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2023 Wall Calendar have arrived only $10
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY
This Sunday do not forget to bring your favorite Icon to Church it is Sunday of Orthodoxy. At the End of the service we shall be walking around the Church “Outside” holding our Icons as is the tradition, Reading the decree of the seventh Ecumenical Council. Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrates the restoration of the icons …
THE SALUTATION OF THE THEOTOKOS
Every Friday during Great Lent 6PM During Great Lent the first four Fridays the service of the Salutation to the Theotokos is read honouring the Virgin Mary , followed by the fifth Friday the Akathist Hymn. This is one of the most beautiful and beloved hymns of the orthodox church. It is an ecclesiastical poem …
CONFESSION
While men and women of the Orthodox faith can express their regretful to God and beg his forgiveness at any time or in any place, this is not always effective. Therefore loving guidance and direction may be sought in the formal sacrament of confession. THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION A person in emotional turmoil because of …
Great Lent
Friends today marks the beginning of Great Lent…an invitation to renew our walk with God in a spirit of humbleness, fasting, and prayer. I would like to share something from the Homily of St Basil on Lent. “There is both a physical and a spiritual fast. In the physical fast the body abstains from food …
ΨΥΧΟΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ
Next Three Saturdays This Saturday is know as Saturday of Souls Traditionally the Orthodox remember the dead on a Saturday, the day Christ lay in his tomb. The Orthodox believe that it is the duty of the living to remember and pray for the deceased. A general prayer is said for specific individuals and all …
SOUVA SUNDAY
SUNDAY 19TH OF FEBRUARY 2023 Meat Fare Sunday, immediately after the church service, Souvlakia will be sold on the church grounds for ONLY $10 together with a drink. All funds raised will be going towards the ongoing expenses of the church. Everyone welcome please support.
Archbishop Nameday
On the feast day of St Makarios the Parish of St Johns Carlton would like to express their well wishes to our Archbishop who celebrates on this day. Happy Name-day Your Eminence.
St. Anthony
SAYINGS OF ST ANTHONY. + St. Anthony said, ‘I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world, and I said groaning, “What can get through from such snares?” Then I heard a voice saying to me, “Humility.”’ + “Reject pride, and consider everyone more righteous than yourself.” + When St. Anthony entered …