В праздник Сретения Господня митрополит Иларион оказал честь своим присутствием данденонгскому приходу, чтобы отметить 30-летие служения митр. прот. Михаила Протопопова в должности настоятеля Богородице-Успенского храма, а также поздравить прихожан с тем, что в марте этого года отмечается 30-летие первого богослужения в новом храме.

Владыке за праздничной литургией сослужили: настоятель прихода. Митр. прот. Михаил Протопопов, священник Михаил Васильев (ОВЦС), протоиерей Евгений из Иркутска, иеромонах Лука Белл, протодиакон Василий Козулин, протодиакон Александр Абрамов, диакон Самуил Вишневский и иеродиакон Пантелеимон Жигалин.Continue Reading

On 10-11 February 2012 His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion made an archpastoral visit to the Holy Annunciation Parish, celebrating Vigil and Divine Liturgy and ordaining Andrew Smith to the rank of Deacon.

The Holy Relics of Saint Innokenty of Irkutsk were also present in the church for veneration.

Deacon Andrew is assigned to the Holy Annunciation parish.

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Saint Innokenty lived during the reign of Tsar Peter I and became the first bishop of the Diocese of Irkutsk. He taught reading and writing to the local Buryat children, painted icons, built chapels and churches, prayed and preached.

As Priest Alexander Abiduev of Holy Trinity Church in Ulan-Ude, Russia, explained, “After a fire in the church of Voznesensky Monastery, where he was buried, though the church was burned to the ground, his relics were unharmed and discovered to be incorrupt. When he was to be re-interred, it was found that even his vestments survived. The local believers began to notice miraculous healings and miracles occurring from his relics.  When people saw this, they started to pray to the saint, and many of their pleas were answered. With time, this led to the decision to canonize him and count him among the saints.”Continue Reading