Sts Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Institute
28 May 09: Оренбургскому казачеству возвращена икона великомученика Георгия Победоносца
В Оренбург прибыла делегация из Австралии: митрофорный протоиерей Михаил Протопопов, профессор Мельбурнского университета и благочинный южных штатов Австралийско-Новозеландской епархии, также председатель Русского благотворительного общества и настоятель основанного оренбургскими казаками храма Святителя Николая Чудотворца в городе Брисбене протоиерей Гавриил Макаров в сопровождении товарища атамана Центрального войскового казачьего общества казачьего полковника Валерия Анненко.
Священники с Зеленого континента привезли в Оренбург икону Великомученика Георгия Победоносца, которую передал в родные края оренбургский казак – сын белого офицера Дмитрий Речкалов ( сейчас атаман австралийской Сводно-Казачьей станицы в Новом Южном Уэльсе), сообщает ИА REGNUM Новости. (more…)
22 May 09: Homily on the 6th Sunday of Pascha – Sunday of the Blind Man
6th Sunday of Pascha – Sunday of the Blind Man
Homily From “The One Thing Needful,” Sermons of Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)
Last Sunday, the Sunday of the Samaritan woman, the Holy Church told us how Christ raises a person from an earthly, carnal state of mind to the state in which a human being thirsts to worship God and pray to Him. You see, the Samaritan woman came to the well for physical water which satisfies only earthly thirst. But when Christ revealed her sins to her, and she ran to Him in repentance, then in her awakened spiritual thirst, the thirst for Living Water springing up into everlasting life, the thirst for communion with God, her first question was about prayer: where one should worship God, how to pray. Now today’s Gospel gives us a model for prayer. (more…)
15 May 09: Homily on the 5th Sunday of Pascha – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
5th Sunday of Pascha – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
Homily From “The One Thing Needful,” Sermons of Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)
“Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink” (Jn. 4:6-7). The Samaritan woman became filled with confusion and doubt of a purely worldly nature: How could He, a Jew, ask to drink from her, a Samaritan? The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans. And even more, He said that if she knew Who He was, then she herself would ask drink from Him, and He would give her Living Water. How could He give her something to drink? Why, He didn’t even have anything to draw water with, and the well was deep. (more…)
5 May 09: Престольный праздник прихода храма Воскресения Христова г. Окланд
Мы праздновали наш престольный праздник в Фомино воскресенье. По благословению владыки митрополита Илариона, Божественная литургия праздновалась по Пасхальному чину, с пасхальными стихами в начале и царскими вратами открытыми в течение всей службы. Из-за дождя, вместо традиционного праздничного крестного хода мы отслужили молебен. (more…)
30 Apr 09: Homily on the 3rd Sunday of Pascha – Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
Third Sunday of Pascha – Myrrhbearing Women
Homily From “The One Thing Needful,” Sermons of Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)
“And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?” (Mk. 16:1-3).
Brothers and sisters! Can you imagine the state of mind these Myrrhbearing women were in? For those who lived through Soviet times in Russia and through the persecution of the Church, it is so understandable. In some churches, as in the outskirts of Kiev, this service (the Burial of the Savior) was performed at night. People made their way to such a church through dark streets. Anything could happen, you had to be careful of everything. Neighbors might hear that you went somewhere at night; and you could be stopped on the street. And the service itself in church and the carrying of the Shroud around the church could be interrupted by the authorities. One did not know if tomorrow, on Holy Saturday, this already semi-Easter Liturgy would be performed, because the priest might be arrested. (more…)