The Act of Canonical Communion has been signed
On the day of the major feast of the Ascension of the Lord in the church of Christ the Saviour, located in the God-preserved city of Moscow, the fateful document “the Act of Canonical Communion was signed. It was signed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexis II on behalf of the Moscow Patriarchate and His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the ROCOR. The Divine Liturgy followed during which bishops, (including our ruling Bishop – Archbishop Hilarion) clergy, monastics and laity of both parts of the one Local Russian Orthodox Church communed. The service was transmitted via live web feed from the site http://www.xxc.ru/ . See the archival web feed http://212.111.66.210/trans/
With this Act the eucharistic communion between the MP and the ROCOR has been restored. Once again the words of the highpriest’s prayer of Our Lord Jesus Christ have been fulfilled: “May they be one: as You are Father in Me and I in You so shall they be one in Us…” (John 17:21)
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Акт о Каноническом Общении подписан
В день великого праздника Вознесения Господня в храме Христа Спасителя в богоспасаемом городе Москве был подписан судьбоносный документ “Акт о Каноническом Общении”. Его подписали Его Святейшество Патриарх Алексей II со стороны Московского Патриархата и Его Высокопреосвященство Митрополит Лавр, Первоиерарх РПЦЗ. Затем последовала Божественная Литургия за которой причащались архиереи, (включая нашего правящего – Архиепископа Илариона) священнослужители, монаси и миряне обеих частей единой поместной Русской Православной Церкви. Служба передавалась по прямой интернетской трансляцией со сайта http://www.xxc.ru/ . См. архив трансляции http://212.111.66.210/trans/
Этим Актом востановлено евхаристическое общение между МП и РПЦЗ. Ныне вновь исполняется первосвященическая молитва Господа Иисуса Христа: “Да будут все едино: как Ты Отче, во Мне, и Я в Тебе, так и они да будут в Нас едино…” (Иоанн 17:21)
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Father Seraphim Scheidler
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.Continue Reading
Russian Orthodox Community of Brisbane celebrates its first Priestly Ordinations in 25 Years
The Kursk Root Icon of the Theotokos, accompanied by Archbishop Hilarion, arrived at the Parish of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God at Rocklea at 6pm on Friday the 27 April and was present for Matins.
The following morning, at 8:30am, the holy icon again was present at the Rocklea parish for the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy, presided over by Archbishop Hilarion, accompanied by the prayers of Archpriest Michael Klebansky (Dean of the Queensland parishes), Archpriest Gabriel Makarov, and Hieromonk John Macpherson, and assisted by Deacons Alexander Borodin, Gabriel Lapardin, John Weir and Konstantin Semovskih.Continue Reading