: Speech Given by Priest Alexander Borodin at the Holy Annunciation Parish 40th Anniversary Luncheon

Sunday 18 May 2014
Your Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, Reverend Fathers, Esteemed Guests, honoured brothers and sisters in Christ,
Christ is Risen!

annunciation_church_bris2014I would like to thank you all for joining your prayers with ours today as we celebrate some very important milestones in the life of our humble parish. A parish is a living organism – an organic whole which is composed of its members living in Communion with Christ and with each other. A parish therefore, lives and breathes, and like any living thing, it also experiences joys and sorrows, phases of growth and consolidation, sometimes even it experiences struggle and pain. We would never say that the success of a human being is always the same as his or her physical health, but rather, what he or she has achieved in their lifetime despite all of the limitations that they face. In life, we see people who have been born into abject poverty or strife, (more…)

: Invitation to Come and Experience Orthodox Indonesia

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: Invitation – Pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Monastery

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: Сообщение из канцелярии Первоиерарха Русской Зарубежной Церкви – Announcement from the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

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: Protopriest Nicholas Karipoff To Give A talk On the Topic of “Christianity: Not a Religion” At a Fundraising Dinner

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: Концерт молодых музыкантов при Петропавловском соборе в Стратфилде

concert_cathedral_strathfield_2В воскресенье 11 мая, когда австралийцы празднуют День матери, в зале при Петропавловском соборе в Стратфилде состоялся концерт молодых музыкантов. Выступления детей были не только подарком для мам, но и имели благотворительную цель – помочь строительству женского монастыря на юге штата Новый Южный Уэльс.

В этот день из Свято-Введенского монастыря в Бангарби, о строительстве которого мы рассказывали нашим читателям и раньше (http://www.unification.com.au/articles/read/1396/), приехали две монахини – мать Кристина и сестра Ангелина. (more…)

: Паломничество по Cвятым Местам России / Pilgrimage to Holy Places in Russia 2014‏

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: Концерт Молодых Музыкантов в пользу Свято-Введенского Монастыря / Young Musicians’ Concert Fundraiser for the Presentation of the Mother of God Convent

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: Communique of the 4th Assembly of Bishops of Oceania

Episcopal Assembly 2014 ACommuniqué

The members of the 4th Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania welcomed the opportunity to meet in Sydney on Monday 28th April, 2014, under the chairmanship ex officio of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia.

Present were: His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos (Ecumenical Patriarchate); His Eminence Archbishop Paul (Antiochian Church); His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Russian Church – Australia & New Zealand); 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) and His Grace Bishop Iakovos (Assistant Bishop).  (more…)

: Photos from Holy Week and Pascha at Saint Vladimir Church, Centennial Park

p14cp020A photo-report from Holy Week and Pascha at Saint Vladimir Church, Centennial Park is included below.

If you have photos from your parish and would like to see them added to the diocesan website, please email them through to the Diocesan web team.

Please also ask your parish rector for a blessing before providing the photos. (more…)