Services at St Mary’s Church
Monday:
Mass 9 - 11 am
Tuesday
Liturgy 5:30 - 7am
7:30pm The Way Orthodox Fellowship in Englisg for adults - All ages
Wednesday: Mass 9 – 11 am
6:30-8pm School of Deacons Adults Thursday
Mass 9 - 11 am - English
English Midnight Praises 7:30pm
English Bible Study 7:30pm
Friday: Mass Mass 9 – 11 am
Youth 25 and above 7-9pm
Discipleship Clas Class 7-8:30pm
Saturday: Mass: 8:30 – 11am
Sunday School 4 – 5.30pm
Vespers & youth meeting 7-8:30pm English
Vespers &Bible Study Arabic 5:30-7pm
Scouts 1:30 - 3pm
School of Deaconsgip 3 - 4pm
Sunday:
1st Mass 6:30 - 8:30 Arabic & English
2nd Mass.8:30 - 10:30 English - St Mary’s Church
3rd Mass 8:30 - 10:30 Arabic - St John’s Chrysostom Church
Family Meeting fortnightly 11:30am Hymns Class - English 11:45 - 12:30pm
Church Priests:
Fr Tadros Sharobeam 0414251251
Email: frtadros@me.com
Fr Habib Girgis Younan: 0401238177 – 94498871
Email: habibgirgisyounan@hotmail.com
Fr Michael Salib: 0422431821
Email: frmichael@sac.edu.au
Church Address: 5 Epsom Rd., Kensington Vic 3031 Tel: 93766651
Fr Kerillos Tawadros
Feast of Glorious Epiphany Sunday 19th January
Epiphany Paramon: Saturday 18th January Liturgy 8-10am
Epiphany Eve 18th January: 6 - 11pm Including Matines, Lakan and Liturgy
The Departure of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
12th January - 4th Toba
On this day, in the year 100 A.D., St. John, the virgin, the evangelist, and apostle who was the son of Zebedee, departed. St. John Chrysostom (of the Golden Mouth( said that St. John the Evangelist was originally a disciple of St. John the Baptist. He was the brother of St. James the Elder, who was killed by Herod by the sword. The Lord called him with his brother “Boanerges” (Mark 3:17(, that is “sons of thunder,” for their strong zeal and great faith. He was also the disciple whom Jesus loved.
The lot fell on him to go to Asia. The people of this area were stiffnecked, so he prayed to Christ to be with him. He went to Ephesus, accompanied by his disciple Prochorus. They embarked on a ship, but the ship was wrecked on the way and every one of the passengers clung to a plank of the ship’s wood. The waves washed out Prochorus to an island, but St. John remained among the waves of the sea for several days, until the waves carried him, by the will of God, to the same island where his disciple Prochorus was. When they met together, they offered thanks to God for taking care of them.
From there, St. John went to the city of Ephesus where he preached the word of salvation. Its people did not accept his message at first, until a day when an only child fell in the furnace of a public bath managed by the child’s mother. They took him in haste out of the fire, but he was dead and his mother wept bitterly. At this time, St. John went to the child, prayed fervently to God, made the sign of the Cross over him, breathed in the child’s face, and life came back to him right away. His mother rejoiced and she kissed the feet of the Apostle and tears of joy were in her eyes.
From this time on, the people of the city came to hear his teachings and many of them believed and were baptized by St. John. This made the priests of the idols resent him and they tried to kill him several times but they could not, for the Lord protects all His chosen ones. After a great effort and many hardships, St. John led them to the knowledge of God and ordained bishops and priests for them. From there, he went to other places in Asia (Minor( and converted many of its people to the Faith of Christ.
This saint lived 90 years, and they used to carry him to the gatherings of the believers. Because of his old age, he only gave them very short sermons saying, “My children, love one another.”
He wrote the gospel known after him, and the Book of Revelation which he had seen on the island of Patmos, which is full of divine mysteries. He also wrote the three epistles known by his name. He was with the Lord Jesus Christ at the Transfiguration. He leaned (reclined( on the chest of our Lord at the Last Supper. He asked the Lord, “Who is he that shall betray you?” He was standing near the Cross with the Virgin St. Mary and the Lord said to his mother, “Behold your Son,” and to John, “Behold your mother.” He was the disciple about whom Peter asked the Lord, “And this one, what of him?” The Lord said to Peter, “If it be that I wish him to be here until I come, what is that to you?”
When St. John felt that he was about to depart from this world, he summoned the people and administered to them the Body and the Blood of the Lord. He preached and commanded them to be steadfast in their faith. May his blessings be with us all amen.
+ Feast of Circumcision: 14th January - 14th Jan 6th Toba
The church celebrates the feast of Circumcision. Eight days after the Holy Nativity of our Lord, we celebrate His Circumcision, one of the Feasts of the Lord, on which—in accordance with Hebrew tradition—He received the name “Jesus”: “And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His name was called Jesus, which was so named of the Angel before He was conceived in the womb” (St. Luke 2:21(. The true descendants of the Patriarch Abraham were separated from the other nations by the sign of circumcision (a prefigurement of Baptism: “the circumcision made without hands” (Colossians 2:11( and thereby became members of the God-ruled community of the Old Testament; that is, through circumcision, they entered among the chosen People of God. Christ was now “made under the law,” being conformed to the prescriptions of the Mosaic Law (Galatians 4:4( and “fulfilling” the Law (St. Matthew 3:15(, in order to elevate the Church of the Law into a Church of Grace, into a new “Israel of God” (cf. Galatians 6:16(, into a Theanthropic organism—into His Body. The Circumcision of our Lord inspired our Holy Church to institute a beautiful and deeply symbolic custom for the newborn children of Christians: at eight days, The prayers of Washing (First Bath( for children. This prayer is a preparation for the Baptism, the New Birth. The child’s name is chosen and the priest prays for the child to be s source of blessings for his family.
Divine Liturgy at St Mary’s 5 - 7am
The Ascension of Elijah the Prophet.
14th Jan – 6th Toba
Also, on this day was the departure of the prophet Elijah (Elias(, the Tishbite, to heaven, alive. This prophet lived during the time of King Ahab. His heart was filled with sorrow, for he saw the king had turned from the worship of the God of Israel to the worship of idols. He followed Queen Jezebel, who helped the priests of Baalzebub. The worship of idols spread out in his days. Therefore, Elijah stood before the king and said, «As the Lord God of Israel lives, before Whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.» (I Kings 17: 1( Immediately the brooks dried up, for there had been no rain in the land, and the grass dried up and the drought set in the whole land. God however did not forsake his zealous servant. He commanded him to go to the brook of Cherith, and the ravens came to him everyday and brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. The Lord ordered the water of the river to dry, but He did not forsake the prophet Elijah. God commanded him to go to Zarephath, which belonged to Sidon, where he found a widow gathering sticks and he asked her for bread to eat. She said to him, «As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.» Elijah said to her, «Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‹The bin of flour shall not be used up; nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.›» So she went away and did according to
the words of Elijah, and she, the prophet, and her household ate for many days.
Elijah stayed with the widow until the drought had ended. She had a son who was sick, and his sickness progressed until he died. The prophet saw the grief of the woman. He took her son from her and carried him to the upper room where he was staying and laid him on his own bed. Then he cried out to the Lord and he stretched himself out on the child three times. The Lord heard the voice of Elijah and the soul of the child came back to him, and he was revived. Elijah took the child and brought him down and gave him to his mother alive. (I Kings 17:17-23( When Jezebel knew that Elijah executed all the priests of Baal by the sword, she threatened to kill him. When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life. He went to Mount Horeb where he hid himself. The Lord talked to him, «What are you doing here, Elijah?» So he said, «I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.» The Lord said to him, «... Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal... « (I Kings 19:10-18(
When Ahab died and King Ahaziah reigned, he did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father Ahab. Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers to inquire from Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether he would recover from his injury. Elijah, the Prophet, met with his messengers and he told them to go and tell the King, «Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Now therefore, thus says the Lord! You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.» When they said this to the King, the King knew that it was Elijah the prophet. The King sent to him a captain of fifty, and the prophet was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to Elijah, «Man of God, the King has said, ‹Come down.›» So, Elijah answered and said to the captain, «If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.» And the fire came down from heaven and consumed them. Then the King sent another captain of fifty and said to him what the first captain said. And the fire came down from heaven and consumed them. The third captain came to Elijah and fell on his knees before him and pleaded with him. Elijah arose and went down with him to the King whom he rebuked. The King died in his bed. (2 Kings 1:1-18(
After that, Elijah went to the Jordan River and he took with him Elijah, his disciple . He struck the water with his mantle, and the river was divided and the two of them crossed over on dry ground. While they were talking to each other, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, separated the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (2 Kings 2:1-12( His prayers be with us. Amen
The Departure of St. Basil the Great, Bishop Of Caesarea. Today also of the year 379 A.D., the great St. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, departed. His father’s name was “Isosorus” (Isidore(, who was a priest and a holy man. He begot five children: St. Basil of Caesarea, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Kisarion (Cherion(,
St. Peter of Sebastia, and St. Machrina. They all lived in holiness all their lives.
He was instructed in the art of rhetoric, at the hands of the philosopher Libianius of Antioch, and he worked as an advocate. In 358 A.D., he abandoned the world and all its vain glories. He travelled through the wilderness of Egypt, where he witnessed the ascetics and was influenced by them. Upon his return, he withdrew to a wild and beautiful spot in Pontus and devoted himself to prayer and study. When the news of his holiness spread around, many came to him and they took him as a guide to lead them in the way of perfection. In 362 A.D., he was promoted to the priesthood. He continued to teach the believers, to defend the faith, and to save those who had been lost.
In 370 A.D., he was ordained Bishop of Caesarea, Cappadocia. For his boldness in truth and for his rebuke of the emperors who conducted themselves against the doctrine and those who behaved immorally. Emperor Valens wanted to exile St. Basil, but he declined because of the death of his son. Another time, when the Emperor wanted to sign an order for his exile, the pen broke in his hand, he took another pen and that also broke, and the same thing happened to a third pen. Valens tore the paper and left the saint to shepherd his flock and manage his church in peace.
St. Basil was filled with the Holy Spirit, and wrote the liturgy that is named after him. God wrought by his hands many signs and miracles. Among them, some heretics gained control over one of the churches and decided to close it unless someone opened it by his prayers. By the prayers of this saint, the church was opened and the believers gained access to it once again. Another sign: Abba Ephraim saw a pillar of light between earth and heaven and heard a voice saying, “This is Basil.” St. Ephraim came to the city of Caesarea and witnessed the virtues of St. Basil. St. Basil ordained him a deacon. Among his miracles was that a woman wrote all her sins on paper and gave it to St. Basil. He prayed for her and her sins were forgiven, except one sin. He told her to go to Abba Ephraim to pray for her. When she went to Abba Ephraim, he sent her back to St. Basil saying, “Hurry, go back to meet him before his death.” When she came back, she found that he had passed away. She wept and she put the paper that she had written on his body and the written sins were blotted out. Also among his miracles was a Jewish physician, who was known for his professional accuracy and who told the saint that he would die after three days. The saint prayed to God, Who prolonged his life, and he did not die on the day that the physician expected him to die. The physician believed and was baptized with all his household.
Another example is that of a young man who wrote a covenant with the devil to deny his Christianity and his baptism. Through the prayer of the Saint, the young man was saved from the servitude of the devil(1( . This saint had many virtues and performed many miracles besides the above mentioned ones. He wrote many articles, homilies, and discourses. He put down canons which the believers follow till now He also wrote commentaries on some of the Books of the Old and New Testaments.
His prayers be with us, and Glory be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
Paramouni of Holy Theophany (Epiphany(
18th January - 10th Toba
On this day it has been the tradition of the Orthodox Church, following the teachings of the holy fathers of the church, to fast until dusk, eating only what is permitted to be eaten during the holy forty days (Lent(. If Christmas day or Epiphany falls on Wednesday or Friday, the saintly apostles ordained that the believers eat all the food that one is permitted to eat during the Pentecostal days (the post-resurrection fifty days(. They are feasts to the Lord. The Paramouni days are fasted to compensate for the feast days, so that we may have the blessings of both the fast and the feast.
In the custom of our Coptic Orthodox church, if the Paramouni day falls on Saturday or Sunday, it is the tradition to fast on the Friday that precedes them also. Then they pray on water before midnight and they wash and bless everyone who wants to be blessed. The reason to complete this before midnight is because of the fear that the little children may break their fasting by drinking water.
We ask Christ to purify us, cleanse us from all our abominations, forgive our sins, and make us worthy to receive the revelation of the glory of His divine nature in our hearts and in our deeds, as He revealed His glory in the Jordan River.
To Him be the Glory with His Good Father and His Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the end of ages. Amen.
+ First Sunday of Toba: Pauline: Roman 15:4-19
Catholicon: 1John 3:1-11
Acts:14:24-15:3
Gospel:Mat 2:13-23”Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt”(13( + From Egypt I called my Son:
The Lord uses the flight from evil to be a blessing for many. Egypt was blessed by the flight of the Lord. The Lord showed His Love for those living in darkness and shadow of death. How many evils you need to flee from. Fleeing the evil will need many sacrifices but with many blessings. Flee for you life from the wife of Potiphar, from Sodom, from angry Soul from deceptive Herod. Flee from those friends who want to pull you away from God to sin and lusts. Flee from these movies, magazines, books and places full of lust and sins, which make you, lose your purity of thought and body. Flee from these deceiving groups which may use excited methods to interpret the Bible in their own ways deceiving many like Jehovah witness, Mormons or Protestant groups which even
some of them try to appear in an orthodox appearance. How many are getting deceived by those groups especially young people who get attracted to excited and new trends and ideas. Flee for your life. Flee from these traps for your sake and your children sake. Fleeing is the shortest and most sure way to get away from them and get rid from their harm.
+ From Egypt I called my Son:
The Lord uses the flight from evil to be a blessing for many. Egypt was blessed by the flight of the Lord. The Lord showed His Love for those living in darkness and shadow of death. How many evils you need to flee from. Fleeing the evil will need many sacrifices but with many blessings. Flee for you life from the wife of Potiphar, from Sodom, from angry Soul from deceptive Herod. Flee from those friends who want to pull you away from God to sin and lusts. Flee from these movies, magazines, books and places full of lust and sins, which make you, lose your purity of thought and body. Flee from these deceiving groups which may use excited methods to interpret the Bible in their own ways deceiving many like Jehovah witness, Mormons or Protestant groups which even some of them try to appear in an orthodox appearance. How many are getting deceived by those groups especially young people who get attracted to excited and new trends and ideas. Flee for your life. Flee from these traps for your sake and your children sake. Fleeing is the shortest and most sure way to get away from them and get rid from their harm.
+ Rachel weeping for her children: That what evil produces. Weeping, death and destruction. Do not submit yourself for the deceptive. Facing the evil does not give peace whatever your courage and wisdom. Learn to flee. Flee for your life.
Papal Message - Feast of Gloriuos Nativity 2025
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen.
Happy New Year and glorious Nativity Feast. I congratulate you, my beloved, everywhere in our Coptic Churches. I congratulate you on the New Year 2025. And on the glorious Nativity Feast, The first of the blessed feasts in the Gregorian year. I congratulate all the fathers: metropolitans and bishops. All the fathers, the priests: hegumens, and presbyters, and the deacons. I congratulate the church boards and all Coptic families, All the youth and children across the world, On the glorious Nativity Feast, in which we welcome Christ as a little Child.
When God wished to enter the world, He chose the childhood way. And through this little Child, great works were accomplished. Indeed, when we study the events of the Nativity, we discover a very important fact. That all small things, when placed 1n the hand of God, become great. I will give examples of this.
In the story of the Nativity, we encounter the small village of Bethlehem, an obscure and unknown vilIage.There are thousands of villages in many parts of the world, but when this village welcomed the holy Virgin Mary and St. Joseph the Carpenter, the result of the Birth of the Lord Christ was this village became the most famous village in the entire ,vorld. It was the village of Bethlehem. What is small in God’s hands becomes very great.
It was not just the village but also the young girl, our mother, the Virgm Mary. She was a young girl, of li1nited years, but God filled her with grace. And the angel said to her:The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest ,will overshadow you;Therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God (Luke 1:35(.This very young and humble girl, who lived in the temple, became later the most renowned saint in Christian life. We now call her “The pride of our race,” The entire human race, men and women everywhere. As I mentioned: A small girl, when she interacts with God, and is filled with grace, becomes this magnificent.
A third example is the star (Matthew 2: 2(. A small star appeared in the sky. It was moving in a perhaps unusual manner in consideration of astronomy. It guided the Magi coming from the East.TheseMagi, while on their journey, had this staras their only guide and leader. This star moved as they moved and stopped as they stopped. It became a miracle. The sky is filled with countless stars. But this star,the star of the Nativity, became a miracle, famous and renotvned. When we depict Nativity icons, we must draw thisstar in all types of icons.
There are many examples: the small in Christ’s hands becomes great. The little in Christ’s hands becomes abundant. Not only these examples but also another one. The hymn. The hymn sung by the angels at the Nativity. A very short hymn. But it became the title of our Christianity. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men” (Luke 2:14(. A hymn with few words but immense impact. It became the expressive title of our Christianity. Why? Because this hymn encompasses heaven, earth, and humanity.Therefore, it became a comprehensive hymn. Heaven: Glory to God in the highest. Earth: And on earth peace. Humanity: And goodwill toward men. It became a threefold, complete, and comprehensive hymn. It became a title for the work of Christ and the mission of Christianity. It is like a plan and program for human life. There are countless examples. However, the important point is this: When you place the little in God’s hands, it becomes great. In our language, we say: ‘It is blessed,” though it is little.
Beyond the Nativity story, I can give you other examples. For instance, the small boy who had five loaves and two fish, amid crowds of thousands. When Christ asked His disciples to feed the crowds, they said: We have nothing but a small boy with five loaves and two fish (John 6:9(. Perhaps this was the boy’s meal. But the Disciples took this very little food, placed it in Christ’s hands, and it became abundant, feeding five thousand men, not counting women and children. And there were still twelve baskets full of leftovers. What an overflow! What a great blessing!
Another example: Peter the Apostle, before his apostleship, was a fisherman. He was a fisherman. He went out fishing. And as fishermen say, “His livelihood depends on God.” One day, there is provision; another day, there is none. It was a night of unsuccessful fishing. They toiled all night to catch fish, but they failed. Christ appeared at dawn and said to them: “... let down your nets” (Luke 5:4(. Peter said his famous words: Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless, at Your word I will let down the net (Luke5:5(. The Scripture says:”... they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking” (Luke 5:6(. The nets were breaking, filled, and overflowing at Christ’s word. “At Your word I will let down the net” (Luke 5:5(.
Another beautiful example:The woman who gave two mites (Mark 12: 42(. These two mites were of very little value in the Lord Christ’s time. But she gave them out of her poverty and need. The result was that Cod praised her and pointed her out, And the woman with the two mites became famous in the New Testament. While there were others who gave much. And the coins at that time were metal. And the box for offerings wasalso metal. When coins were placed in the box, they made a sound. Large coins made a louder sound.Small coins made less sound.These two mites most likely
made no sound at all. But Christ praised her, blessed her, and pointed her out. She became a model for us.
Even in the stories of choosing Christ’s servants. As in the selection of David the Prophet (1 Samuel 16:11(. He was a young boy, the youngest among his brothers, weak in build. A similar story can be seen in Saint Bishoy. David was young, yet when Cod chose him as a servant, the elders objected, saying, “Choose someone older.” But God chose the young and made him a great and holy man. He made David the Prophet with all his life and his psalms, including the well-known Psalm of Repentance.
This beautiful image reminds us, as we celebrate the Nativity of Christ, that whatever little we offer to God becomes very great. It is not just about the little in money, but also the little in time. When you dedicate a very limited time of your day to God, in prayer, reading the Bible, solitude, or contemplation, you will find these little moments you offer to God, blesses your entire day, week, and month.. When you offer effort, service, thoughts, innovation, or creativity, no matter how little you give, it will become great. This is the Nativity message I present to you today, beloved ones: Do not underestimate anything, regardless of its size or form. Our little children will become great in the future. The effort you offer, your time, your money, your thoughts, your labor, and your tears, all will become great in God’s hands if offered for His sake.
l congratulate you all. I congratulate all the Coptic dioceses across the world, in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia, also, the Holy Land See in the great city of our God Jerusalem. I congratulate you all from Cairo, from Egypt. I congratulate you and convey the greetings of the entire Coptic Church in Egypt. I wish youa happy New Year, I wish you a blessed Nativity Feast, and the joy of the Nativity in your lives. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men” (Luke 2:14(.
Wednesday 8 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at St John the Evangelist Church, Armadale 7pm Vespers, and general meeting at St Athanasius Church, Donvale
Thursday 9 Jan: Visit to Perth (Thu 9 - Sat 11 Jan(
Sunday 12 Jan: 9 am - Divine Liturgy at St Mina and St Marina Church, Halam
Wednesday 15 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at St Macarius Church, Yarrambat
Thursday 16 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at St Athanasius Church, Donvale Diocese Clergy meeting at the Diocese HQ, Donvale
Friday 17 Jan: Visit to Adelaide (Fri 17 - Sat 18 Jan(
Tuesday 21 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at St Bishoy and St Shenouda Church, Bulleen
Wednesday 22 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at Archangel Michael and St Anthony Church, Oakleigh
Friday 24 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at St Mina and St Marina Church, Hallam 6:30pm - YIC meeting at St Mary Church, Kensington
Saturday 25 Jan: 9am - Divine Liturgy at St Philopater Church, Melton 6pm - Vespers, and general meeting at St Bishoy and St Shenouda Church, Bulleen
Sunday 26 Jan: Divine Liturgy at St George Church, St Albans
Monday 27 Jan: 1:25am - Depart to Manilla - 5J50
His Grace Beshop Rewis visiting St Mary’s Church Sunday School classes
Saturday 4th January 2025
Repose in the Lord in Egypt_ the beloved and dear Mrs Janet Nagib Elias. loving wife of the late Mr William Tawfik.
Mother of Mona Ghohrial - wife of Sameh Ghobrial, Magda Barsoum - wife of Medhat Barsoum in Australia and Magda William - husband of Gehan Tasson in Egypt.
Grandmother of Marian, Mich.:iel, & Anthony B.:irsoum. Sandra Michail and Matthew Ghobrial, Maria and Mark Maged. Aunt of Maher and Magdy Barsoum.
Our Parish extends its sincerest and warmest condolences and prayers to the family. We pray that our gracious and loving Lord gn.tnts the family and friends of Mrs Janet Nagib Eli(!S comfort (Ind peace. May her soul repose in the Paradise of Joy and her memory be eternal!
The family of the Late Mrs Janet Nagib Elias will accept condolences at St Mark”s Coptic Orthodox Church (40-42 Gilbert Rd, Preston VIC 3072) on Thursday 9 January 2025 from 6:30pm - 8pm.
Fr Michael Salib
Fr John Macary
Fr Yacoub (Syrian Orthodox) during the Divine Liturgy of the Glorious Feast of Nativity
St John Chrusostom Church 7th January 2025
Fr Tadros Sharobeam
Fr Habib Gerges
Fr Kyrillos Tawadros during the Divine Liturgy of the Glorious Feast of Nativity
St Mary’s Church 7th January 2025
New Church, New Building and Car Park are ready We started to use the New Building and church last on Lazarus Saturday 27th April 2024. church services are continuing as normal as in the Timetable inside the Bulletin. You can donate monthly contribution using Direct Debit forms available in the church or downloaded from church website. We thank Our Lord for this great Gift Cost of building works is around $13,000,000. Your support and donations will be blessing and very appreciated.
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