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His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion is returning to Australia arriving in Sydney on Thursday 3rd July at 7.25am on Flight QF108.

This is the first opportunity to welcome our Vladika since his election as Metropolitan. For those who cannot make it to the airport at 7.30 am there will be a Thanksgiving Molieben with Vladika at Saints Peter & Paul Cathedral, Strathfield later that same morning 10.30am.

All welcome.

The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion

1918—2008

The clergy of the ROCOR Sydney Deanery invite all Orthodox
Christians to the 90th anniversary commemoration of the deaths of
Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II, his family and loyal servants

10.00pm Wednesday 16th of JulyContinue Reading

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand

During 2008 Russian people in the homeland and in the diaspora will be commemorating the

90th anniversary
of the martyrdom on July 4/17, 1918 of Tsar Nicholas II, his family and their faithful servants at Ekaterinburg and the martyrdom the next day July 5/18, 1918 of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth and her companions at Alapaeyevsk.

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion,
the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is appealing to its youth to participate in an essay competition about the Royal Martyrs.Continue Reading

12 мая в 12 часов дня в Знаменском синодальном соборе в Нью-Йорке состоялось избрание архиепископа Сиднейского и Австралийско-Новозеландского Илариона Первоиерархом Русской Зарубежной Церкви с возведением в сан митрополита. В соответствии с Актом о каноническом общении, подписанном 17 мая 2007 г., Архиерейский Собор направит акт о состоявшемся избрании, составленный Счетной комиссией, Святейшему Патриарху Московскому и всея Руси Алексию, с ходатайством со стороны нареченного Первоиерарха о благословении на восприятие должностей, возложенных на него собратьями-архипастырями, и об утверждении своего избрания Священным Синодом Московского Патриархата.Continue Reading