Australian and New Zealand Diocese (ROCOR)

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Breaking News – Bishop Agapit will arrive in the Australian and New Zealand Diocese as originally scheduled and will serve at the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral on Sunday 11th July and Monday 12th July for the Feast of theHoly Apostles Peter and Paul.

Divine Liturgy begins at 9am – all welcome!

At approximately midnight of July 4, 2010, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany and His Grace Bishop Agapit of Stuttgart, returning to the Monastery of St Job of Pochaev in Munich from a visit to the Women’s Skete in Buchendorf, were involved in an auto accident in Bavaria.

Upon entering the A8 highway between Stuttgart and Munich, the BMW carrying the hierarchs was hit from behind by a car driven by a drunk driver who had been celebrating Germany’s victory over Argentina in the World Cup games in South Africa.

Vladyka Mark, sitting in the back seat, and the driver, suffered no injuries, but Vladyka Agapit, who was sitting beside the driver, suffered injuries to the back and neck.

“The back of his seat was broken and flew back, so this was a strong collision, said Vladyka Mark. “The back of the car was crumpled like an accordion and is beyond repair.”

That night, the hierarchs were examined by doctors at Dritter Orden Hospital in Munich. Vladyka Agapit was treated and released. Later that night they returned to St Job Monastery.

As a result of this accident, however, Vladyka Agapit must postpone his planned July 5 trip to the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, where he was to serve on a temporary basis.

Source: Synod of Bishops

The website of the Syezd Youth Conference 2010 is now available:

The parish of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Cabramatta will hold a Liturgical Music Seminar from Thursday 27th May to Sunday 30th May, 2010.

The objective of this Seminar, supported by the and the Australia and New Zealand Diocesan (ROCOR) Sacred Music Committee, is to bring together singers and conductors and together to explore the wealth and majesty of Russian liturgical music through lectures, hands-on workshops, rehearsals and divine services.

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Утром 26 апреля 2010 г. на 80-м году жизни отошел ко Господу епископ Ирийский Даниил, викарий Председателя Архиерейского Синода Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей по окормлению единоверцев, (more…)

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

Now are all things filled with light: heaven and earth, and the nether regions…
Let all creation celebrate the arising of Christ,
in Whom we are established.
(Paschal Canon, Ode III)

Dear archpastors, pastors, monastics,
and all the faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

By the mercy of God we have reached the end of the period of the Great Fast, when we strove to purify our souls and thoughts by fasting and prayer, preparing ourselves for the great and triumphant feast of the Pascha of the Lord, the radiant Resurrection of Christ, the feast which the Holy Church calls the “Feast of feasts and Triumph of triumphs.” For Pascha is not only the commemoration of the most noteworthy event in the history of the world; it is the essence and meaning of our present and future life. (more…)

Пасхальное  послание Высокопреосвященнейшего
ИЛАРИОНА,
Митрополита Восточно-Американского  и Нью-Йоркского,
Перовиерарха  Русской Зарубежной Церкви

Ныне  вся исполнишася  света: небо же и земля, и преисподняя…
Да  празднует убо  вся тварь востание  Христово,
в Немже утверждается.
(Канон  Пасхи, песнь 3)

Возлюбленные  о Господе архипастыри, пастыри,
монашествующие и все верные чада Русской Зарубежной Церкви!

ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!

Милостью  Божией завершились дни Великого поста, когда мы старались очистить свои души и помыслы постом и молитвой, готовясь к великому и торжественному празднику – Пасхе Господней, Светлому Христову Воскресению; празднику, который Святая Церковь именует «праздников праздник и торжество из торжеств». Ибо Пасха есть не только воспоминание самого значимого в истории мира события. Она есть суть и смысл нашей нынешней и будущей жизни. (more…)