Australian and New Zealand Diocese (ROCOR)

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ was well attended at Sydney’s only ROCOR congregation that worships in English. Just over 70 adults and children filled the old monastery Church of All Saints at Kentlyn to celebrate the Feast, with some travelling from as far as Bowral, in the Southern Highlands, Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains, Penrith in Sydney’s west, inner city St Peters and the Sutherland Shire to the east.

The Liturgy was celebrated by Hieromonk Joachim, superior of St John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn, who was joined in the altar by visiting priest from the Indonesian Orthodox Church (GOI), Father Dionysios Surya Halim, Protodeacon Christopher Henderson and Protodeacon Constantine Tzortzis. (more…)

Friends of Indonesia – Australia
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion

Friends of Indonesia-Australia was established in July 2010 to aid the priests and parishes of the Indonesian Orthodox Church (Gereja Orthodox Indonesia – GOI) who make up the Indonesian Deanery of  ROCOR’s Australian and New Zealand Diocese.

Mount Merapi Volcano Eruption Refugee Appeal

The active volcano Mount Merapi on the Indonesian island of Java erupted on the 25th of October. It continues to spew hot gases and ash as far as 5,000 meters into the atmosphere, wreaking havoc on surrounding villages and farms, and disrupting air travel. 194 people have been killed, and at least 350,000 fled their homes, and cannot yet return because of the danger of further eruptions.

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On Monday the 22nd of June, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion departed from Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport to begin an eight day visitation of the parishes in South Korea and Indonesia that are under the canonical protection of the Australian & New Zealand Diocese.

His first destination was Seoul, capital of South Korea where he was met by Deacon Father Paul Kang, who drove the Metropolitan to Holy Trinity Skete in the rural seaside village of Yonghwa.

On Tuesday the 23rd of June, His Eminence served the Divine Liturgy in the Skete’s Church of St Anna. The Head of the Korean Orthodox Mission, Father Justin Kang and his wife Matushka Helen, have both felt for a long time the call to the monastic life. Thus, during the Liturgy Father Justin Kang was tonsured to the small schema with the new name of John – Johan in Korean – in honour of St John of Kronstadt and will be based at Holy Trinity Skete. Matushka Helen Kang was tonsured into the small schema with the new name of Elizabeth in honour of the New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia. Mother Elizabeth is attached to St Helen’s Chapel in the village of Chanjho. (more…)

Please pray for the soul of Father Gregory Momongan, a priest of the Indonesian Deanery of the Sydney , Australia and New Zealand Diocese, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Father Gregory reposed in the Lord Thursday, February 21, at 11:30 pm local time. Father Gregory was priest in charge of St Mary the Theotokos (Nativity of the Theotokos) Orthodox Church, Manado City in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.

Father Gregory was hit by a truck on Wednesday February 20, a victim of a hit and run accident, while operating his motorcycle, which he used as a taxi in downtown Manado City . He had a mechanical problem with his motorcycle and pulled over to the side of the road where he was hit by a speeding truck that was attempting to overtake another vehicle. People who rushed to Father’s aid were able to contact his family from the information of a billing statement which they found in his pocket. (more…)

We welcomed our Bishop in the airport on the 14th of December, the day before out Church Celebration in honour of Saint Nicholas. This was his second visit to New Zealand this year. In the evening there was a short service at our church.

On Saturday, the next day after the Bishop’s arrival, the sisterhood organised a charity lunch. In the evening there was the Vespers service, during which most people had confession. (more…)

Делегация Русской Православной Церкви посетила Индонезию с 6 по 13 декабря 2007 года.

6 декабря из Москвы в Джакарту прибыли заместитель председателя Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата епископ Егорьевский Марк, благочинный Белгородской духовной семинарии с миссионерской направленностью иеромонах Софроний и сотрудник ОВЦС МП Д.И. Петровский. Из Австралии в Джакарту прилетел архиепископ Сиднейский и Австралийско-Новозеландский Иларион и чтец Александр Парамонов. (more…)

Background

Born in Vienna, Austria of both European and Slavic backgrounds, Father Seraphim, like most Austrians, was born into the Roman Catholic Church, and always considered the Orthodox Church another side of the same coin. As a young man he immigrated to Australia, eventually taking on the citizenship of his chosen homeland. (more…)

On Tuesday, 24 April 2007, through the mercies of God and the gracious assent of the Heavenly Queen herself, the Holy Wonderworking Kursk Root icon of the Mother of God – the Odigitria (Guide) of the Russian diaspora arrived in Australia. With the blessing of the First Hierarch of ROCOR, His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus the holy icon was accompanied by his deputy, Archbishop Hilarion, the ruling bishop of the Sydney, Australia and New Zealand diocese of ROCOR. (more…)

Quick Summary – The Best Links

• Synod of Bishops – Official Site
• Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem
• Holy Trinity Monastery – Jordanville, New York
• Holy Trinity Seminary – Jordanville, New York
• Holy Trinity Seminary – Distance and Internet Study Program
• German Diocesan Journal – Вестник Германской Епархии
• Saint John (Maximovitch) – Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
• Saint Jonah (Pokrovsky), Bishop of Manchuria
• Orthodox Christian Booklets
• Orthodox.Net – Saint Nicholas Church, Dallas, Texas
• Orthodox Information Center
• Saint John the Baptist Cathedral – Washington D.C.
• Protection of the Mother of God Church – Rochester, New York
• Russian Inok – Journal of novice Vsevolod, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville NY USA
• Chrysostom Press – Orthodox Publishers of Byzantine and Russian Patristic Texts in Original English Translation

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR)

Synod of Bishops

• Synod of Bishops – Official Site

Dioceses

• Diocese of Australia and New Zealand – Official Site
• Diocese of Canada – Official Site
• Diocese of Eastern America – Official Site
• Diocese of Germany – Official Site
• Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland – Official Site
• Diocese of Mid-America – Official Site
• Diocese of South America – Official Site
• Diocese of Western America – Official Site
• Diocese of Western Europe – Official Site

Parishes and Monasteries of the ROCOR

Australia

• Diocese of Australia and New Zealand – Official Site
• Diocesan Youth Mission

Australian Capital Territory

• Saint John the Forerunner Church – Canberra

New South Wales

• Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral – Strathfield
• Our Lady of Kazan Convent – Kentlyn
• Saint Nicholas Church – Wallsend
• Saint Panteleimon Church – Gosford

Queensland

• Russian Orthodox Queensland
• Saint Nicholas Cathedral – Woolloongabba
• Holy Annunciation Church – Woolloongabba
• Saints Cyril and Methodius Mission – Arundel, Gold Coast
• Saint Seraphim Church – Woolloongabba
• Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God Church – Rocklea

South Australia

• Holy Prophet Elias Monastery – Monarto
• Saint Nicholas Church – Adelaide

Tasmania

• Holy Trinity Church – Hobart

Victoria

• Joy of All Who Sorrow Church – Geelong
• Our Lady’s Dormition Church – Dandenong
• Protection of the Holy Virgin Cathedral – Melbourne

Western Australia

• Saint Gildas Mission – Perth
• Saints Peter and Paul Church – Bayswater, Perth

Canada

• Diocese of Canada – Official Site
• Christ the Saviour Monastery – Hamilton, Ontario – A Benedictine Western Rite Orthodox Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
• Holy Trinity Church – Toronto, Ontario
• Protection of the Holy Virgin Memorial Church – Ottawa, Ontario
• Saint Alexis Chapel – at Ruskoka Summer Camp
• Ruskoka Summer Camp

Costa Rica

• Our Lady of Vladimir Mission – Coronado

England

• Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland – Official Site
• Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God and Holy Royal Martyrs – London
• Saint Elisabeth the New Martyr Church – Birkenhead
• Saints Felix and Edmund Church – Felixstowe, Suffolk

Germany

• Diocese of Germany – Official Site
• Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia – Munich
• Church of our Lady’s Icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” – Augsburg
• Church of the Transfiguration of our Lord – Baden-Baden
• Saint Alexander Nevsky Church – Mannheim
• Saint Elizabeth Church – Wiesbaden
• Saint George the Great Martyr Church – Bochum
• Saint Nicholas Church – Stuttgart
• Saint Panteleimon the Great Martyr Church – Köln
• Saint Prokopii of Ustig Churchh – Hamburg

Haiti

• Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God – Dumorney, Port-au-Prince

Indonesia

• Diocese of Australia and New Zealand – Official Site
• Indonesian Orthodox Church
• Friends of Indonesia – Indonesian Orthodox Church News

Ireland

• Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland – Official Site
• Saint Colman of Oughaval Church – Stradbally

Israel

• Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem – Jerusalem

Mexico

• Holy Trinity Skete – Mexico City

New Zealand

• Diocese of Australia and New Zealand – Official Site
• Church of the Resurrection of Christ – Auckland, New Zealand

Pakistan

• Saint Michael the Archangel Orthodox Mission, Pakistan
• Russian Orthodox Church in Pakistan

South Korea

• Diocese of Australia and New Zealand – Official Site
• Korean Orthodox Mission

United States of America

• Synod of Bishops – Official Site
• Diocese of Eastern America – Official Site
• Diocese of Mid-America – Official Site
• Diocese of Western America – Official Site

Arizona

• Holy Archangels Church – Phoenix

California

• Holy Ascension Church – Sacramento
• Holy Virgin Cathedral – Joy of All Who Sorrow – San Francisco
• Saint Barbara Mission – Fullerton
• Saint John of Kronstadt Church – San Diego
• Saint Seraphim of Sarov Church – Seaside
• Saint Xenia of Petersburg Mission – Pleasant Hill

Colorado

• All Saints of Russia Church – Denver

Connecticut

• Church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia – Norwich
• Saint Nicholas Church – Stratford
• Saint Panteleimon Church – Hartford

District of Columbia

• Saint John the Baptist Cathedral – Washington

Florida

• Saint Andrew Church – St. Petersburg
• Saint Nicholas Mission – Bunnell
• Saints Vera, Nadezhda, Lubov and Sophia Mission – Kissimmee
• Saint Vladimir Church – Miami

Georgia

• Joy of All Who Sorrow Church – Cumming
• Saint Mary of Egypt Church – Roswell

Hawaii

• Iveron Icon of the Mother of God Church – Honolulu

Idaho

• Saint Seraphim Church – Boise

Illinois

• Saint Innocent Church – Carol Springs

Maryland

• Holy Apostles Church – Beltsville
• Transfiguration of Our Lord Church – Baltimore

Massachusetts

• Church of the Epiphany – Roslindale (Boston)
• Saint John the Russian Church – Ipswich
• Saint John the Wonderworker Church – Framingham
• Saint Nicholas Church – West Springfield
• Saint Xenia Church – Methuen

Michigan

• Saint Vladimir Church – Ann Arbor

Missouri

• Exaltation of the Holy Cross Hermitage – House Springs
• Holy Protection Church – Kansas City
• Saint Basil The Great Church – St Louis
• Saint John Chrysostom Church – House Springs

Nevada

• Community of the Royal Martyrs – Reno

New Jersey

• Holy Trinity Church – Vineland
• Holy Virgin Protection Church – Somerset
• Our Lady of Tikhvin Church – Howell (Lakewood)
• Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral – Howell (Lakewood)
• Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr Church – Rocky Hill
• Saint George Church – Howell
• Saint Michael Cathedral – Paterson
• Saint Michael Church – Newark
• Saint Nicholas Church – Millville
• Saint Nicholas Church – Red Bank
• Saint Vladimir Memorial Church – Jackson

New Mexico

• Saint Juliana of Lazarevo Church – Santa Fe

New York

• Holy Trinity Monastery – Jordanville
• Nativity of the Mother of God Church – Albany
• Nativity of the Mother of God Church – Mahopac
• Protection of the Mother of God Church – Rochester

Ohio

• Saint Sergius Cathedral – Cleveland (Parma)

Oklahoma

• Saint Benedict Church – Oklahoma City

Oregon

• New Russian Martyrs Church – Mulino

Pennsylvania

• Church of the Holy Nativity (Old-Rite) – Erie
• Dormition of the Holy Virgin Church – McKeesport
• Our Lady Joy of All Who Sorrow Church – Philadelphia
• Saint Basil the Great Church – Belle Vernon
• Saint John the Baptist Cathedral – Mayfield

Rhode Island

• Saint Cuthbert Mission – Pawtucket

South Carolina

• Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr Mission – West Columbia

Texas

• Saint Jonah of Manchuria Church – Spring / North Houston
• Saint Nicholas Church – Dallas

Utah

• Saint George Mission – West Jordan

Virginia

• All Saints of North America Church – Middlebrook
• Saint Joseph of Optino Church – Virginia Beach

Washington

• All-Merciful Saviour Monastery – Vashon Island
• Saint Nicholas Cathedral – Seattle
• Saint Silouan Mission – Walla Walla