Sunday evening 12th August – Arrive in Melbourne

Saturday 18th August – in Warrnambool mission of the Holy Fathers. 9:00am Divine Liturgy

Saturday evening and Sunday 19th August – in Geelong. 8.30am Divine Liturgy

Thursday 23rd August – in Hobart.

Saturday 25th August – at Holy Cross Mission Spring Street, CBD.

Saturday evening 25th August and Sunday 26th – at Brunswick church. 9.30am Divine Liturgy

Sunday 26th August, 5.00pm – at Serbian Orthodox Church in Keysborough.

Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th August – in Dandenong for Patronal Feast of the Dormition.  Divine Liturgy at 9.00am

29th August – The Holy Icon returns to Sydney. Evening service at 6pm at the Holy Intercession church in Cabramatta.

30th August – evening service in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral Strathfield.

31st August – farewell molieben at the Archbishop’s Chapel, Croydon at 10am, after which the Holy Icon returns to the USA

Our hearts filled with joy as the 13th century Icon of Our Lady of Kursk arrived here in Christchurch on Tuesday 17th July. Rev. Father Vladimir Boikov was the bearer of this long awaited Holy Image. People came from near and far to venerate our Blessed Holy Mother of God. Our hearts rejoiced and our souls filled with Her Grace as the Akathist was sung in our small church packed with worshippers. The following two days some twenty families welcomed the Icon into their homes.Continue Reading

От Архиерейского Синода

1. Состоялось внеочередное заседание Архиерейского Синода.
2. Послание Архиерейского Синода.
3. Обращение к епископу Ирийскому Даниилу.
4. Обращение к епископу Триадицкому Фотию.
5. Обращение к митрополиту Власию, Предстоятелю Румынской Старостильной Церкви.
6. Обращение к епископу Агафангелу.

From the Synod of Bishops

1. Communique of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
2. Epistle of the Synod of Bishops to the Pious Pastors and God-beloved Flock of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
3. The Synod of Bishops Sends a Letter to Bishop Photii of the Bulgarian Old Calendar Church
4. The Synod of Bishops Sends a Letter to Metropolitan Vlasie of the Romanian Old-Calendar Church
5. The Synod of Bishops Addresses a Letter to Bishop Agafangel of Odessa and Taurida