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We hereby inform the faithful of the schedule for the visit of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije and the high-level delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church

FEAST DAY OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH – ST. APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST LUKE IN LIVERPOOL SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED

On Friday, August 31, 2025, the parish of St. Luke in Liverpool celebrated its patronal feast day. The Divine Hierarchical Liturgy was served by His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan, with the concelebration of Archimandrite Petar (Radulović) and several clergy from the Sydney Archdiocesan Deanery, assisted by subdeacons and readers from this...

FEAST OF SAINT PARASKEVA SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED AT ST SAVA MONASTERY IN ELAINE

Following his archpastoral visit to the Melbourne church communities of Saint George the Great Martyr in St. Albans and Saint Paraskeva in Rockbank, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand visited the Monastery of Saint Sava in Elaine on the eve of the Feast of Saint Paraskeva. On the...

DIVINE HIERARCHICAL LITURGY AND FAREWELL OF VERY REVEREND FR BORISLAV PETROVIC UPON HIS RETIREMENT IN ST. ALBANS

On Saturday, October 25, 2025, on the feast day of the Holy Martyrs Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus, and Saint Cosmas of Maiuma, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand celebrated the Divine Hierarchical Liturgy at the Church of Saint George the Great Martyr in St. Albans, Melbourne. On...

CELEBRATION OF THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX PARISH AND CHURCH COMMUNITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST IN WOLLONGONG

On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the Church Community of St. John the Baptist in Wollongong marked its 65th anniversary since its founding. This small community, located about 90 kilometers south of Sydney, in the Illawarra region, began to form in the 1950s and was officially organized in 1960 with the...

18TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – KSS PATRONAL FEAST IN DAPTO

On Sunday, October 12, 2025, on the Feast Day of Saint Kyriakos the Hermit, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand celebrated the Divine Hierarchical Liturgy at the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Dapto, marking the upcoming Patronal Feast of the Circle of Serbian Sisters –...

MONASTIC FUNERAL SERVICE – For the newly departed Monk Simeon

With faith in the Resurrection and eternal life, we inform the faithful that on Monday, September 15, beginning at 12 noon, a funeral service according to the monastic rite will be held for the newly departed Monk Simeon of blessed memory at the Monastery of Saint Sava – New Kalenich,...

MONK SIMEON REPOSES IN THE LORD

Monk Simeon (Ilija) Veselinović, son of Gavro and Mitra, was born on August 2, 1938, in Pale near Sarajevo. He moved to Sydney in September 1969. He was a proud father of two sons, Srđan and Đorđe, who, by the grace of God, are both priests in the Serbian Orthodox Church....

DIVINE HIERARCHICAL LITURGY AND MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE GREAT SERBIAN GENERAL DRAGOLJUB DRAZA MIHAILOVIC

On the sixth Saturday after Holy Pentecost, July 19, 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand served Divine Hierarchical Liturgy with the concelebration of clergy from the Metropolitanate at the Monastery of Saint Sava, New Kalenic, near Canberra. After the post-communion prayer, the Metropolitan, together with the...

DIVINE HIERARCHICAL LITURGY AND MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GENERAL DRAGOLJUB AT ST SAVA NEW KALENIC SERBIAN ORTHODOX MONASTERY

We invite all the faithful to gather in prayer on Saturday the 19th of July 2025, at St. Sava - New Kalenic Serbian Orthodox Monastery near Canberra for Divine Liturgy and a memorial service to the late General Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic. The day will begin with Divine Hierarchal Liturgy officiated...

CHURCH SLAVA SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED IN WODONGA

On Saturday, July 12th, on the Feast of the Holy and Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Chiefs of the Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, the Church Community in Wodonga celebrated its Patronal Feast Day (Krsna Slava). His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, concelebrated by...

DIOCESAN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING IN CABRAMATTA

On Thursday, July 10, 2025, a meeting of the Diocesan Executive Board was held at St. George Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Cabramatta. The meeting was chaired by His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan with the participation of members of the Executive board from across Australia. During the session, reports from the previous period...

MITAR REBIC LAID TO REST

On Wednesday, July 9th, 2025, a funeral service was held at the Church of St. Nicholas in Blacktown for Mitar Rebic, one of the oldest members of our community. The late 'Deda' (Grandpa) Mitar, as the entire community affectionately called him, was a veteran of the Rogatica Brigade of the...

CHURCH FEAST DAY SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED IN DAPTO

On Sunday, July 6, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand served Divine Hierarchical Liturgy at St. John the Baptist Serbian Orthodox Church in Dapto. Concelebrating with the Metropolitan were the local parish priest, Fr. Nikola Kovacevic, and Protodeacon Petar Mrakic, with the assistance of subdeacons and readers...

PATRONAL FEAST SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED IN NEWCASTLE

On Saturday, July 5th, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan served Divine Hierarchical Liturgy at St. Naum of Ohrid Serbian Orthodox Church in Newcastle. Alongside parish priest Protovicar Dalibor Pavlovic the following clergy concelebrated with His Eminence on this festive day: The Very Rev. Nicholas Skordilis and Rev. Mark Donnelly from the Greek...

VIDOVDAN RECITAL HELD IN SYDNEY

On Sunday, June 22, shortly after his return from the Serbia, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan attended the ceremonial Vidovdan Recital of Serbian schools from Sydney and the surrounding area. This year’s thirteenth consecutive event of its kind included schools from Wollongong, Serbian language departments at the Greek colleges of St....

GRADUATION OF THE 58TH CLASS OF THE REESTABLISHED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF ST. ARSENIJE IN SREMSKI KARLOVCI

Sremski Karlovci, June 5, 2025 — Today, at the Serbian Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Arsenije in Sremski Karlovci, the 58th generation of the reestablished Seminary, officially completed their education. With the final exam successfully passed by all graduating students, their five-year theological education was brought to a close. During the...

A MOSAIC OF SAINT SAVA INSTALLED AT ST. SAVA NEW KALENIC SERBIAN ORTHODOX MONASTERY

A mosaic has been created under the guidance and blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan and placed in its designated location above the entrance doors of the St. Sava church at St. Sava New Kalenic Monastery in Wallaroo. The mosaic was crafted by the renowned artist Mr. Risto Vujinovic in his...

METROPOLITAN SILUAN SERVES IN PRILEP

On the feast day of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, the teachers and enlighteners of the Slavs, His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan of Australia and New Zealand, at the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Petar of Prespa and Pelagonia and administrator of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese, celebrated the...

PALM SUNDAY – WAS SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED AT THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN BRUNSWICK, MELBOURNE.

The Feast of the Entry of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ into Jerusalem – Palm Sunday – was solemnly celebrated at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Brunswick, Melbourne. The parishioners who gather at their church had the special honour and blessing this Sunday of partaking in the Holy Mystery of...

GREAT LENTEN TALK PRESENTED BY THE VERY REVEREND PROTOPRESBYTER-STAVROFOR SASA RADOICIC AT ST MICHAEL’S SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN HOMEBUSH TITLED: ‘FAITH IN A MODERN WORLD’.

GREAT LENTEN TALK PRESENTED BY THE VERY REVEREND PROTOPRESBYTER-STAVROFOR SASA RADOICIC AT ST MICHAEL'S SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN HOMEBUSH TITLED: 'FAITH IN A MODERN WORLD'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Ef3CW9bBs

SCHEDULE OF FATHER RAFAILO BOLJEVIC’S VISIT TO THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX METROPOLITANATE OF ANZ 2025

CELEBRATION OF ST. SAVA’S DAY AT NEW KALENIC MONASTERY

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, the feast of St. Sava was celebrated in a solemn gathering at the Serbian Orthodox New Kalenic Monastery as part of the St. Sava Days throughout our Diocese. The liturgical gathering and the subsequent St. Sava Youth Festival at the New Kalenic Monastery on Saturday...

WORKS CONTINUE AT THE MONASTERIES OF ST. SAVA IN ELAINE AND NEW KALENIC

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Siluan, work has continued to improve the infrastructure and facilities in the St. Sava Monasteries of our God-saved Metropolitanate • At St. Sava Monastery in Elaine, through the efforts of the brotherhood led by Abbot Teodor and the hard work of volunteers and benefactors,...