The Monastery – PART A We are pleased to present the location, the first buildings and future plans for the completion of the first Orthodox Christian Monastery in New Zealand. One can ask, what is the reason for the existence of a monastery? We Orthodox Christians can very easily answer that such a monastery is necessary for one is the …
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On September 7, 2013 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Holy Cathedral of St. Symeon in Tallinn, Estonia. Early that afternoon, His All-Holiness presided over Vespers Service in the same church, at which time he delivered the Homily. Below is an excerpt of this Homily, in which he addressed the topic of the relationship between Church and Family, and …
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With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, the Australian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) cordially invites Orthodox teens, finishing Grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 at school this year, to attend the annual Russian Orthodox Teen Retreat. Join us at this years Retreat, which will be held near Sydney this December, commencing on the 19th …
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With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, the forty-ninth annual Orthodox Conference (“Syezd”) will be held at Camp Manyung, Mt Eliza, just south of Melbourne. Beginning on Thursday, 19th December, the Syezd will be held over six days and five nights ending on Tuesday, 24th December, 2013. What is Syezd? Syezd is an annual event where Orthodox and non-Orthodox people …
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On Sunday, 1 December 2013, a lecture about St Philaret of Moscow will be presented at the St Lazarus Serbian Orthodox Church, Alexandria, NSW. Prior to the lecture, there will be a short memorial service in memory of Nebojsha M. Krstich, both events having been organised by the Center for Research of Orthodox Monarchism, with the blessings of His Grace Bishop …
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The Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Metropolitanate) has made several attempts to resolve the litigation against the Free Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese for Australia and New Zealand Property Trust and its management over the St Sava Monastery in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. On 19 April 2013 the Metropolitanate, through its solicitors, …
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Orthodox Christians representing the five canonical Orthodox Jurisdictions of New Zealand gathered at the Dormition of the Theotokos Romanian Orthodox Church known as St. Mary’s in Wellington to participate in the second official Pan-Orthodox Conference on Saturday, September 28th. The theme of the conference was Orthopraxia-Practicing True Faith. The conference was convened under the Omophorion of His Eminence Archbishop Amfilochios of the Sacred …
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“You are the best thing that has happened to the Church” said Bishop IRINEJ of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand to the youth in attendance at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Serbian Orthodox Youth Association (SOYA). SOYA, which has been in existence since May of 2008, meets annually in a different state of Australia …
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Many Australians observe Father’s Day on the first Sunday of September. It is a day for people to show their appreciation for fathers and father figures, including stepfathers, fathers-in-law, guardians (eg. foster parents), and family friends. Traditionally, acts of appreciation are done in different ways and may include, in addition to gifts, brunches, lunches, or dinners either at home, at …
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Holy Protection Cathedral, Melbourne, celebrated its Feast Day On Monday 14th October 2013, the Holy Protection Cathedral in Melbourne celebrated its Parish Feast Day. The All-Night Vigil was served by the clergy of the cathedral, Archpriest Nicholas Karipoff (rector), Archpriest Nicholas Dalinkiewicz, Archpriest Peter Sheko, Hieromonk Kyril and Protodeacon Alexander Abramoff. The following day, clergy from the neighbouring parishes joined to serve the Divine Liturgy. Following the service a lunch …
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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.