Концерт молодых музыкантов при Петропавловском соборе в Стратфилде
В воскресенье 11 мая, когда австралийцы празднуют День матери, в зале при Петропавловском соборе в Стратфилде состоялся концерт молодых музыкантов. Выступления детей были не только подарком для мам, но и имели благотворительную цель – помочь строительству женского монастыря на юге штата Новый Южный Уэльс.
В этот день из Свято-Введенского монастыря в Бангарби, о строительстве которого мы рассказывали нашим читателям и раньше (http://www.unification.com.au/articles/read/1396/), приехали две монахини – мать Кристина и сестра Ангелина. Continue Reading
Communique of the 4th Assembly of Bishops of Oceania
Communiqué
The members of the 4th Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania welcomed the opportunity to meet in Sydney on Monday 28th April, 2014, under the chairmanship ex officio of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia.
Present were: His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos (Ecumenical Patriarchate); His Eminence Archbishop Paul (Antiochian Church); His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Russian Church – Australia & New Zealand); His Grace Bishop Irinej (Serbian Church); His Grace Bishop Mihail (Romanian Church); His Eminence Metropolitan Amphilochios (Ecumenical Patriarchate – New Zealand); His Grace Bishop Ezekiel (Assistant Bishop); His Grace Bishop Seraphim (Assistant Bishop); His Grace Bishop Nikandros (Assistant Bishop) and His Grace Bishop Iakovos (Assistant Bishop). Continue Reading
Photos from Holy Week and Pascha at Saint Vladimir Church, Centennial Park
A photo-report from Holy Week and Pascha at Saint Vladimir Church, Centennial Park is included below.
If you have photos from your parish and would like to see them added to the diocesan website, please email them through to the Diocesan web team.
Please also ask your parish rector for a blessing before providing the photos.Continue Reading
Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
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Lenten Pastoral Retreat and Conference 2014
On Tuesday 24 March and Wednesday 25 March 2014 the clergy of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese gathered in Sydney, NSW, for the customary Lenten Pastoral Retreat and Conference.
On Tuesday evening at the Archbishop’s Chapel of All Saints of Russia in Croydon, an inner suburb of Sydney, the Rule of Preparation for Holy Communion was read and Lenten Matins was served. The clergy formed the choir for both services. Hieromonk Dorofei (Urusau) read the akathist during the Rule of Preparation for Holy Communion and Mitred Archpriest Michael Li presided during Matins.Continue Reading
