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ORTHODOX ACTION – SYDNEY is a much respected charitable organisation of our Australian ROCOR Diocese under the patronage of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. With the blessing of His Grace Archbishop Hilarion its main aim is to raise funds to support orphaned and abandoned children and the needy in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

As part of its fundraising activities for 2008 the Executive Committee of Orthodox Action – Sydney invites all members of our Diocese in Sydney to attend their 7th Charity Concert

Children Our Precious Gems

To be held on Sunday 2nd of March 2008 at the Russian Club, 7 Albert Road, Strathfield, at 2.00pmContinue Reading

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With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Hilarion
English talks by Priestmonk Kosmas have been scheduled for a Sunday evening once a month

Topic: The Soul After Death

Date & Time: Sunday, 2 March 2008, 6:00pm

Venue: Saint George Russian Orthodox Church
15 Garfield St Carlton NSW 2218

For more information see here.

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Day 10

In the morning Vladyka met with the clergymen who, since May 2007, have aligned themselves with bishop Agathangel of Odessa (of the so-called THCA ROCA), though previously they had been subject to the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, under the chairmanship of the First Hierarch of ROCOR, His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus.Continue Reading

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Day 6, 9 February 2008

Compared to the other days in Chile this day proved to be relatively easy-going. Breakfast and lunch were taken at the hotel.

In the morning the delegates were able to work on news articles, personal emails and reading. After lunch they left by plane to Santiago.

Representatives of the Arab Orthodox community came to farewell the bishop and his co-travellers, their eyes still obviously gleaming with the joy they had experienced from such and unusual and important meeting.Continue Reading

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Day 3, 6 February 2008

On Wednesday morning Vladyka Hilarion, Fr Michael, Fr Alexei and Roberto Leon visited the senior clergyman of the Chilean diocese – Archimandrite Benjamin (Wosniuk). No one knew how the meeting with Fr Benjamin would proceed, since even prior to the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion (in May of 2007) he had ceased commemorating his lawful Church hierarchy. However, Fr Benjamin received the archbishop and those accompanying him in a courteous and friendly manner. He spoke with the archbishop and Fr Michael regarding his stance on the question of Church unity. He conveyed his misgivings concerning the present Church situation and cited many examples from history which, in his opinion, support his point of view. Mother Abbess Juliana arrived during the conversation and attentively listened to all that Fr Benjamin, Vladyka and Fr Michael said. Despite the fact that no consensus was reached on the question of the restoration of ecclesiastical unity and both Fr Benjamin and Mother Juliana remain with their previous opinion, both of them parted with the archbishop and those with him on a friendly note. Any further decision concerning their personal relationship to what has transpired depends fully on whether they wish to accept that the conciliar decision of the entire Russian Orthodox Church was in accordance with God’s will and subject themselves to their lawful Church authorities.Continue Reading