Greet the “Reigning” Icon of the Mother of God
2007-09-26
On September 19, 2007, the members of the official delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate and the singers of Sretensky Monastery Choir, accompanying the “Reigning” Icon of the Mother of God, arrived in Melbourne, Australia. They were welcomed at the airport by the Rector of Holy Protection Church, Protopriest Nikolai Karipoff and the Chairman of the Music Committee of the Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, NN Kovalenko, who greeted the guests with the following words:
“Allow me, on behalf of our Church Music Committee, on behalf of all the singers of the Diocese and from me personally to express our welcome and gratitude to all the participants of today’s celebrations on Australian soil.Continue Reading
Read a concert review from a Victorian newspaper
2007-09-26
Russian voices echo a vast landscape
John Slavin, Reviewer
September 25, 2007
There is a late Fassbinder film in which a composer is locked in a soundproof room by his enemies. The torture they devise is to play the song Lili Marlene over and over again until he goes mad. I dreaded something similar in the one concert that the male a cappella ensemble from the Sretensky Cathedral in Moscow gave at St Paul’s.
It was the memory of visits by the Red Army Choir during the Cold War with dull liturgy added that aroused dread. I needn’t have worried.Continue Reading
С успехом проходит первый официальный визит в Австралию Великой Княгини Марии Владимировны
2007-09-25
Как сообщает Объединенная пресс-служба Движения «За Веру и Отечество» и Московского Георгиевского отдела РИС-О по материалам Канцелярии Е.И.В. и Генерального представительства РДС в Австралии и Новой Зеландии, официальная часть визита Государыни Великой Княгини Марии Владимировны в Австралию началась 18 сентября 2007 года прибытием из Мельбурна в столицу страны. В поездке Ее Императорское Высочество сопровождают Директор Канцелярии Главы Российского Императорского Дома Личный Секретарь Императорской Семьи Александр Закатов, начальник Управления межрегиональных связей Канцелярии князь Вадим Лопухин и статс-дама Ольга Галкина.Continue Reading
The Holy Kursk-Root Icon in Victoria – August 2007 – updated with photos
2007-09-18
The meeting of the Icon was arranged for 8.30 pm at the Cathedral on Sunday 12 August. The moving spirited chanting of the Akathist that evening, attended by our English theological group, parishioners and visitors, set the tone for daily services with the Icon over the next two weeks culminating with the patronal feast of Holy Dormition in Dandenong. In that period the icon was also taken to Churches in Warrnambool, Geelong, Hobart, Keysborough (Serbian), mission Churches of the Holy Trinity (Parkville) and The Holy Cross (Spring Street, Melbourne). Many sick and infirm people received the blessing of the Icon in hospitals and in their homes which brought joy, healing and consolation.Continue Reading