On Sunday, 19th March 2017, the parish Serbian school, Folklore Ensemble "Kosovski Božuri", and Serbian Orthodox Youth Association (SOYA) celebrated their Slava St. Nikolai Velimirović, bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha.
By a unanimous decision of three judges handed down on 7 March 2017, the NSW Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of the Property Trust of the 'Free SOCANZ Diocese' which challenged the 2015 judgement delivered by the Supreme Court of NSW in relation to the St Sava Monastery in Hall.
Serbian Orthodox Youth Association of Queensland (SOYA - QLD) since August of last year has organised spiritual lectures in English.
In the God-Child Christ, my dearest, by the Grace of God - spiritual children
On the eve of the radiant and joyous Feast of the Birth of Christ, we behold the inexpressible mystery of God's love, which again and again is abundantly gifted to all mankind, and in particular to those who approach His love in the embrace of Him who is born in a Bethlehem cave. For it is Christ who radiates from the human heart and transfigures it, who warms the coldness of the cave of the human heart, making it the warm abode of the uncontainable God.
The Serbian Orthodox Church
to her spiritual children at Christmas, 2016
+IRINEJ
By the Grace of God
Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, with the joyous Christmas greeting:
On Tuesday, 08 November 2016, at the Saint George Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Cabramatta we celebrated the festival of Saint Demitrios of Thessaloniki. Bishop Siluan presided at the Holy Hierachichal Liturgy, concelebrating with the Cathedral clergy Very Rev. Fathers Djuro Djurdjevic and Nemanja Mrdjenovic and Rev Deacon Aleksandar Ivanovic, the Secretary of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand. Mrs Darija Galic MA as usual conducted the choir that had help from Very Reverend Fathers Nenad Djurasinovic and Dragoljub Pantelic, who were the first arrivals for the clergy seminar.
Your Grace! Master, Bless!
It was good to meet you again in Detroit last week. Congratulations again on your enthronement.
On Tuesday evening, 11th October 2016, the Vespers service at St George Church in Cabramatta was sung by the Serbian Choral Society "Jedinstvo" (eng: Unity) from Banja Luka (Republic of Srpska), conducted by Mr Nemanja Savic.
His Grace the newly-enthroned Bishop of the Eastern American Diocese Irinej served the Divine Liturgy in New York City on Sunday, October 2, 2016, in Madison Square Park, located close to St. Sava Cathedral. Serving with Bishop Irinej was His Eminence Metropolitan Georgios of Guinea and Western Africa, along with clergy: Protopresbyter-stavrophor Dr. John Behr, Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary; Protopresbyter-stavrophor Aleksandar Vlajkovic, Dean of the Washington Deanery and parish priest in Boston; Protopresbyter-stavrophor Dr. Zivojin Jakovljevic, Dean of St. Sava Cathedral in New York City; Protopresbyter-stavrophor Ivan Marjanovic, parish priest in Portland, Maine; Protopresbyter -stavrophor Dr. Alexander Rentel, Professor of Canon Law at St. Vladimir's Seminary; Protopresbyter Djokan Majstorovic, parish priest in Paterson, New Jersey; Protopresbyter Zoran Radovic, parish priest of St. George Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey; Protopresbyter Vladislav Radujkovic, parish priest in New York City; Presbyter Sasa Nedic, parish priest of Holy Ascension Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey; Presbyter Christopher Rocknage, parish priest in Steelton, Pennsylvania; Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak, Protodeacon Vadim Gan, Deacon Dr. Jovan Anicic, and Deacon Larry Soper. Responses were sung by the Cathedral choir directed by Dr. Milos Raickovic.
Hundreds of the faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America joined hierarchs, clergy and well-wishers from around the world in Pittsburgh on October 1 in welcoming His Grace Bishop Irinej (Dobrijevic) as their new Hierarch and Archpastor.
