YOUTH GENERAL MEETING

FEBRUARY 2011

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 PRESS RELEASE

The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Fellowship the church Committee and the Very Reverend Prokopios arranged a lunch at the church's community hall wich was held on Sunday 30th January 2011. The aim of the Lunch was to raise funds in aid of the victims of the Queenslands floods. The lunch was very well attended by memebrs of the community and their friends togetehr with official guests wich included Mr Steve Georganas MP Member of Hindmarsh Mr John Trainer,Mayor of West Torrens, Mr Spyros Sarris,Councilor at the city of the West Torrens and members of the Executive Council of the Greek Orthodox Community of S.A.

As a result of this philanthropic event the amount of $ 7.000.00 was raised and will be donated to the floods victims. We would like to thank all who attended the launch and displayed their generosity and compassin towards our fellow Australians, in this time of need.

• “whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven”

         (Mark 3:29).

• Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, "My children," he said to them, "how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."Mark 10:21-27,31

•   Generation of vipers. Poisonous, evil and dangerous, like vipers.

       Their hearts were thoroughly evil, hence they could only speak and do evil, for out of the good treasure of the heart the mouth speaketh. On the other hand, the good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things.Matthew 12:34,35.

• "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. Matthew 7:15

• What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? Romans 3:3

 

THE APOSTOLIC CANONS 

• Canon I.

          Let a bishop be ordained by two or three bishops.

• Canon II.

          Let a presbyter, deacon, and the rest of the clergy, be ordained by one bishop,

• Canon VI. (VII.) (VII.)

          Let not a bishop, presbyter, or deacon, undertake worldly business; otherwise let him be deposed (defrocked).

• Canon XXV. 

 If a bishop, presbyter, or deacon be found guilty of  perjury, or theft, let him be deposed(defrocked), but let him not be excommunicated; for the Scripture says, "thou shall not punish a man twice for the same offence."

• Canon XXX. (XXXI.) (XXXI.)

 If any bishop obtain possession of a church by the aid of the temporal powers, let him be deposed(defrocked) and excommunicated, and all who communicate with him.

• Canon XLII.

 If a bishop or presbyter, or deacon, is addicted to dice or drinking, let him either give it over, or be deposed(defrocked).

• Canon XLV.

 Let a bishop, presbyter, or deacon, who has only prayed with heretics, be excommunicated: but if he has permitted them to perform any clerical office, let him be deposed(defrocked).

• Canon XLVII.

        Let a bishop or presbyter who shall baptize again one who has rightly received  baptism or who shall not baptize one who has been polluted by the ungodly, be deposed(defrocked).

• Canon LIII.

If any bishop, presbyter, or deacon, does not on festival days partake of flesh and wine, from an abhorrence of them, and not out of religious restraint, let him be deposed(defrocked), as being seared in his own conscience, and being the cause of offence to many.

• Canon LX.

If any one reads publicly in the church the falsely inscribed [pseudepigrapha] books of impious men, as if they were holy Scripture, to the destruction of the people and clergy, let him be deposed(defrocked).

• Canon LXVIII.

If any bishop, presbyter, or deacon, shall receive from anyone a second ordination, let both the ordained and the ordainer be deposed(defrocked) cannot be either of the faithful or of the clergy.

• Canon LXXXI.

We have said that a bishop or presbyter must not give himself to the management of public affairs, but devote himself to ecclesiastical business. Let him then be persuaded to do so, or let him be deposed(defrocked), for no man can serve two masters, according to the Lord's declaration.


(The Apostolic Canons^[1] or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles^[2] is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees concerning the government and discipline of the Early Christian Church, first found as last chapter of the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions and belonging to genre of the Church Orders.
These eighty-five canons were approved by the Eastern Council in Trullo in 692 but rejected by Pope Constantine. In the Western Church only fifty of these canons circulated, translated in Latin by Dionysius Exiguus in about 500 AD, and included in the Western collections and afterwards in the "Corpus Juris Canonici". Canon n. 85 contains a list of canonical books, thus it is important for the history of the Biblical canon).

with Crist love ,

to not the old priests forget and the new priests to learn.

AUTOCEPHALIC GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

GREEK ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA AND ALL OCEANIA

SERVICES PROGRAM FOR MONTH FEBRUARY 2011

• Wednesday 2 February 2011 the Entrance of Jesus in the Temple( Ypapanti)

           Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:00-10:30 a.m.

• Sunday 6 th February 2011 

         Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:30-11:00 a.m.

• Thursday 10 February 2011 (Feast of Saint Charalampos)

         Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:00Sunday 13th February 2011(publican and the pharisee)

         Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:30-11:00 a.m.

• Sunday 20th February 2011(prodigal Son)

         Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:30-11:00 a.m.

• Saturday 26th February 2011 (all souls day)

         Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:00-10:30 a.m.

• Sunday 20th February 2011(apokreo- the last Sunday we are eating meeting)        

         Mattins and Divine Liturgy  8:30-11:00 a.m.

  



WHEN A CHURCH IS CANONICAL?

When following the canonical tradition of the Orthodox church.

1. The Theological Basis for the Church's Law   

• Canon Law

• Church and Secular Law

• The Main Goal of Canon Law

• Historical Background

• Canon Law in the Christian Society

2. The Composition of the Church's Law

• The Essence of Canon Law

• Collections of Canon Law

• The Canonical Tradition

3. The Characteristics of the Church's Law

• Applicability of Canon Law

• Pastoral Significance of Canon Law

• The Concept of "Economy."

• Canonical Discipline

  Have you ever been told before that this is the way things are?  Dont stay in the dark . 

 

AUTOCEPHALIC GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

HOLY DIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA 

A BRIEF HISTORY 

 

The  Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia was established in 1973 as a result of a long standing dispute between the Greek Orthodox Communities of Australia and the Archdiocese of Australia which belongs to the Patriarchate of Constantinopole, and in particular the demand  that the Communities hand over ownership of their churches to the Archdiocese. 

As a lever of pressure the Archdiocese, under Archbishop Ezekiel Kefalas, without warning withdrew the priests  serving in  those  churches. The Federation then approached the Ukranian Orthodox Church of Diaspora, who’s canonical Bishop for Australia was Metropolitan  Sergje Ohotenko, and which has suspended any contact with the Patriarchate of Moscow. Bishop Sergie  supported and served the Communities until his death. 

In 1969 the Federation, under the presidency of D. Elefantis ( G.O.C. of Melbourne) came in contact with Archbishop Spyridon Ermogenous who was in communion with the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, serving the Greek Orthodox Communities of the Old Calendar rites in America and which have sought ecclesiastical cover under the said  synod. 

Archbishop  Spyridon arrived in Australia in mid 1969 and took charge of the spiritual administration of the churches. In 1973 the Federation, who’s  president now was Mr Nich. Manos,  ( later appointed as  judge in S. Australia) in collaboration with Msr. Spyridon, moved to establish the Autocephalic Church as a legal entity and which now is officially recognised as an Official  Church Denomination  by the Australian authorities. Archbishop Spyridon resigned by his own accord. In 1984 the Federation  came in to an agreement with Bishop Paul of Christianoupolis, a former Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese  of Australia. He resigned in 2009. 

The  genuine and  honest  attempts of the leadership of the communities to attain ecclesiastical order and leadership  remained without real results mainly due to the inability of the various church leaders to organise the Church properly which, worthy to mention, was welcomed, and still is, feverishly  by our faithful in Australia. 

In early 2009 the federation, under the presidency of Theo Maras, representing the G,O,C, of South  Australia, requested  from our Holy Synod , presided by His Excellency Metrpolitan of Αιgina ,Poros, Spetses, Treazinea and  Hermionid  Mgr Afxentios, ecclesiastical and spiritual  coverage and communion. 

The Holy Synod in a spirit of  prudence and  a sense of  responsibility accepted and assumed the spiritual administration of the Autocephalic Church and the churches of the  various communities – members of the federation forming with a synodical Tomos the Holy Metropolis of Australia & All Oceania.

The Synodical  Administration of the Metropolis of Australia & All Oceania  was entrusted to Metropolitan Auxentios,who in September 2010 was elected and elevated to the high office of Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and is now known as Afxentios II.

SEMINAR (1) CARS HAVE CHANGED

CARS HAVE CHANGED.The presentation on the road safety rules is to engourage parents to become a role model for their children when driving on our roads.
MAIN SPEAKER: SENIOR CONSTABLE MICHAEL LORD1 SEMINAR ONLY FOR 100 PEOPLE.(CHILDREN AND PARENTS)
FREE ENTRANCE.
OLYMPIC HALL 262 FRANKLIN ST 15-03-2010 7:00-8:00 p.m.

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Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' "The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." (NAS, Mark 12:28-31)

In Jesus' teachings, our relationship with our fellow men, women and children is inseparable from our relationship with God. Love of God and love of our neighbors are two aspects of the same calling:
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (NIV, John 13:34-35)

AUTOCEPFALIC GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

GREEK ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA AND ALL OCEANIA

Τoday at 12:15 p.m.the General  Episcopal Commissioner Very Rev Prokopios Kanavas did the blessing

   of the water presented  thousands of Greek people. At the end the Commissioner  talked about the message of the baptism of Christ.Also many young people  dived into the sea to catch the Holy Cross. After the mass had been held a reception with food and plenty of dancing fun. 

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ANANCOUMENT OF THE HOLY SYNOD IN GREECE

BRIEF SUMMARY IN ENGLISH

Answer of the Holy Synod in Greece in false press
 
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Church of  G.O.C. wishes many happy and blessed new year. The Archbishop and the Holy Synod of Bishops are here and stand next to the Greeks in Australia. After the latest Web false publishing , the holy synod with the lawyers moved legally and  the  sycophants of the Archbishop and of  the Holy Synod with this letter it appears that once again lieing to the Greeks in Australia for the non-existence of the Synodand for  the expulsion of Archbishop Afxentiou, serving the benefits of some known and unknown. The Archbishop and the Holy and Sacred Synod is here and will never betray the Greeks of Australia. many years and blessed.
+ THE ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS K.K. AYKSENTIOS(GOVERNOR IN AUSTRALIA)
+THE METROPOLITAN OF SALAMINA THEOFILOS
+THE METROPOLITAN OF PENTAPOLIS JACKOB (EX BISHOP OF ADELAIDE)
+THE METROPOLITAN OF ACHAIAS FILARETOS
+THE METROPOLITAN OFMEGARIDOS NEKTARIOS
+ THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE SYNOD VERY REV CHRYSOSTOMOS

ENGLISH YOUTH SERVICE

 SAINT NICHOLAS CHURCH THEBARTON

 EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT

BIBLE STUDIES 6:30 P.M.

ENGLISH SERVICE 7:30 P.M.








SAINT CONSTANTINE AND HELEN CHURCH GOODWOOD

TUESDAY 18 th JANUARY 2011

7:00 P.M. BIBLE STUDIES

8:00 P.M. ENGLISH SERVICE

 DORMITION OF VIRGIN MARY CROYDON

FRIDAY 21 st JANUARY 2011

7:00 P.M. BIBLE STUDIES

 8:00 P.M. ENGLISH SERVICE 

  

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