: Announcement from Metropolitan Hilarion – Bishop George of Mayfield to visit the Australian and New Zealand Diocese

met_hilarion4Beloved in Christ, the clergy and faithful of the Australian & New Zealand Diocese,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

Through circumstances beyond my control, I am unable to visit the Diocese at the end of this month and for most of July, as I had planned.

I have asked His Grace, Bishop George of Mayfield, my vicar bishop in the Eastern American Diocese, to visit Australia in my place and to celebrate the divine services in our churches, especially those that will be celebrating their parish feast days.

Bishop George is a much respected and loved hierarch of our Church in the United States. He lived for many years in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville and is well known to many of our clergy who studied at our seminary at the monastery. Vladyka George now heads the Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia.

+ Metropolitan Hilarion


Download Bishop George’s Schedule:

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: Invitation – Saint John of Shanghai & San Francisco Parish Feast Day, Gunning

: Parish Feast Day at the Mission of the Holy Fathers Warrnambool

warrnambool_2013_03On Sunday 16th June 2013, the feast day of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council, the Warrnambool Orthodox Mission of the Holy Fathers celebrated its 14th parish feast day.

The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Archpriest Nicholas Dalinkiewicz and Protodeacon Alexander Abramoff.

After the liturgy the community held a lunch for the visiting clergy and guests. (more…)

: Archpriest Nicolas de Carleton reposed in the Lord

On Saturday 1st June, at 11.30am, Archpriest Nicolas de Carleton died peacefully in the 85th Year of his age from pneumonia following a series of falls due to extreme frailty. This year Fr. Nicolas would have celebrated the 40th anniversary of his priesthood.

The funeral will be held in Dandenong on Thursday, 6th June at 11.00 am. A Liturgy will be celebrated at 7.30 am. Clergy wishing to take part in the funeral service are requested to contact Fr. Michael Protopopov. Please bring white vestments.

: Invitation – Saint Nicholas Church Feast Day Celebration, Wallsend (Newcastle)

: Invitation – “Orthodox Tradition of Prayer” – 16 June 2013

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: Holy Week, Pascha and Bright Week around the diocese

str_ps13_05A photo-report from Holy Week and Bright Week from various parishes around the Diocese is included below.

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

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: Ukase No 3-3-13

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: Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Paschal Epistle of His Eminence, Hilarion,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Your Eminences, fellow hierarchs, God-loving monks and nuns, priests and deacons, beloved in the Lord brothers and sisters!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

A wondrous energy lies hidden in these words and penetrates the whole soul: Christ is Risen! How joyous are these words for the soul of a Christian! Can more festive words than these be found in the entire human language? (more…)

: A Pilgrimage to Russia’s Holy and Historic Sites

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