The Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church and His Grace Bishop Irinej are pleased to announce that the Supreme Court of New South Wales has today, 24 December 2015, confirmed the orders made by the Court on 29 May 2015 and adopted the scheme put forward by His Grace Bishop Irinej for the future management of the St Sava Monastery under the auspices of the Metropolitanate and the authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
SYDNEY DEANERY 2016 ST SAVA CAMP FRIDAY, 22 JANUARY 2016 TO MONDAY, 25 JANUARY 2015
Open to children of primary and secondary school age | Cost: $135 per camper | $235 per adult(for four days and three nights, with accommodation and meals included)
His Grace Bishop Irinej offers his greetings together with the Leaders of Christian Churches in Australia, to all those who celebrate Christmas in Australia.
On St Andrew's feast day, Sunday 13 December 2015, His Grace Bishop Irinej celebrated hierarchical Liturgy at St George Historic Cathedral in Cabramatta, NSW. His co-celebrants were Very Reverend Protopresbyter-stavrophor Djuro Djurdjevic the dean of the Cabramatta parish, V. Rev. Protopresbyter-stavrophor Nikola Bilic dean of the Darwin parish, V. Rev. Presbyter Nemanja Mrdjenovic second parish priest of the Cabramatta parish, as well as V. Rev. Protodeacon Petar Mrakic and Rev. Deacon Aleksandar Ivanovic the secretary of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand. The Cabramatta parish choir, aided by a couple of voices from the Lazarica choir and directed by Ms Darija Galic M. Mus, sang angelically.
The Australian Freedom Network is a reflection of the Global Freedom Network, which was initiated by Andrew Forrest and was signed by global faith leaders on 02 December 2014. The Global Freedom Network is founded on the premise that religious faith can be a powerful motivating force to inspire individual and community action both spiritually and practically.
On Monday, 30 November 2015, the solemn Orthodox funeral service was celebrated in Darwin for a Russian Royal who died alone on 27 September 2015 in the Australian Northern Territory town of Katherine. His family was trying to find him just days before they learned he was dead.
WELCOME ONE AND ALL
TO THIS GREAT EVENT!
Last Sunday, 22 November 2015, a picnic was organised in Olympic Park, Sydney, to showcase the latest of updates in relation to the soon-approaching Serbian Festival Sydney. The Serbian Orthodox Youth Association - SOYA intended to promote youth networking and to allow the public to meet the current team, chaired by Dimitrije Grasar, the organisational backbone for our festival to be held 6 and 7 February at Darling Harbour.
The Holy Archangel Michael Parish and Church Community in Homebush, celebrated its patronal feast day the Holy Archangel Michael on Sunday, 22 November 2015. This very solemn occasion was enhanced with two important events for this parish, which consists of Orthodox faithful who come from almost all over the world, and is known for conducting services in the English language.
