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Liturgy free ai1ec-4534@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180125T073000 20180125T093000 0 St Gregory the Theologian, St Auxentios the martyr- Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4555@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180206T193000 20180207T003000 0 All Night Vigil – St Parthenios free ai1ec-4556@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180209T170000 20180209T180000 0 Vespers – Memorial Service for Departed free ai1ec-4557@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180210T073000 20180210T093000 0 Souls Saturday – Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4558@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180211T071500 20180211T103000 0 Meat Fare Sunday – Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4567@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180217T073000 20180224T093000 0 St Theodore the Tyro, Great Martyr – Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4568@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180218T071500 20180218T103000 0 FORGIVENESS SUNDAY – Leo the Great, Agapetus the Confessor-Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4569@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180219T170000 20180219T181500 20180220T170000 20180222T170000 0 Great Compline Service free ai1ec-4570@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180221T180000 20180221T193000 20180228T180000 20180307T180000 20180314T180000 20180321T180000 20180328T180000 0 Vespers & Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts free ai1ec-4571@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180223T080000 20180223T093000 20180302T080000 20180309T080000 20180316T080000 20180323T080000 20180330T080000 0 Vespers & Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts free ai1ec-4576@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180223T170000 20180223T180000 0 Vespers and Memorial Service for the Departed free ai1ec-4572@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180223T190000 20180223T201500 20180302T190000 20180309T190000 20180316T190000 0 Salutations to the Virgin Mary free ai1ec-4575@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180224T073000 20180224T093000 0 First & Seconding Finding of the Venerable Head of St John the Baptist, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4577@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Sunday of Orthodoxy For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of Theophilus (829-842). After Theophilus’s death, his widow the Empress Theodora (celebrated Feb. 11), together with the Patriarch Methodius (June 14), established Orthodoxy anew. This ever-memorable Queen venerated the icon of the Mother of God in the presence of the Patriarch Methodius and the other confessors and righteous men, and openly cried out these holy words: “If anyone does not offer relative worship to the holy icons, not adoring them as though they were gods, but venerating them out of love as images of the archetype, let him be anathema.” Then with common prayer and fasting during the whole first week of the Forty-day Fast, she asked God’s forgiveness for her husband. After this, on the first Sunday of the Fast, she and her son, Michael the Emperor, made a procession with all the clergy and people and restored the holy icons, and again adorned the Church of Christ with them. This is the holy deed that all we the Orthodox commemorate today, and we call this radiant and venerable day the Sunday of Orthodoxy, that is, the triumph of true doctrine over heresy.   *GOAA 20180225T071500 20180225T103000 0 Sunday of Orthodoxy – Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4573@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180226T170000 20180226T174500 20180227T170000 20180301T170000 20180305T170000 20180306T170000 20180308T170000 20180312T170000 20180313T170000 20180315T170000 20180319T170000 20180320T170000 20180322T170000 20180326T170000 20180327T170000 20180329T170000 0 Great Compline Service free ai1ec-4593@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180316T210000 20180317T003000 0 Night Vigil – St Alexios Man of God free ai1ec-4574@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180323T190000 20180323T204500 0 Akathyst Hymn to The Virgin Mary free ai1ec-4602@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180331T073000 20180331T100000 0 Saturday of Lazarus, Matins & Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4603@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180401T073000 20180401T110000 0 Palm Sunday, Matins & Divine Liturgy free thumbnail;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Palm-Sunday-Celebrate-the-King.png;259;194,medium;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Palm-Sunday-Celebrate-the-King.png;259;194,large;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Palm-Sunday-Celebrate-the-King.png;259;194,full;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Palm-Sunday-Celebrate-the-King.png;259;194 ai1ec-4604@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180401T113000 20180401T140000 0 Palm Sunday Luncheon free thumbnail;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Palm-Sunday-Luncheon-2018EN-214x300.jpg;214;300,medium;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Palm-Sunday-Luncheon-2018EN-214x300.jpg;214;300,large;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Palm-Sunday-Luncheon-2018EN-214x300.jpg;214;300,full;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Palm-Sunday-Luncheon-2018EN-214x300.jpg;214;300 ai1ec-4605@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Beginning on the evening of Palm Sunday and continuing through the evening of Holy Tuesday, the Orthodox Church observes a special service known as the Service of the Bridegroom. Each evening service is the Matins or Orthros service of the following day (e.g. the service held on Sunday evening is the Orthros service for Holy Monday). The name of the service is from the figure of the Bridegroom in the parable of the Ten Virgins found in Matthew 25:1-13. Holy Monday On Holy Monday we commemorate Joseph the Patriarch, the beloved son of Jacob. A major figure of the Old Testament, Joseph’s story is told in the final section of the Book of Genesis (chs. 37-50). Because of his exceptional qualities and remarkable life, our patristic and liturgical tradition portrays Joseph as tipos Christou, i.e., as a prototype, prefigurement or image of Christ. The story of Joseph illustrates the mystery of God’s providence, promise and redemption. Innocent, chaste and righteous, his life bears witness to the power of God’s love and promise. The lesson to be learned from Joseph’s life, as it bears upon the ultimate redemption wrought by the death and resurrection of Christ, is summed up in the words he addressed to his brothers who had previously betrayed him, “’Fear not … As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.’ Thus he reassured them and comforted them” (Genesis 50:19-21). The commemoration of the noble, blessed and saintly Joseph reminds us that in the great events of the Old Testament, the Church recognizes the realities of the New Testament. Also, on Great and Holy Monday the Church commemorates the event of the cursing of the fig tree (Matthew 21:18-20). In the Gospel narrative this event is said to have occurred on the morrow of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:18 and Mark 11:12). For this reason it found its way into the liturgy of Great Monday. The episode is also quite relevant to Great Week. Together with the event of the cleansing of the Temple this episode is another manifestation of Jesus’ divine power and authority and a revelation as well of God’s judgment upon the faithlessness of the Jewish religious classes. The fig tree is symbolic of Israel become barren by her failure to recognize and receive Christ and His teachings. The cursing of the fig tree is a parable in action, a symbolic gesture. Its meaning should not be lost on any one in any generation. Christ’s judgment on the faithless, unbelieving, unrepentant and unloving will be certain and decisive on the Last Day. This episode makes it clear that nominal Christianity is not only inadequate, it is also despicable and unworthy of God’s kingdom. Genuine Christian faith is dynamic and fruitful. It permeates one’s whole being and causes a change. Living, true and unadulterated faith makes the Christian conscious of the fact that he is already a citizen of heaven. Therefore, his way of thinking, feeling, acting and being must reflect this reality. Those who belong to Christ ought to live and walk in the Spirit; and the Spirit will bear fruit in them: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians 5:22-25). 20180401T190000 20180401T201500 0 Bridegroom Service, Matins of Holy Monday free ai1ec-4608@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180402T080000 20180402T094500 0 Vespers and Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified free ai1ec-4609@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Holy Tuesday On Holy Tuesday the Church calls to remembrance two parables, which are related to the Second Coming. The one is the parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-3); the other the parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). These parables point to the inevitability of the Parousia and deal with such subjects as spiritual vigilance, stewardship, accountability and judgment. From these parables we learn at least two basic things. First, Judgment Day will be like the situation in which the bridesmaids (or virgins) of the parable found themselves: some ready for it, some not ready. The time one decides for God is now and not at some undefined point in the future. If “time and tide waits for no man,” certainly the Parousia is no exception. The tragedy of the closed door is that individuals close it, not God. The exclusion from the marriage feast, the kingdom, is of our own making. Second, we are reminded that watchfulness and readiness do not mean a wearisome, spiritless performance of formal and empty obligations. Most certainly it does not mean inactivity and slothfulness. Watchfulness signifies inner stability, soberness, tranquility and joy. It means spiritual alertness, attentiveness and vigilance. Watchfulness is the deep personal resolve to find and do the will of God, embrace every commandment and every virtue, and guard the intellect and heart from evil thoughts and actions. Watchfulness is the intense love of God. 20180402T190000 20180402T201500 0 Bridegroom Service, Matins of Holy and Great Tuesday free ai1ec-4610@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180403T080000 20180403T094500 0 Vespers and Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified free ai1ec-4611@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Holy Wednesday On Holy Wednesday the Church invites the faithful to focus their attention on two figures: the sinful woman who anointed the head of Jesus shortly before the passion (Matthew 26:6-13), and Judas, the disciple who betrayed the Lord. The former acknowledged Jesus as Lord, while the latter severed himself from the Master. The one was set free, while the other became a slave. The one inherited the kingdom, while the other fell into perdition. These two people bring before us concerns and issues related to freedom, sin, hell and repentance. The repentance of the sinful harlot is contrasted with the tragic fall of the chosen disciple. The Triodion make is clear that Judas perished, not simply because he betrayed his Master, but because, having fallen into the sin of betrayal, he then refused to believe in the possibility of forgiveness. If we deplore the actions of Judas, we do so not with vindictive self-righteousness but conscious always of our own guilt. In general, all the passages in the Triodion that seem to be directed against the Jews should be understood in this same way. When the Triodion denounces those who rejected Christ and delivered Him to death, we recognize that these words apply not only to others, but to ourselves: for have we not betrayed the Savior many times in our hearts and crucified Him anew? I have transgressed more than the harlot, O loving Lord, yet never have I offered You my flowing tears. But in silence I fall down before You and with love I kiss Your most pure feet, beseeching You as Master to grant me remission of sins; and I cry to You, O Savior: Deliver me from the filth of my works. While the sinful woman brought oil of myrrh, the disciple came to an agreement with the transgressors. She rejoiced to pour out what was very precious, he made haste to sell the One who is above all price. She acknowledged Christ as Lord, he severed himself from the Master. She was set free, but Judas became the slave of the enemy. Grievous was his lack of love. Great was her repentance. Grant such repentance also unto me, O Savior who has suffered for our sake, and save us. 20180403T190000 20180403T203000 0 Bridegroom Service, Matins of Holy & Great Wednesday free ai1ec-4612@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180404T080000 20180404T094500 0 Vespers and Pre-Sactified Liturgy free ai1ec-4613@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Holy Unction When one is ill and in pain, this can very often be a time of life when one feels alone and isolated. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, or Holy Unction as it is also known, reminds us that when we are in pain, either physical, emotional, or spiritual, Christ is present with us through the ministry of His Church. He is among us to offer strength to meet the challenges of life, and even the approach of death. As with Chrismation, oil is also used in this Sacrament as a sign of God’s presence, strength, and forgiveness. After the reading of seven Epistle lessons, seven Gospel lessons and the offering of seven prayers, which are all devoted to healing, the priest anoints the body with the Holy Oil. Orthodoxy does not view this Sacrament as available only to those who are near death. It is offered to all who are sick in body, mind, or spirit. Christ came to the world to “bear our infirmities.” One of the signs of His divine Messiahship was to heal the sick. The power of healing remains in the Church since Christ himself remains in the Church through the Holy Spirit. The Sacrament of the Unction of the sick is the Church’s specific prayer for healing. If the faith of the believers is strong enough, and if it is the will of God, there is every reason to believe that the Lord can heal those who are diseased. The biblical basis for the Sacrament is found in James 5:14-16: Is any among you sick, let him call for the presbyters of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. In ancient Christian literature one may find indirect testimonies of the Mystery of Unction in Saint Irenaeus of Lyons and in Origen. Later there are clear testimonies of it in Saints Basil the Great and John Chrysostom, who have left prayers for the healing of the infirm which entered later into the rite of Unction; and likewise in Saint Cyril of Alexandria. In the fifth century, Pope Innocent I answered a series of questions concerning the Mystery of Unction, indicating in his answers that a) it should be performed “upon believers who are sick”; b) it may be performed also by a bishop, since one should not see in the words of the Apostle, let him call for the presbyters, any prohibition for a bishop to participate in the sacred action; c) this anointment may not be performed “on those undergoing ecclesiastical penance,’ because it is a “Mystery,’ and to those who are forbidden the other Mysteries, how can one allow only one? The express purpose of the Sacrament of Holy Unction is healing and forgiveness. Since it is not always the will of God that there should be physical healing, the prayer of Christ that God’s will be done always remains as the proper context of the Sacrament. In addition, it is the clear intention of the Sacrament that through the anointing of the sick body the sufferings of the person should be sanctified and united to the sufferings of Christ. In this way, the wounds of the flesh are consecrated, and strength is given that the suffering of the diseased person may not be unto the death of his soul, but for eternal salvation in the resurrection and life of the Kingdom of God. It is indeed the case that death inevitably comes. All must die, even those who in this life are given a reprieve through healing in order to have more time on the earth. Thus, the healing of the sick is not itself a final goal, but is merely “instrumental” in that it is given by God as a sign of his mercy and as a grace for the further opportunity of man to live for him and for others in the life of this world. In the case where a person is obviously in the final moments of his earthly life, the Church has special prayers for the “separation of soul and body.” Thus, it is clear that the Sacrament of Holy Unction is for the sick-both the physically and mentally sick-and is not reserved for the moment of death. The Sacrament of Unction is not the “last rites” as is sometimes thought; the ritual of the anointing itself in no way indicates that it should be administered merely in “extreme” cases. Holy Unction is the Sacrament of the spiritual, physical, and mental healing of a sick person whatever the nature or the gravity of the illness may be. 20180404T160000 20180404T171500 0 Sacrament of Holy Unction free ai1ec-4614@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180404T190000 20180404T203000 0 Matins of Holy and Great Thursday free ai1ec-4615@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180405T050000 20180405T063000 0 The Mystical Supper, Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St Basil free ai1ec-4616@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180405T190000 20180405T221500 0 Matins of Holy & Great Friday (12 Gospels) free ai1ec-4617@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180406T080000 20180406T100000 0 The Great Hours Service free ai1ec-4618@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180406T103000 20180406T120000 0 Adornment of the Epitaph of Christ free ai1ec-4619@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180406T150000 20180406T163000 0 Vespers and Apokathilosis free ai1ec-4620@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180406T190000 20180406T213000 0 Matins of Holy and Great Saturday free ai1ec-4621@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180407T060000 20180407T080000 0 Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St Basil free ai1ec-4622@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180407T230000 20180408T000000 0 Preliminary Canon of the Resurrection free ai1ec-4623@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180408T000000 20180408T021500 0 Proclamation of the Resurrection, Matins and Divine Liturgy of Pascha free ai1ec-4624@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180408T180000 20180408T191500 0 Vespers of Love free ai1ec-4655@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180505T080000 20180505T100000 20190505T080000 FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=5 0 Irene Great Martyr, Matins & Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4656@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the blessings in the days of Moses and Jesus of Navi. Near to this town, Jacob, who had come from Mesopotamia in the nineteenth century before Christ, bought a piece of land where there was a well. This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob’s Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, he left that piece of land as a special inheritance to his son Joseph (Gen. 49:22). This town, before it was taken into possession by Samaria, was also the leading city of the kingdom of the ten tribes. In the time of the Romans it was called Neapolis, and at present Nablus. It was the first city in Canaan visited by the Patriarch Abraham. Here also, Jesus of Navi (Joshua) addressed the tribes of Israel for the last time. Almost three hundred years later, all Israel assembled there to make Roboam (Rehoboam) king. When our Lord Jesus Christ, then, came at midday to this city, which is also called Sychar (John 4:5), He was wearied from the journey and the heat, and He sat down at this well. After a little while the Samaritan woman mentioned in today’s Gospel passage came to draw water. As she conversed at some length with the Lord and heard from Him secret things concerning herself, she believed in Him; through her many other Samaritans also believed. Concerning the Samaritans we know the following: In the year 721 before Christ, Salmanasar (Shalmaneser), King of the Assyrians, took the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel into captivity, and relocated all these people to Babylon and the land of the Medes. From there he gathered various nations and sent them to Samaria. These nations had been idolaters from before. Although they were later instructed in the Jewish faith and believed in the one God, they worshipped the idols also. Furthermore, they accepted only the Pentateuch of Moses, and rejected the other books of Holy Scripture. Nonetheless, they thought themselves to be descendants of Abraham and Jacob. Therefore, the pious Jews named these Judaizing and idolatrous peoples Samaritans, since they lived in Samaria, the former leading city of the Israelites, as well as in the other towns thereabout. The Jews rejected them as heathen and foreigners, and had no communion with them at all, as the Samaritan woman observed, “the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans” (John 4:9). Therefore, the name Samaritan is used derisively many times in the Gospel narrations. After the Ascension of the Lord, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the woman of Samaria was baptized by the holy Apostles and became a great preacher and Martyr of Christ; she was called Photine, and her feast is kept on February 26. 20180506T073000 20180506T104500 0 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Prophet Job – Matins & D. 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Liturgy free ai1ec-4666@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180516T080000 20180516T100000 0 Apodosis of Pascha, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4667@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180517T080000 20180517T101500 0 Holy Ascension, Apostles Andronicus and Junia, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4668@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z The heresiarch Arius was a Libyan by race and a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria. In 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son and Word of God, saying that He is not true God, consubstantial with the Father, but is rather a work and creation, alien to the essence and glory of the Father, and that there was a time when He was not. This frightful blasphemy shook the faithful of Alexandria. Alexander, his Archbishop, after trying in vain to correct him through admonitions, cut him off from communion and finally in a local council deposed him in the year 321. Yet neither did the blasphemer wish to be corrected, nor did he cease sowing the deadly tares of his heretical teachings; but writing to the bishops of other cities, Arius and his followers requested that his doctrine be examined, and if it were unsound, that the correct teaching be declared to him. By this means, his heresy became universally known and won many supporters, so that the whole Church was soon in an uproar. Therefore, moved by divine zeal, the first Christian Sovereign, Saint Constantine the Great, the equal to the Apostles, summoned the renowned First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was there that the shepherds and teachers of the Church of Christ gathered from all regions in the year 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God, and they composed the holy Symbol of Faith up to the seventh article (since the remainder, beginning with “And in the Holy Spirit,” was completed by the Second Ecumenical Council). Thus they anathematized the impious Arius of evil belief and those of like mind with him, and cut them off as rotten members from the whole body of the faithful. Therefore, recognizing the divine Fathers as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honour, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith. 20180520T073000 20180520T104500 0 Holy Father of the 1st Ecumenical Council, Martyr Thalelleus free ai1ec-4669@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z This great and renowned sovereign of the Christians was the son of Constantius Chlorus (the ruler of the westernmost parts of the Roman empire), and of the blessed Helen. He was born in 272, in (according to some authorities) Naissus of Dardania, a city on the Hellespont. In 306, when his father died, he was proclaimed successor to his throne. In 312, on learning that Maxentius and Maximinus had joined forces against him, he marched into Italy, where, while at the head of his troops, he saw in the sky after midday, beneath the sun, a radiant pillar in the form of a cross with the words: “By this shalt thou conquer.” The following night, our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him in a dream and declared to him the power of the Cross and its significance. When he arose in the morning, he immediately ordered that a labarum be made (which is a banner or standard of victory over the enemy) in the form of a cross, and he inscribed on it the Name of Jesus Christ. On the 28th Of October, he attacked and mightily conquered Maxentius, who drowned in the Tiber River while fleeing. The following day, Constantine entered Rome in triumph and was proclaimed Emperor of the West by the Senate, while Licinius, his brother-in-law, ruled in the East. But out of malice, Licinius later persecuted the Christians. Constantine fought him once and again, and utterly destroyed him in 324, and in this manner he became monarch over the West and the East. Under him and because of him all the persecutions against the Church ceased. Christianity triumphed and idolatry was overthrown. In 325 he gathered the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, which he himself personally addressed. In 324, in the ancient city of Byzantium, he laid the foundations of the new capital of his realm, and solemnly inaugurated it on May 11, 330, naming it after himself, Constantinople. Since the throne of the imperial rule was transferred thither from Rome, it was named New Rome, the inhabitants of its domain were called Romans, and it was considered the continuation of the Roman Empire. Falling ill near Nicomedia, he requested to receive divine Baptism, according to Eusebius (The Life of Constantine. Book IV, 61-62), and also according to Socrates and Sozomen; and when he had been deemed worthy of the Holy Mysteries, he reposed in 337, on May 21 or 22, the day of Pentecost, having lived sixty-five years, of which he ruled for thirty-one years. His remains were transferred to Constantinople and were deposed in the Church of the Holy Apostles, which had been built by him (see Homily XXVI on Second Corinthians by Saint John Chrysostom). As for his holy mother Helen, after her son had made the Faith of Christ triumphant throughout the Roman Empire, she undertook a journey to Jerusalem and found the Holy Cross on which our Lord was crucified (see Sept. 13 and 14). After this, Saint Helen, in her zeal to glorify Christ, erected churches in Jerusalem at the sites of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, in Bethlehem at the cave where our Saviour was born, another on the Mount of Olives whence He ascended into Heaven, and many others throughout the Holy Land, Cyprus, and elsewhere. She was proclaimed Augusta, her image was stamped upon golden coins, and two cities were named Helenopolis after her in Bithynia and in Palestine. Having been thus glorified for her piety, she departed to the Lord being about eighty years of age, according to some in the year 330, according to others, in 336. 20180521T080000 20180521T100000 FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=5 0 Saints Constantine and Helen Equal to the Apostles, Matins and Divine Liturgy free thumbnail;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Constantine-and-Helen-150x150.jpg;150;150;1,medium;http://www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Constantine-and-Helen.jpg;181;250; ai1ec-4671@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180525T170000 20180525T180000 0 Vespers and Memorial Service for the Deceased free ai1ec-4672@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180526T080000 20180526T100000 0 The Saturday of Souls, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4673@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180527T073000 20180527T114500 0 Holy Pentecost, Matins and Divine Liturgy followed by Vespers for Pentecost free ai1ec-4674@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180528T080000 20180528T100000 0 Feast of The Holy Spirit, Eutychius of Melitene-Matins and D. Liturgy free ai1ec-4675@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180603T073000 20180603T104500 0 Sunday of All Saints – Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4709@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180812T073000 20180812T104500 0 11th Sun of Matthew, Afterfeast of The Transfiguration. Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4710@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180812T160000 20180812T170000 0 Supplicatory Canon to The Virgin Mary (Paraklisis) chanted in English free ai1ec-4711@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180812T170000 20180812T180000 20180813T170000 0 Supplicatory Canon to The Virgin Mary (Paraklisis) chanted in Greek free ai1ec-4712@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180814T080000 20180814T100000 0 Forefeast of The Dormition, Proph Micah. Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4713@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180814T170000 20180814T183000 0 Great and Festive Vespers Lamentations for the Feast of The Dormition free ai1ec-4714@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180815T074500 20180815T103000 0 The Dormition of the Theotokos. Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4715@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180819T073000 20180819T103000 0 12th Sunday of Matthew, Andrew Stratelates, Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla, Afterfeast of the Dormition. Matins and D. Liturgy free ai1ec-4716@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180823T080000 20180823T100000 0 Apodosis of the Dormition, Ireneaus Bishop, Kallinikos Patriarch. Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4717@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180824T080000 20180824T100000 0 Hieromartyr Eutyches, Cosmas Aitola, Translation of relics-St Dionysios of Zakynthos. Matins and D. Liturgy free ai1ec-4718@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180826T073000 20180826T103000 0 13th Sun of Matt, Martyrs Adrian and Natalie, Righteous Joseph free ai1ec-4719@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180827T080000 20180827T100000 0 Martyr Phanourios, Pimen the Great. Matins and D. Liturgy free ai1ec-4720@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180829T080000 20180829T101500 0 Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John free ai1ec-4721@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180831T080000 20180831T100000 0 The PLacing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos. Matins and D. Liturgy free ai1ec-4726@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z September 1  Reading Our righteous Father Symeon was born about the year 390 in a certain village named Sis, in the mountain region of Cilicia and Syria. Having first been a shepherd, he entered the monastic discipline at a young age. After trying various kinds of ascetical practices, both in the monastery and then in the wilderness, he began standing on pillars of progressively greater height, and heroically persevered in this for more than forty years; the greater part of this time he spent standing upright, even when one of his feet became gangrenous, and other parts of his body gave way under the strain. He did not adopt this strange way of life out of vainglory, a charge that some of his contemporaries made against him at the first: because he was already famous for his asceticism and holiness before ascending his first pillar (in Greek, style, whence he is called “Stylite”), many pious people came to him wishing to touch his garments, either for healing or for a blessing; to escape the continual vexation they caused, he made a pillar about ten feet high, and then higher and higher, until the fourth and last was about fifty feet high. The Church historian Theodoret of Cyrrhus, an eyewitness of his exploits who wrote of him while Symeon was yet alive, called him “the great wonder of the world.” God gave him the grace to persevere in such an astonishing form of asceticism that multitudes came to see him from Persia, Armenia, South Arabia, Georgia, Thrace, Spain, Italy, Gaul, and the British Isles. Theodoret says that he became so famous in Rome that the Nomadic Arabs by the thousands believed in Christ and were baptized because of him; the King of Persia sent envoys to inquire into his way of life, and the Queen asked to be sent oil that he had blessed. He also was a great defender of sound doctrine, and confirmed the Orthodoxy of the Holy Council of Chalcedon for many who had been beguiled by the teachings of the Monophysites, including the Empress Eudocia, widow of Theodosius the Younger. After a life of unheard-of achievements and struggles, he reposed in peace at the age of sixty-nine, in the year 459 20180901T073000 20180901T093000 20200901T073000 20210901T073000 20220901T073000 0 Ecclesiastical New Year, Beginning of the Indiction, 40 Virgin Martyrs, Symeon the Stylite, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4728@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180902T071500 20180902T103000 0 14th Sun of Matthew, Martyr Mammas, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4729@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180903T193000 20180903T203000 FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=1MO 0 Divine Liturgy – ENGLISH free ai1ec-4730@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z September 7 Reading This holy Martyr was a shepherd in Lycaonia. Born a pagan, named Tarasius, he received holy Baptism and was renamed Sozon. Filled with zeal for the truth, he taught his countrymen to desist from the worship of idols. Once he entered the temple of Artemis in Pompeiopolis of Cilicia, cut off the golden hand of the idol, and breaking it in pieces, distributed it among the poor. When he saw that many were being unjustly punished for the theft, of his own accord he gave himself up to Maximian the Governor. He was beaten with rods until his bones were broken. According to some, he suffered martyrdom in 288; according to others, in 304. 20180907T073000 20180907T093000 20190907T073000 20200907T073000 20210907T073000 20220907T073000 20230907T073000 0 Martyr Sozon, Kassiani the Hymnographer, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4731@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z September 8 Reading According to the ancient tradition of the Church, the Theotokos was born of barren and aged parents, Joachim and Anna, about the year 16 or 17 before the birth of Christ. Joachim was descended from the royal line of David, of the tribe of Judah. Anna was of the priestly tribe of Levi, a daughter of the priest Matthan and Mary, his wife. 20180908T073000 20180908T093000 20200908T073000 20210908T073000 20220908T073000 20230908T073000 0 The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4732@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180909T071500 20180909T103000 0 Sunday befory Holy Cross, The Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4733@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z September 14 Reading Saint Helen, the mother of Saint Constantine the Great, when she was already advanced in years, undertook, in her great piety, the hardships of a journey to Jerusalem in search of the cross, about the year 325. A temple to Aphrodite had been raised up by the Emperor Hadrian upon Golgotha, to defile and cover with oblivion the place where the saving Passion had been suffered. The venerable Helen had the statue of Aphrodite destroyed, and the earth removed, revealing the Tomb of our Lord, and three crosses. Of these, it was believed that one must be that of our Lord, the other two of the thieves crucified with Him; but Saint Helen was at a loss which one might be the Wood of our salvation. At the inspiration of Saint Macarius, Archbishop of Jerusalem, a lady of Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain disease, was brought to touch the crosses, and as soon as she came near to the Cross of our Lord, she was made perfectly whole. Consequently, the precious Cross was lifted on high by Archbishop Macarius of Jerusalem; as he stood on the ambo, and when the people beheld it, they cried out, “Lord have mercy.” It should be noted that after its discovery, a portion of the venerable Cross was taken to Constantinople as a blessing. The rest was left in Jerusalem in the magnificent church built by Saint Helen, until the year 614. At that time, the Persians plundered Palestine and took the Cross to their own country (see Jan. 22, Saint Anastasius the Persian). Late, in the year 628, Emperor Heraclius set out on a military campaign, retrieved the Cross, and after bringing it to Constantinople, himself escorted it back to Jerusalem, where he restored it to its place. 20180914T073000 20180914T100000 FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=5 0 The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4734@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z September 16 Reading Saint Euphemia was from Chalcedon and lived in virginity. According to some, she suffered martyrdom during the reign of Diocletian, in 303; according to others, in 307. Her sacred relics are preserved in the Patriarchate in Constantinople. 20180916T071500 20180916T103000 0 Sunday after Holy Cross, Euphemia the Great Martyr, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4735@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180917T073000 20180917T093000 FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=5 0 Martys Wisdom, Faith, Hope and Love, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4736@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z September 20 Reading The holy Martyr Eustathius before his baptism was an illustrious Roman general named Placidas in the days of the Emperor Trajan. While hunting in the country one day, he was converted to the Faith of Christ through the apparition of an uncommonly majestic stag, between whose antlers he saw the Cross of Christ, and through which the Lord spoke to him with a human voice. Upon returning home, he learned that his wife Tatiana had also had a vision in which she was instructed to become a Christian. They sought out the Bishop of the Christians and were baptized, Placidas receiving the name Eustathius, and Tatiana the name Theopiste; their two sons were baptized Agapius and Theopistus. The family was then subjected to such trials as Job endured. Their servants died, all their goods were stolen, and on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem they were scattered abroad, each not even knowing if the others were still alive. By the providence of God, they were united again after many years, and returned to Rome in glory. Nevertheless, when they refused to sacrifice to the idols-a public sacrifice from which no Roman general could be absent-the Emperor Hadrian, who had succeeded Trajan, had them put into a large bronze device in the shape of a bull, which was heated with fire until they died. When their holy bodies were removed, they were found to be without harm. They suffered martyrdom about the year 126. 20180920T073000 20180920T093000 20190920T073000 20210920T073000 20220920T073000 20230920T073000 0 Eustathios the Great Martyr, his wife and two children, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4737@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180923T071500 20180923T103000 0 1st Sun of Luke, The Conception of St John the Baptist, Xanthippe and Polyxene the Righteous free ai1ec-4738@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180923T190000 20180923T203000 FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=10 0 Great and Festive Vespers for OUR LADY OF MYRTLES free ai1ec-4739@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Reading Thecla Equal to the Apostles This saint was from the city of Iconium. When she was eighteen years of age, she was instructed in the Faith of Christ and the hope of the resurrection by the Apostle Paul, whom also she followed, forsaking her betrothed and espousing a life of virginity for the sake of the Heavenly Bridegroom. Having preached Christ in various cities and suffered many things, she reposed in Seleucia of Cilicia at the age of 90. 20180924T074500 20180924T103000 FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=10 0 OUR LADY OF MYRTLES, Thecla Equal to the Apostles, Siluan, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4740@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z Reading This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the beloved Disciple of Christ. Only he of all the Disciples followed Him even to the Cross, and was entrusted with the care of our Saviour’s Mother, as it were another son to her, and a brother of Christ the Teacher. After this, he preached throughout Asia Minor, especially in Ephesus. When the second persecution against the Christians began in the year 96 during the reign of Domitian, he was taken in bonds to Rome, and there was cast into a vat filled to the brim with boiling oil. Coming forth therefrom unharmed, he was exiled to the island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Returning again to Ephesus after the death of the tyrant, he wrote his Gospel (after the other Evangelists had already written theirs) and his three Catholic Epistles. In all, he lived ninety-five years and fell asleep in the Lord during the reign of Trajan in the year 100. He was called Theologian because he loftily expounded in his Gospel the theology of the inexpressible and eternal birth of the Son and Word of God the Father. It is for this cause that an eagle-a symbol of the Holy Spirit, as Saint Irenaeus says-is depicted in his icon, for this was one of the four symbolic living creatures that the Prophet Ezekiel saw (Ezek. 1:10). 20180926T073000 20180926T093000 FREQ=YEARLY;COUNT=5 0 The Falling Asleep of St John the Evangelist and Theologian, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4741@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20180930T071500 20180930T103000 0 2nd Sun of Luke, Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator Bishop of Armenia free ai1ec-4759@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181108T073000 20181108T093000 0 Archangels Michael and Gabriel – Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4760@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181109T073000 20181109T093000 0 St Nectarios, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4761@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181111T071500 20181111T103000 0 8th Sunday of Luke, Menas Great Martyr, Victor and Vikentios-Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4762@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181113T073000 20181113T093000 0 St John Chrysostom, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4763@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181114T073000 20181114T093000 0 Phillip the Apostle, Gregory Palamas, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4764@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181116T073000 20181116T093000 0 Matthew the Evangelist, Ifigenia Martyr, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4765@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181117T090000 20181117T100000 0 Special Religious Education SRE-Divine Liturgy in English free ai1ec-4781@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181225T060000 20181225T090000 0 The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4782@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181226T073000 20181226T093000 0 Synaxis of The Theotokos, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4783@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20181227T073000 20181227T093000 0 First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephanos, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4784@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190101T073000 20190101T103000 0 St Basil the Great, The Circumcision of Our Lord, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4785@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190105T070000 20190105T110000 0 Eve of Theophany, Matins and Divine Liturgy, Blessing of Water free ai1ec-4790@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190105T193000 20190105T203000 0 Great Vespers-Feast of Theophnay free ai1ec-4791@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190106T070000 20190106T100000 0 Our Lord’s Theophany, Matins and Divine Liturgy and Blessing Of Water Service (Agiasmos) free ai1ec-4792@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190107T073000 20190107T093000 0 Synaxis of St John the Baptist, Matins and Divine Liturgy free ai1ec-4816@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190311T170000 20190311T174500 20190311T170000 20190312T170000 20190314T170000 20190318T170000 20190319T170000 20190321T170000 20190325T170000 20190326T170000 20190328T170000 20190401T170000 20190402T170000 20190404T170000 20190408T170000 20190409T170000 20190411T170000 20190415T170000 20190416T170000 20190418T170000 0 Great Compline Service free ai1ec-4817@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190313T180000 20190313T193000 20190320T180000 20190327T180000 20190403T180000 20190417T180000 0 9th Hour and Pre-Sanctified Liturgy free ai1ec-4818@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190315T090000 20190315T103000 20190322T090000 20190329T090000 20190405T090000 20190410T090000 20190411T090000 20190412T090000 20190419T090000 0 9th Hour and Pre-Sanctified Liturgy free ai1ec-4819@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190315T190000 20190315T201500 20190322T190000 20190329T190000 20190405T190000 0 Salutation to the Virgin Mary free ai1ec-4822@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190331T170000 20190331T183000 20190407T170000 20190414T170000 0 Vespers Service and Lenten Homily free ai1ec-4821@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190403T100000 20190403T180000 0 Confession by Athonite Hieromonk free ai1ec-4837@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190404T190000 20190404T220000 0 Matins (Procession of Epitaphios) free ai1ec-4824@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190406T090000 20190406T100000 0 English Liturgy for SRE Pupils free ai1ec-4827@www.kogarahgreekorthodox.org.au 20200229T020411Z 20190407T073000 20190407T104500 0 4th Sunday of Lent (John Climacus) Matins & D. 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