Service of 4th Salutations to the Theotokos
Small Compline Service
Thursday evening, 26 March 2020
Service of the ANNUNCIATION OF THE THEOTOKOS
Service of the ANNUNCIATION OF THE THEOTOKOS, St Vasilios Church Brunswick
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Great Vespers of the Annunciation
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Word of Consolation for the Pandemic
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
19 March 2020
Many people are in confusion and others panic because of the threat of the Coronavirus epidemic that spread in the whole world. I think, however, that this should not happen, for whatever God does with us, He does it out of love. The God of Christians is a good God, a God of mercy and loving kindness, ‘Who loveth mankind’. God created us out of His goodness in order to share His life and even His glory with us. When we fell into sin, He allowed death to enter our life again out of goodness, so that we may not become immortal in our wickedness, but to seek for a way of salvation. Continue reading
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A MESSAGE FROM FR ELIAS
A MESSAGE FROM FR ELIAS (St Haralambos, Tempestowe, Vic)
Many of us are ‘shell shocked’ over the current situation and the repercussions it’s having on our life especially on our ability to worship freely in our Churches. However perhaps this is a ‘penance’ imposed on us, out of love, by God in order to ‘jolt’ us back into reality. Continue reading
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Veneration of the Holy Cross
Third Sunday of Lent, Veneration of the Holy Cross, Mark 8: 34-38, 9:1
In any kind of difficult challenge, it’s always inspiring to know that you are half way to the end. It might be a race, a school year, or a project at work; if you’ve made it this far, you know that you can eventually reach your goal.
We are now half way through the season of Lent, and the Church calls our attention today to the great symbol of victory, the great sign of hope, our Lord’s cross. During the time of Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry, of course, no one was inspired by the cross, for it was a feared instrument of execution. No one honoured the cross and certainly no one thought that God’s Messiah would die on one. Continue reading
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UPDATED ENCYCLICAL FROM HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS
UPDATED ENCYCLICAL FROM HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS REGARDING THE COVID-19 (CORONA-VIRUS)
Your Graces, beloved fathers and beloved children,
With pain of soul, but at the same time, with a sense of pastoral responsibility on a sensitive matter which concerns public health, I communicate to you that, due to the extraordinary measures that the Federal Government of Australia took to restrict the spread of the Coronavirus, we are compelled to suspend public worship in our Churches. Continue reading
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Sermon in English for 2nd Sunday of Lent (Sunday of St Gregory Palamas)
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