Australian and New Zealand Diocese (ROCOR)

5th Sunday after Pentecost

MATINS (V)

Luke 24:12-35

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? (more…)

Sunday 5 July 2009. On a beautiful, crisp, clear Canberra morning, the parishioners of St John the Baptist, led by their rector Archpriest Alexander Morozow, welcomed their beloved hierarch His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand to their Church to celebrate their patronal feastday – the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.

On the preceding evening, His Eminence celebrated the All Night Vigil Service with Litia (Blessing of the Loaves), and earlier that morning according to the traditional practice, a Blessing of the Waters service was conducted by the assistant Priest of the parish Fr Alexander Borodin and Fr Protodeacon Alexander Kotlaroff (from Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Strathfield, Sydney), with assistance from Reader Victor Kargin. (more…)

English Liturgy at Archbishop’s chapel, Croydon: Sunday 12/7/09 at 8am

On Monday the 22nd of June, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion departed from Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport to begin an eight day visitation of the parishes in South Korea and Indonesia that are under the canonical protection of the Australian & New Zealand Diocese.

His first destination was Seoul, capital of South Korea where he was met by Deacon Father Paul Kang, who drove the Metropolitan to Holy Trinity Skete in the rural seaside village of Yonghwa.

On Tuesday the 23rd of June, His Eminence served the Divine Liturgy in the Skete’s Church of St Anna. The Head of the Korean Orthodox Mission, Father Justin Kang and his wife Matushka Helen, have both felt for a long time the call to the monastic life. Thus, during the Liturgy Father Justin Kang was tonsured to the small schema with the new name of John – Johan in Korean – in honour of St John of Kronstadt and will be based at Holy Trinity Skete. Matushka Helen Kang was tonsured into the small schema with the new name of Elizabeth in honour of the New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia. Mother Elizabeth is attached to St Helen’s Chapel in the village of Chanjho. (more…)

A Talk by Priestmonk Kosmas, Elders vs. Religious Intellectuals: Whom to Follow?  will be held in the hall of the parish of  St George Church, Carlton, at 6pm. A Vesper Service for the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles will be served in English beforehand at 4.45pm. (more…)

On Saturday the 4th of July 2009, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion travelled 2 and half hours from Sydney to the township of Gunning. Here, in the home of Father Seraphim and Matushka Helen Slade he served the Divine Liturgy in English and blessed a chapel in honour of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. Ordained priest only a year ago and of aboriginal heritage, Father Seraphim’s work with aboriginal media organisations obliges him to travel widely around Australia to many indigenous communities. This provides him with many excellent opportunities to introduce Orthodox Christianity to indigenous Australians in many different locations. The blessing of the home chapel provides Father Seraphim with a base where the Divine Liturgy can be regularly served for a small but growing number of converts to the Orthodox faith in Gunning and surrounding areas. (more…)

4 июля 2009 г. в Австралийско-Новозеландской епархии РПЦЗ прошли торжества, посвященные 15-летию со дня прославления святителя Иоанна Шанхайского и Сан-Францисского, чудотворца.

День памяти святителя – 2 июля, но торжественное богослужение в епархии по традиции переносится на ближайшую субботу для того, чтобы дать возможность большему числу прихожан участвовать в Божественной литургии.

4 июля Первоиерах РПЦЗ, митрополит Восточно-Американский и Нью-Йоркский, архиепископ Сиднейский и Австралийско-Новозеландский, Высокопреосвященнейший Иларион освятил новый храм во имя свт. Иоанна Шанхайского, предназначенный специально для православных австралийских аборигенов. (more…)

On July 2, 1966 (new calendar) the great hierarch, of universal significance, St. John (Maximovich) passed away. This year marks the 15th anniversary of his glorification by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR). In almost all the churches of ROCOR (and now also in the churches of the Moscow Patriarchate) prayful services were conducted on the occasion of this remarkable date. (more…)

2-го  июля 1966 по новому стилю скончался великий иерарарх, вселенского значения, святитель Иоанн (Максимович). В этом году праздновалось 15-ти летие прославления святого Русской Православной Церковью Зарубежом (РПЦЗ). Почти во всех храмах РПЦЗ (и ныне во храмах Московского Патриархата) совершались службы по случаю этой знаменательной даты. (more…)

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