Another Milestone & Historical Event for our Church! Installation of our Golden Domes from Ukraine!
With the blessing of our Metropolitan Epiphanij, today our church accomplished another milestone, a day which will remain in history for our Church & Community as we conducted early in the morning the service of the Blessing of our newly arrived Golden Domes/Cupolas & Crosses from Dnepro -Ukraine from our beloved friends and master craftsman Майстерня Церковних Куполів. What a joyful and blessed day, to install our Golden domes the same day our famous Golden Domed Monastery &
Visit to the Ukrainian Embassy in Canberra
Always a pleasure & honour to see our wonderful Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Dr Mykola Kulinich this morning at our Ukrainian Embassy in Canberra:) 🇺🇦 #VisittotheUkrainianEmbassyinCanberra #FrSavasPizanias
Enthronement of Metropolitan Epiphanios of Kyiv & all Ukraine (slideshow)
Upon invitation and the Blessings of His Beatitude Epiphanios of Kyiv Fr Savas Pizanias, representing the Ukrainian Parishes of Australia but also as a spiritual child of Metropolitan Epiphanios, accompanied by the President of our Church took part in the official festivities and program of Metropolitan Epiphanios Historic Enthronement at St Sophia's Cathedral (2-3 feb 2019). Above is a slideshow of this Historical event & one week trip. #EpiphaniosEnthronement #HisBeatitudeM
HISTORICAL EVENT: OUR CHURCH IS CANONICAL & OFFICIALLY HAS BEEN GIVEN AUTOCEPHALY-TOMOS
On Sunday the 6th January 2019 (Holy Theophany) in Constantinople at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, our Metropolitan and canonical first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanios concelebrated for the first time with His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and during the service the Holy Tomos was given to Metropolitan Epihanios by the hands of His Holiness Bartholomew, having been signed the evening before after a Doxology. This finalised the process of g
Our Own Metropolitan Epiphanios Elected First Hierarch of the New Orthodox Church of Ukraine!!!
Glory to God in the highest, my spiritual father and our own Metropolitan Epiphanios has been elected first Hierarch of the new Ukrainian Autocephalous church! Words cannot express how i feel! Axios Axios Axios!!!! Ε Π Ι Φ Α Ν Ι Ο Υ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΚΑΡΙΩΤΑΤΟΥ
ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΠΡΟΒΛΗΤΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΟΥ
Κ Ι Ε Β Ο Υ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΣΗΣ Ο Υ Κ Ρ Α Ν Ι Α Σ
ΠΟΛΛΑ ΤΑ ΕΤΗ!... Α Ξ Ι Ο Σ!.... Official Announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate: https://www.patriarchate.org/announcements/-/asset_publisher/MF6geT6kma
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE
Glory to God in the Highest! Glory to God! Glory to God! Official Confirmation, our Patriarch Philaret, our Churches, Clergy & flock will be officially accepted and canonical! Tomos of Autocephaly will be given by the Ecumenical Patriarch! A historical day, a miracle and blessing! Our Petitions were heard and accepted! Excommunications, anathemas & defrockments have all been uplifted (see point 3), schism has been healed through Oikonomia. The new Autocephalous Ukrainian Chur
1030 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE BAPTISM OF KYIVAN- RUS (27th-28th July 2018)
1030 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE BAPTISM OF KYIVAN- RUS! On the 27th & 28th of July 2018 our Patriarchate in Kyiv celebrated the 1030 year anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan-Rus. With celebrative Vespers and Patriarchal Divine Liturgy and the Procession from St Vladimirs Cathedral to the Statue of St Vladimir at the foot of the Dnpier River. With up to 150,000 people taking place in the festive procession and thousands of clergy with our bishops, our Patriarch
Holy Week & Easter at our Church 2018!
Χριστός Ανέστη! Christ Is Risen! With great Emotion & Joy our church of St Savvas of Kalymnos from Palm Sunday right through Holy Week and Easter this year experienced a drastic increase (record crowds so far for our humble church) of faithful participating in all the Services. To see so many new people and young families fill the church in and out observing the holy services is a great blessing and a testament that our Risen Lord and our Beloved St Savvas continues to bless
Holy Consecration Service 12/11/17 (Footage)
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Our Church Consecration - Major Blessing for our Church!
On Sunday 12th November 2017, Our Church Consecration, led by our Patriarchal delegation Metropolitan Epiphanios (Patriarchal Vicar) took place. A blessed and Historical day for our church! What an emotional and historical day for our church! Record crowds, packed church and hall...in and out. A day we will never forget, attended by hundreds with distinguished guests, dignitaries and ambassadors. At the end of the consecration service the Patriarchal Vicar- awarded Fr Savas
