Dearly Beloved, Today they can be few more exhilarating Topics on which to write them the Incarnation of the Living God. After a long period of eclipse the idea of the Gospel and the Church is coming again into its own. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord”. …
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+ S T Y L I A N O S By the grace of God Archbishop of Australia to all the Clergy and devout faithful of our Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Brother concelebrants and beloved children in Christ, “Do not be afraid; for behold—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people” (Luke 2:10). With these words, …
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Barnabas Fund – 19/01/2017 For many years now Barnabas Fund has warned that Islamist attacks on churches happen particularly at Easter, Christmas and New Year – with Islamists tending to assume that the latter is a specifically Christian holiday. More recently we have begun to warn that the current spate of attacks on churches in the Middle East and other …
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Editorial – 12/01/2017 The new year is a good time to stand still and look at the big picture of what is happening in the world and pray not just about the individual incidents of persecution we report each week, but also the longer-term trends. Our God is sovereign, but he expects us to pray for His will to be …
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Editorial – 08/12/2016 Last week we revealed how three archbishops from Iraq and Syria were refused visas to attend the consecration of the UK’s first Syriac Orthodox cathedral. As we previously reported, they were not the only ones. In the last few months, a number of Christian leaders from contexts of persecution who have been invited to undertake speaking engagements in the …
Read More »The members of the 6th Episcopal Assembly of Oceania met in the Central Offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia in Redfern, Sydney, on Thursday 8th December 2016 under the ex officio chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia. Once again this Assembly provided the opportunity for the Hierarchs to recognise and reinforce their unity in the Orthodox faith. Present were: …
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The Australian – 15 August 2016 Jennifer Oriel Free speech was forged as a right through centuries of bloody wars. Western history brims with the names of martyrs who sacrificed their lives so the children of enlightenment — you and I — would be liberated from the yoke of censors to discern the truth and state it openly. The 21st-century …
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Dear Friends of Taybeh, I pray and hope all of you are having a blessed wonderful summer! I am sharing one of my reflections here with a link and you are welcome to share it with any local media or post it for friends and family. We are now strongly counting on others who know the good works of Taybeh to …
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29 July 2016 MIKE SWEET Speaking from Nicosia this week, ex-state Labor minister Theo Theophanous told Neos Kosmos that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown could soon be reaching Cyprus’ shores. Mr Theophanous, who visited the occupied north of the island as a guest, said the consequences of Erdogan’s response to the failed 15 July coup – for Cyprus and …
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Dear Consul, Members of Parliament, Dr Ken Michael, former Governor of WA, Mr. Norm Eaton, Veteran of the battle of Crete, Mr. Graham Johnson, Representative of the 2/11th Battalion, Mr. Bill Evangel, President of the Hellenic-Australian RSL, relatives of Veterans, Members of the RSL, brothers & sisters, Friends of Greece. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.