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On Friday 18 November 2011 the Holy Kursk-Root Icon was brought to the Saint George Church in Carlton.

Abbot Kosmas led the celebration of the Supplicatory Canon (Moleben) to the Holy Theotokos and the Blessing of the Five Loaves. A short sermon followed along with the veneration of the Holy Icon and the distribution of the blessed loaves and a print of the icon. Afterwards an Akathist to the Kursk-Root Icon was served in English for those who wished to stay.Continue Reading

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On Wednesday 16 November 2011 the Holy Kursk-Root Icon was brought to the Saint Vladimir Church in Centennial Park.

An Akathist to the Mother of God was led by the rector Priest Daniel Metlenko together with Archpriest Nikita Chemodakov, Dean of New South Wales and rector of the Saint Nicholas Church Fairfield and Deacon Nicholas Olhovsky, guardian of the Holy Icon.Continue Reading

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On Friday 18 November 2011 the Divine Liturgy was served at the Church of All Russian Saints, Croydon, by Mitred Archpriest Michael Li, Hieromonk Dorotheus and Deacon Nicholas Olhovsky, in the presence of the wonder-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign.Continue Reading

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On Tuesday 15 November 2011 the Holy Kursk-Root Icon was brought to the Saint Nicholas Church in Fairfield.

An Akathist to the Mother of God was led by His Grace Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada together with Archpriest Nikita Chemodakov, Dean of New South Wales and rector of the Saint Nicholas Church, together with Archpriest Boris Ignatievsky, rector of the Holy Protection Church in Cabramatta, along with  Protodeacon Herman Polorotov and Deacon Nicholas Olhovsky.Continue Reading

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On Saturday 19 November 2011 the wonder-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God (Курская-Коренная икона Божией Матери «Знамение»), the Protectress of the Russian Diaspora, will visit Hornsby, Newcastle and Gosford. This icon, dating back to at least 1295, is one of the great holy icons of the Russian Orthodox Church.Continue Reading

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Kursk-Root Icon Visits the St George Parish, Carlton, this Friday, 18th November, 2011

With the blessing of
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN HILARION
Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Location:  Saint George Russian Orthodox Church
15 Garfield St, Carlton, Sydney.

7:00pm: The Supplicatory Canon (Moleben) to the Holy Theotokos and the Blessing of the Five Loaves will be served in English.

8:00pm: A short sermon will be given by Father Kosmas in the Church.

8:30pm: An Akathist to the Kursk-Root Icon will be served in English for those who wish to stay.

For more information call:    (02) 9558 2207

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On Monday 14 November 2011 the Holy Kursk-Root Icon was brought to the Saint John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn by Protodeacon Christopher Henderson.

An Akathist to the Mother of God was led by Hieromonk Joachim together with Protodeacons Christopher and Constantine.  The choir was joined by Abbess Maria and some of the sisterhood from the Convent of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

Due to the unseasonal heat the akathist was served outside.  This was a wonderful experience as the stars came out as the service was ending and it was very peaceful and pleasant in the green surroundings.Continue Reading

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Dear friends,

An energetic group of young Russian Orthodox parents from the Hornsby area, members of our Gosford parish, have with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion recently established the Saint Seraphim Community Russian School.  Classes will begin this coming Sunday, November 13, at Mount Colah Public School.Continue Reading

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«Яко вышния тверди благолепие, и нижнюю споказал еси красоту святого селения славы Твоея, Господи, утверди сие во век века и приими наша в нем непрестанно приносимыя Тебе моления Богородицею, всех Животе и Воскресение» (Тропарь обновления Иерусалимского храма).

29 октября 2011 года милостию Божией совершилось Великое освящение православного храма Покрова Богородицы в поселении Лебонс Бэй, на Южном острове Новой Зеландии, созданного по благословению Его Высокопреосвященства, митрополита Илариона, Первоиерарха РПЦз, в месте проведения ежегодного православного детского лагеря.Continue Reading

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“You have revealed the beauty of the holy dwelling place of Your glory on earth to be like the splendour of the heavenly firmament, O Lord. Through the prayers of the Theotokos, strengthen it for ever and ever and accept our supplication which we ceaselessly offer to You therein, the life and resurrection of all.” (Troparion to the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem)

By God’s Grace the Russian Orthodox church of the Protection of the Mother of God in Le Bons Bay, on the South Island of New Zealand was consecrated on Saturday, October 29 2011. The church was built with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad at the location of the annual children’s Summer Camp.Continue Reading