Category: Belief

The Two Communities
There are a number of challenges that lie ahead for Orthodox Christians today. These issues relate to faith and reflect the spiritual state of Orthodox people in the world community [...]
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Christmas Encyclical of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia 2023
by the mercy of God, Archbishop of the Most Holy Archdiocese of Australia, Primate and Exarch of All Oceania, to the God-loving Bishops, the gracious clergy and monastic communities, to [...]
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December 25 or January 7? Why do Orthodox Christians Celebrate Christmas on Different Days?
As we approach the end of the year and the great Feast of Christmas, Orthodox Christians in Australia will be celebrating the birth of our common Saviour on different days. [...]
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Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy Pascha 2023
Most honorable brother Hierarchs, Dearly beloved children, Having arrived with God’s grace at the all-saving Resurrection of the Lord, through which the power of death was abolished and the gates [...]
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Paschal Message of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios 2023
Most honourable Fellow Bishops and my beloved children, The great event of the Resurrection is recorded in the Gospels without triumphalist and exaggerated sentiments. Indeed, the Myrrh bearing women, who [...]
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Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas 2022
Today our Holy Church celebrates the Nativity in the flesh of the pre-eternal Son and Word of God, this “foreign and strange mystery” that “was concealed from ages and from [...]
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Christmas Encyclical of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia 2022
Venerable Brother fellow Bishops and my beloved children, Most people who refer to the feast of Christmas, focus their attention on the fact that God became human in order to [...]
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Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy Pascha 2022
Having run the race of ascetic struggles during Holy and Great Lent and experienced with compunction the venerable Passion of the Lord, we are now filled with the eternal light [...]
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Paschal Message of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios 2022
Most honourable Fellow Bishops and my beloved children, The Resurrection of Christ is undoubtedly a historical event, which took place “even though the tomb was secured with a seal”, namely [...]
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The Celebration
This article was written by Fr Emmanuel following soon after Easter 1997. The time was approaching for the Resurrection. The Matins of the Resurrection had come to an end. All [...]
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