Paschal Epistle of His Eminence, Hilarion,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Your Eminences, fellow hierarchs, God-loving monks and nuns, priests and deacons, beloved in the Lord brothers and sisters!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

A wondrous energy lies hidden in these words and penetrates the whole soul: Christ is Risen! How joyous are these words for the soul of a Christian! Can more festive words than these be found in the entire human language?Continue Reading

clergy_conf18В пятницу 29 марта, по благословению Высокопреосвященнейшего Митрополита Илариона, состоялось ежегодное пастырское совещание духовентсва Австралийско-Новозеландской епархии Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей.Continue Reading

As we enter Great Lent we would like to take this opportunity to remind our readers of the special podcasts for Great Lent – Path to Pascha – that have been released by Russian Orthodox Podcast.

As part of these special edition podcasts, an eBook was also written to complement the podcasts, which is available to download in two formats, pdf or iBook for the iPad.Continue Reading

Lenten Epistle of
His Eminence Metropolitan
H I L A R I O N
of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Eminent Brother Archpastors, Honorable Father-Concelebrants, Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord:Continue Reading

Великопостное послание
Высокопреосвященнейшего
И Л А Р И О Н А,
митрополита Восточно-Американского и Нью-Йоркского,
Первоиерарха Русской Зарубежной Церкви.

Преосвященные собратья-архипастыри, всечестные отцы-сослужители, дорогие о Господе братья и сестры!Continue Reading

au_monks7From 4-5 March 2013, representatives of the monks of the Australia and New Zealand Diocese met together in Dandenong for a period of fellowship in support of their shared monastic life. A majority of the monks of the diocese were present for the period of prayer, reflection and fraternal fellowship.Continue Reading