{"id":14741,"date":"2020-01-14T09:33:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T23:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/?p=14741"},"modified":"2020-01-22T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T00:00:02","slug":"his-grace-bishop-george-celebrates-the-nativity-of-our-lord-at-sts-peter-and-paul-cathedral-strathfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/?p=14741","title":{"rendered":"His Grace Bishop George celebrates the Nativity of Our Lord at Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral Strathfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"highslide img_1\" href=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14744\" src=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3-160x77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3-160x77.jpg 160w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3-1024x493.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3-1536x740.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_3.jpg 1881w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>On Monday, 6 January 2020 and Tuesday, 7 January 2020, His Grace George, Bishop of Canberra celebrated the great feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral, Strathfield, NSW. Co-served with his Grace were the Cathedral clergy, Archpriest George Lapardin, dean of the Cathedral, priest Michael Storozhev and protodeacon Alexander Kotlaroff.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Divine Liturgy, a festal lunch was held in the church hall where the faithful joyously congratulated each other with the feast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-14741 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail\"><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"highslide img_2\" href='https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_1.jpg' onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"79\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sobor_christmas_2020_1-79x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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