Greek Orthodox Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady, Redfern in Redfern, New South Wales | Religious organisation

Greek Orthodox Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady, Redfern

Locality: Redfern, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9690 6100

Address: 242 Cleveland Street 2016 Redfern, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.greekorthodox.org.au

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25.01.2022 It was with great joy that a friend and brother of ours became a monk last night here at the Cathedral. Fr. Irenaeus will now be part of our small brotherhood here (our Archdiocesan ) and I personally am overjoyed with this. May his daily crucifixion and resurrection be one which leads to eternal life and may be find in our Abbott here (His Eminence) a loving just as I and the deacons have. .

20.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00 pm, the Cathedral looks forward to welcoming His Grace Bishop Emilianos of Meloa and members of the CYC of NSW for the English Paraklesis to the Theotokos. We look forward to seeing you all here in Redfern!

16.01.2022 The feast of the Dormition or Falling-asleep of the Theotokos is celebrated on the fifteenth of August, preceded by a two-week fast. This feast, which is also sometimes called the Assumption, commemorates the death, resurrection and glorification of Christ’s mother. It proclaims that Mary has been assumed by God into the heavenly kingdom of Christ in the fullness of her spiritual and bodily existence. As with the nativity of the Virgin and the feast of her entrance to the t...Continue reading

13.01.2022 This Saturday, join us for the feast of Saint Dionysios the Areopagite @ the Cathedral. Matins and the Divine Liturgy in English.

13.01.2022 Silence is when we stop communicating as we know. All stops; our thoughts, our speech our movement. Silence is what brings us to the stillness required to come to the forefront of eternity, to begin to recognise the distance we must have from the world we know. It brings us to a nothingness which in return, brings us to the recognition of God and eternity, to everything. Archbishop Makarios of Australia

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11.01.2022 Tomorrow, on the feast of the Dormition of Our Lady and as of today, a copy of the icon of Panagia Soumela will be placed at the entry of our Cathedral for all to seek er blessing. According to church tradition the icon of Panagia Soumela took its name from the Monastery of Soumela in Pontos of Asia Minor. The name Soumela comes from Stou Mela, i.e. t the mount Melas and consequently signifies a particular locality in Pontos. The icon of Panagia that bears the name of... this historic Monastery had been kept there for centuries. Yet, according to ancient tradition, it was more ancient than the Monastery. It was painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist and was originally kept in Athens being called Atheniotissa. It was brought to Pontos for the sake of safe keeping by two monks who are also said to be the founders of the Monastery of Soumela, St. Barnabas and St. Sophronios and hence its new name. There are two views concerning the time of this event. In the first view it occurred in the 4th century. In the second view it happened in the 10th or 9th century. Recently a compromise has been propounded. This icon of St. Luke was kept in the Monastery of Osios Lukas in Biotia. It was carried to Athens by Ananias, the student of Osios Lukas, after the death of his teacher. Then later, when the Saracenes destroyed the city of Athens in the 10th (or 9th) century the holy monks Barnabas and Sophronios brought the icon to the Monastery of Soumela in Pontos for safe keeping. The Monastery of Soumela, which had been founded in the 4th century by a Pontian Monk Christopher of Trepizond, suffered destructions and renovations through the long and turbulent history of Pontos, but the icon of Panagia remained intact. The heyday of the Monastery was in the era of the Byzantine empire of Trepizond, when it became the spiritual center of Orthodox Hellenism (see the historical section below) acquiring special privileges from the Komnenoi Emperors. These privileges were preserved during the Turkish occupation by means of firmans granted by the Sultans and thus at that time also it stood as a notable center of Hellenic paideia for the enslaved Christian nation. During the First World War the Monastery was destroyed, but the holy icon of Panagia remained intact. When in 1922 the Greek Pontians were violently expelled from Pontos the Monks hid the icon with other valuable vessels in the rocks of Mount Mela. Later on the Turks allowed, following conversations of the governments of Greece and Turkey (Benizelos and Inonou), the Monk Ambrosios to visit the ruined monastery of Soumela and retrieve the holy icon and the rest of church valuables and bring them to Athens. In 1951, the holy icon of Panagia Soumela, that had been kept in the Byzantine Museum of Athens, was transferred to the new Monastery of Soumela that was constructed on one of the slops of Mount Bermion of Macedonia where it is kept today. y Protopresbyter George Dion. Dragas, DD PhD

09.01.2022 WALK-IN and DONATE! Help the members of our community and support the wonderful work of the Greek Welfare Centre.

06.01.2022 Join us on December 17 @ the Great Hall of St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College. We are truly blessed to have not only our Archbishop but a faculty of people who with Him, strive for our Church to grow and continue to bear fruit.

03.01.2022 Calling all children 8-18! Get a team together and get creative for Christ!

01.01.2022 St Andrew's Orthodox Press presents 'Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music, 2nd Edition' by faculty member Mr Basilios Psilacos. COMING SOON. Stay tuned for more details.