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PASCHAL EPISTLE
of ARCHBISHOP HILARION
of SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND,
DEPUTY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA

Most Reverend brother-archpastors, all-honourable fathers, beloved in the Lord brothers, sisters and children,

CHRIST IS RISEN!

With the overwhelming feeling of Paschal jubilation I greet all of you with the great and salvific feast of the Lord’s Pascha, which instils in us the firm conviction of our immortality and hope of future blessed resurrection!Continue Reading

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Bells chime at time of Metropolitan’s death
By David Jepson
Dean of the High School, Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy,
Holy Virgin “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Cathedral, San Francisco, USA

On Saturday night, 15th March, 2008 I got home from choir practice rather late, and stayed up much later than normal, as I had a very late dinner. I had finished eating and was reading a book at about 11:30 pm when my flatmate came in and asked if I knew why the bells of Holy Virgin “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Cathedral, San Francisco (ROCOR) were ringing. He had been in his bedroom, which, like mine, faces the street and has a view of the Cathedral a block away. In the kitchen, a couple of rooms away, I couldn’t hear the bells, but I agreed that it seemed strange for them to be ringing at that time of night. I went to bed about a half hour later and thought nothing more about it.Continue Reading

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On the 22nd of March, the day of the the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, Mitred Archpriest Michael Li served the divine liturgy at the Saint George Church, Carlton. Also serving were: Hieromonk John Macpherson, Priest Alexander Filchakov, Priest Alexander Korzhenevsky, Priest David Lloyd, Protodeacon Boris Evstigneev, Protodeacon Basil Hadarin, Deacon Christopher Henderson and Deacon Constantine Moshegov. The clergy had gathered to celebrate the namesday of the rector of the parish – Priest Alexander Korzhenevsky.Continue Reading