{"id":15550,"date":"2023-01-13T20:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T10:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/?p=15550"},"modified":"2023-01-13T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:01:17","slug":"15550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/?p=15550","title":{"rendered":"His Grace George, Bishop of Sydney Australia and New Zealand celebrates The Nativity of Christ 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\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15556\" src=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7-138x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7-138x160.jpg 138w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7-883x1024.jpg 883w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7-1324x1536.jpg 1324w, https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic7.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a>On Friday, 6th and Saturday 7th of January 2023, the feast of The Nativity of Christ, His Grace George, Bishop of Sydney Australia and New Zealand lead the services at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Strathfield. Co-served with his Grace were the cathedral clergy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the communion of clergy, the Epistle of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad was read.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Divine Liturgy, Bishop George greeted everyone attending the service with the feast of The Nativity of Christ. &#8220;I pray that everyone receives God&#8217;s blessings and God&#8217;s peace. The peace that surpasses all the troubles and all the problems that we have in this world. Not the peace of this world but the peace of Christ and may this peace dwell in our hearts and help us to overcome all of the problems which are in the world today and all the problems that we will see in the future. Try to establish this peace in your heart, come to church as often as possible, receive the Holy Mysteries and ask God to give you this peace&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A festive lunch was provided by the sisterhood at the parish hall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-15550 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\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic3.jpg' onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"67\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic3-67x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/news25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nativity_2023_pic3-67x160.jpg 67w, 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