On Friday, March 28, His Eminence Archbishop Australia Blissfulwho carries out a pastoral visit to Victoria, went to the Church of St. Charalambos, to the suburb of Templestowe of Melbourne, and danced in the Sequence of the Greetings to the Virgin Mary. The Honorable Metropolitan of Dervis attended Mr. Ezekiel and the theophilous bishops of Melbourne K. Sunday and country Mr. Eumenian. It was the arrival of pious believers in the church, including the Greek Consul General in Melbourne, Mr. Dimitra Georgantzoglou.

At the end of the devastating sequence, the Archbishop addressed an inspirational speech to the church, first presenting the immediate connection of the Greetings to the Theotherapy Feast of the Annunciation. “In fact the Annunciation in the Orthodox Church is celebrated six times”he observed characteristically, by coinciding with the main celebration of this cosmos (March 25th) and the five sequences of the Greetings, which are held on Fridays of the first five weeks of the Holy and Great Forty, where the whole of the Holy and Great Forty is chanted. “Throughout the Kontakio during the Greetings Sequence we refer to the fact of the Annunciation”he recalled, and analyzed individual aspects of the storytelling.

At the same time, His Holiness focused on the deep respect and reverence that the Greeks have for the septic face of Theodore. “We love Our Lady, but our Lady loves us too,” he noted emphatically. And he made a brief historical overview of the course of the Greeks to demonstrate that the Virgin has been a “advocate of general” timeless On the side of our ancestors, reinforcing and protecting them in the trials they faced and at every difficult turning point in history. “If we have a piece of land today, called Greece, we owe it to the faith of our ancestors in Christ and to the Virgin Mary”he underlined, among other things, while summarizing the father’s request: “Do not forget the benefits of Our Lady, but also how our ancestors struggled to keep their faith and traditions”. ‘And not only let’s not forget’he pointed out, “But also to look worthy of the great origin we have and the faith we received from our fathers. Then the Virgin Mary will continue to bless our gender and all the Greeks, where the land. “

The Archbishop completed his speech with warm paternal wishes to the faithful in view of the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, and did not fail to greet the presence of the Hieromonk of Mount Athos, P. Christodoulou Kapeta, who during the current period was in Melbourne. “We feel great spiritual joy that you are among us”said His Eminence, “Firstly, because we love and appreciate you as a person, and secondly, because in your face we see the Holy Mountain which is the” Garden of Our Lady “and we consider your presence here.”

Finally, the Archbishop Makarios was addressed by the Hierarchical Head of St. Charalambous’s Hieratic Head of Reasons Elias Kentrotis. In contradiction, His Eminence thanked Fr. Elias for his Theophilis ministry and his contribution to the parish and praised his ecclesiastical morality, as well as his dedication to the Church. “Our Lady gives you the strength to continue your struggle for the glory of Christ and the salvation of people”he wished him down.