Australian and New Zealand Diocese (ROCOR)

The next fundraiser to benefit the construction fund at the Presentation Sisterhood will be held in the Cabramatta Church Hall on Sunday 27 May 12 starting at 6pm. Abbess Anna will be present and Fr Nicholas Karipoff will give a talk on “The Confines of Science: The Cosmos of Faith’. Afterwards an auction and raffle will generate the profits and I will have lots of spot prizes to keep the crowd entertained. Entry is $25 per head and dinner will be an all Italian Buffet. I will also use this function to launch another major initiative. (more…)

По благословению митрополита Восточно-Американскаго и Нью-Йоркского Илариона, Первоиерарха Русской Зарубежной Церкви, в воскресенье, 25 декабря, в Покровской церкви в Кабраматта, построенной протоиереем Ростиславом Ган (+ 1975 г.), состоялась встреча насельника Сретенского градо-московского ставропигиального мужского монастыря иеромонаха Иова (Гумерова), известного автора многочисленных душеполезных книг, с духовенством сиднейского благочиния, прихожанами данного храма и православной общественностью города. (more…)

On Wednesday 23 November the Holy Wonder-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God was brought to the Holy Protection Church in Cabramatta by its guardian Deacon Nicholas Olhovsky.  The Akathist to the Mother of God was then celebrated by the parish rector Archpriest Boris Ignatievsky, parish and visiting clergy. (more…)

On Monday 8/21 November 2011, the Feast Day of Archangel Michael and the Bodiless Hosts, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Archpriest Boris Ignatievsky at the Holy Protection Church in Cabramatta together with the guardian of the Holy Icon, Deacon Nicholas Olhovsky.  The choir, under the expert direction of Andrei Laptev, beautifully accompanied the divine service.  Afterwards the Holy Icon was taken to the neighbouring Saint Sergius Home for the Aged to visit its residents. (more…)

The Parish of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God in Cabramatta now has a website with video from 5 November 2011 – the visit of the Holy Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God and His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion and His Grace Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada and the ordination of Deacon Andrew Morgan.

See the videos here.

On Saturday 5 November 2011 the Holy Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God was brought to the Protection of the Holy Virgin parish in Cabramatta.

The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad together with the rector Archpriest Boris Ignatievsky, Deacon Ivan Bots and visiting clergy. His Grace Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada was also present. (more…)

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С 18 по 26 октября по благословению  митрополита Астанайского и Казахстанского Александра и митрополита Восточно-Американского и Нью-йоркского Илариона, статс-секретарь казахстанской митрополии, протоиерей Александр Суворов посетил город Сидней.

В городе Сиднее протоиерей Александр принял участие в торжествах, посвященных 50-летию совместной жизни замечательных людей: Владимира и Софии Бойковых, семьи воспитавшей нескольких священнослужителей, сумевшей объединить вокруг себя многочисленную православную общину, в которой сохранили православную веру, русский язык и культуру. (more…)