With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Hilarion
English talks by Priestmonk Kosmas have been scheduled for a Sunday evening once a month
Topic: Marriage: Agony or Blessedness?
Date & Time: Sunday, 8 May 2008, 6:00pmContinue Reading
Пасха в Окланд / Pascha in Auckland
On Bright Tuesday, April 16/29 April, 2008, His Grace Archbishop Hilarion blessed a granite plaque commemorating the commencement of the rebuilding and restoration of St John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn.
The Skete was founded in 1960 by Monk Guri, a Russian refugee from China. Construction of the first and only Skete building began in 1965, and was never completed. Father Guri died in 1992. In 1999 Archbishop Hilarion asked Hieromonk Joachim to come to Kentlyn and try and re-establish the Skete. After many years of fundraising the first bricks have been laid. The rebuilding is a work in progress and parishes and members of the Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand are encouraged to assist Father Joachim in his labours through their prayers, donations and practical support. Carpenters are particularly needed at this time to help convert a shed into temporary living quarters for Father Joachim whilst the Skete building is rebuilt.Continue Reading
Great Friday – Vespers
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PASCHAL EPISTLE
of ARCHBISHOP HILARION
of SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND,
DEPUTY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA
Most Reverend brother-archpastors, all-honourable fathers, beloved in the Lord brothers, sisters and children,
CHRIST IS RISEN!
With the overwhelming feeling of Paschal jubilation I greet all of you with the great and salvific feast of the Lord’s Pascha, which instils in us the firm conviction of our immortality and hope of future blessed resurrection!Continue Reading
Bells chime at time of Metropolitan’s death
By David Jepson
Dean of the High School, Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy,
Holy Virgin “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Cathedral, San Francisco, USA
On Saturday night, 15th March, 2008 I got home from choir practice rather late, and stayed up much later than normal, as I had a very late dinner. I had finished eating and was reading a book at about 11:30 pm when my flatmate came in and asked if I knew why the bells of Holy Virgin “Joy of All Who Sorrow” Cathedral, San Francisco (ROCOR) were ringing. He had been in his bedroom, which, like mine, faces the street and has a view of the Cathedral a block away. In the kitchen, a couple of rooms away, I couldn’t hear the bells, but I agreed that it seemed strange for them to be ringing at that time of night. I went to bed about a half hour later and thought nothing more about it.Continue Reading
