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ВЕЛИКА ГОСПОЈИНА СЛАВА СКСС |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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| СЛАВА КОЛА СРПСКИХ СЕСТАРА У МАНАСТИРУ СВЕТОГ САВЕ КОД КАНБЕРЕ |
| Monday, 01 September 2008 |
 У среду 27.августа свештенство и верни народ су се окупили на вечерње богослужење у манастир Светог Саве код Канбере, да прославе празник Успења Пресвете Богородице. При крају вечерњег богослужења, плаштаница са Пресветом Богородицом је изнета из олтара и положена у гроб који је за ту прилику био посебно украшен. После отпуста, свештенство и верни народ су целивали плаштаницу, и затим били помазани светим уљем од стране Владике Николаја. Потом су сви присутни имали заједничку вечеру манастирској сали. У четвртак ујутро, Владика Николај је служио Свету архијерејску Литургију уз саслужење протојереја Саше Радоичића пароха монавалског, јеромонаха Серафима (Стефановића) настојатеља манастира Светога Саве, протођакона Животе Петровића и јерођакона Пантелејмона из Илајна. Манастирску певницу је предводио искусни појац Петар Мракић из Сиднеја. За време Свете Литургију готово све сестре су се причестиле, што је заиста за сваку похвалу. У наставку службе Владика Николај је пресекао славски колач, и честитао сестрама славу. Домаћица је ове године била сестра Нада Радмановић, а за идућу годину се прихватила сестра Анђелка Јанковић. Свечани славски ручак су уприличили гости из свих крајева Аустралије. Било је представника Кола Српских Сестара из Сиднеја, Мелбурна, па чак и Аделаиде. После славског ручка сестре су имале радни састанак са својим новим духовним саветником о. Серафимом, као и са о.Сашом који је новопостављени директор дечијег летовалишта. Тема састанка је била припрема за предстојећи омладински камп који ће се одржати од 28. септембра до 4. октобра 2008. године.
 Такође, истога дана, свештенство и верни народ Канбере су се сабрали у храму Светога Саве на Фареру, да одслуже Акатист Пресветој Богородици Тројеручици. Акатист је служио Владика Николај, уз саслужење проте Илије и јерођакона Пантелејмона. Уследило је резање славскога колача, јер је то такође слава Кола Српских Сестара и на Фареру. Владика Николај је у току вечере одржао беседу о важности наше Славе, као о важном делу нашег живота у Цркви.
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PROTA NENAD TO THE CHILDREN FROM THE CAMP |
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
Dear Children,
 Over the past few years, something strange has come over my soul, as I
have felt and nurtured this great love towards you. You have matured
through your love to one another, which I blessed and supported. You were
role models within the monastery and we were able to learn many things
from you. I will never forget the New Year's program, your excitement, and
that beautiful song with which you enriched the night. I hope that you
continue to, with all of your hearts, love each other and your faith, your
church, and to take care of each other through praying to Our Father to
save us and our holy brothers and sisters.
May God watch over you, dear children.
Your father Nenad.
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New Director of the Children's Camp |
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
The New Director of the Children's Camp and New Spiritual Advisor of the
Circle of Serbian Sisters
  Under the direction of His Holyness Bishop Irinej of Australia and New
Zealand, the responsibility of directing the Children's Camp has changed
hands- from Father Nenad Djurasinovic to Protojerej Sasha Radoicic. The
role of Father Nenad Djurasinovic as Spiritual Advisor for the Circle of
Serbian Sisters has also been allocated to Father Serafim Stefanovic, at
the St.Sava Monastery, New Kalenic.
We would like to thank Father Nenad for all of his hard work and many
contributions to the children's camp, and we would like to welcome Father
Sasha and Father Serafim and wish them every success in their future work
and bringing together the Serbian youth.
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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To all local Circles of Serbian Sisters within the Australian & New Zealand Diocese
New Gracanica Metropolia
Dear Sisters,
As our Saint’s Day grows closer, this is just to let you know how to begin planning.
Our Saint’s Day “Velika Gospojina” will be celebrated on the 28th of August, 2008, in our holy Monastery. Please make an effort to come on this day, primarily to pray with us and join us in helping each other through this dark and difficult time.
The Holy Liturgy will be held by our Bishop Irinej at 10:00am.
The customary blessing and cutting of the holy bread will
Welcome speeches.
Performances by folk dancing groups.
Domacica slave sestra Nada Radmanovic
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St. Sava Monastery in Canberra. |
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Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
 The Circle of Serbian Sister held a weekend celebration and fundraiser on June 7 and 8 at the children's summer camp at St. Sava Monastery in Canberra. The festivities began on Saturday evening with Vespers celebrated by the Reverend Father Sasha (of Sydney) with participation by the Very Reverend Father Nenad (of Blacktown) and the Reverend Hieromonk Father Seraphim (from the monastery.) After Vespers, the sisters hosted an grand banquet of traditional Serbian food. The banquet's program began with prayer (lead by Hieromonk Seraphim) and included a talk by Very Reverend Archpriest Nenad (the Spiritual Advisor for the Cirlce of Serbian Sisters) music and dancing.
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РАШЧИЊЕЊЕ ДРАГАНА САРАЧЕВИЋА |
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
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СВЕТИ АРХИЈЕРЕЈСКИ СИНОД СПЦ ПОТВРДИО РАШЧИЊЕЊЕ ДРАГАНА САРАЧЕВИЋА
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Свети архијерејски синод Српске православне цркве у седници својој од 8. маја 2008. године, под бројем 611/зап. 473, донео је следећу одлуку:
"Узети са одобрењем на знање деклараторну одлуку Његовог Преосвештенства Епископа аустралијско-новозеландског Г. Иринеја администратора Епархије аустралијско-новозеландске Митрополије новограчаничке, којом је протојереј Драган Сарачевић лишен свештеничког чина."
Овим подсећамо све вернике Српске православне цркве у Аустралији и Новом Зеланду на богонадахнуте речи Св. Кипријана Картагинског да "нема спасења изван Цркве" и упозоравамо да је свако тзв. "свештенодејство" г. Драгана Сарачевића, пред Господом Богом и Светом црквом Његовом, безблагодатно, ништавно и не води спасењу већ духовној погибли. Сваки православни верник који пренебрегне одлуку Свете цркве и усуди се да позове г. Сарачевића да "служи" - позива и себе и њега на суд и осуду, и стављава тиме себе али и све учеснике такве безблагодатне "службе" изван Једне Свете Саборне и Апостолске Цркве Христове.
Не одустајући од молитава за његово покајање и спасење,
+ИРИНЕЈ
Епископ Аустралијско-новозеландски
Администратор Епархије за Аустралију и Нови Зеланд
Митрополије новограчаничке
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND THE FEDERATION OF THE CIRCLE OF SERBIAN SISTERS
Invitation and InformationLocation:“St.Sava” Monastery, CanberraDate:7th June, 2008 at 6pm ''FUNDRAISER FOR THE YOUTH CAMP” Program:
- Commencement at 6pm
- Dinner
- “Etno”- songs and dancing from Slavonia
- Serbian dancing group from Canberra
- Serbian dancing group from Geelong
- Live music
To our dear friends and supporters,You are all welcome!
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Paschal Encyclical of His Grace Bishop Irinej |
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
| Paschal Encyclical of His Grace Bishop Irinej |
| Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
IRINEJ
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
 THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX
BISHOP OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Our dear spiritual children:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
They asked each other, “were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32)
Addressing you, beloved monastics, clergy, all sons and daughters, children of Saint Sava, the spiritual children of our Holy Church, with a heart burning and rejoicing in the victory of light over darkness, and life over death, We wholeheartedly greet all of you on this great and victory-bearing Feast of Feasts – The Resurrection of Christ, with the most joyful greeting:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
May that joyful, Paschal burning of the heart which the Holy Apostles Luke and Cleopas experienced on the road to Emmaus, in like manner fill also all of your hearts with the living presence of the Risen Lord Himself. And that He might “open the eyes” of our hearts, we must in our everyday lives free ourselves from all prejudice and every blindness. And in so doing to enable ourselves to remove every hurdle of a “slow heart”, it is necessary for us to overcome ourselves and all our imperfections and allow Him, Who is the Life and Resurrection, to realise for us our own personal resurrection.
Yet, despite the Resurrection of Christ, sorrow and sighing still continue to exist in this world. Why? Because we refuse to accept that victory of His as our own, we do not give ourselves over wholeheartedly to Christ. Often we do not see how the dark deeds of this world weigh upon our spiritual and even physical ruin. Is it not clear to us that many among us have become participants in that contemporary heresy of secularism? Have we likened ourselves to those who would that the Church, the Body of Christ, be transformed into corporations and associations, and by such to tear asunder our unity in Christ? Have we allowed ourselves to blind the eyes of our hearts, to the point that we are no longer able to discern truth from lies? Do we not see how much that sin of ours lures us to our moral ruin? If we do not believe the same, let us ask ourselves – does not our youth suffer distancing from the Church, becoming so vulnerable to the temptations of this world? That is, beloved in the Risen Lord, the direct result of secularism! If we do not open our eyes and confront reality, will we not, knowingly or unknowingly, become the sons and daughters of damnation instead of the light! God forbid!
However, where Christ the Victor is, there also is our hope. For, truly Christ’s victory over “the last enemy” is indeed a complete and final victory. Although, it is up to us to accept and to apply this with our own free will to our daily lives. For us, as persons who are still subject to death and sin, that victory opens the doors of heaven, restores us to our human dignity and to our integrity. However, that same victory requires of us a wholehearted and sincere transfiguration which arises from our Christian effort, endurance and stamina, and mostly, from love – and that is precisely the burning of the heart! For, according to the words of the Holy Apostle Paul, “if I speak in the tongues of peoples and angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging symbol” (I Cor.13:1). And the beginning of every human transfiguration must begin within, with our own soul and mind that is to say, with the heart and reason. According to the teachings of the Elder Paisius of the Holy Mountain, “one pure, good thought has greater might that any other (spiritual) effort”.
So that we can realise our own personal resurrection, sincere repentance and cleansing, turning to God through spiritual renewal and moral regeneration is necessary for all of us. Precisely, it is up to us to transform every disaster and to transfigure every temptation, for according to the words of St. Gregory Palamas, “temptation cleanses the soul, becomes the cause for humble and very useful prayers”. Otherwise, if all of that is omitted, we will, sadly, never have a future, neither in the times that follow nor in the eternity of the Kingdom of God. Our present is our future! Only a life in Christ represents an alternative to disunity and division, disfigurement and corruption, immorality and all that is sinful and bears death, both spiritual and physical. However in spite of everything that befalls us from the Evil One be it through others, or even more frequently through us ourselves, because of everything that the Resurrection brings us from the Crucified and Risen Lord, rejoice and be glad, always and from the fullness of the heart which burns with the victorious words:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
TRULY, HE IS RISEN!
Given in Sydney, at Pascha in the Year 2008
Your fervent intercessor before the Risen Christ,
+IRINEJ Bishop of Australia and New Zealand
Administrator of the Diocese for Australia and New Zealand
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Saturday, 12 April 2008 |
Camp Activities
Church
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- Please wear your nicest clothes and nicest shoes to church. Be careful when eating so that you can avoid staining your clothes..
- If you did not bring suitable clothing we will have to call someone to bring them to you.
- Everyone in the room must be ready before leaving to come downstairs; the entire room must come down together.
Please make sure to turn off bathroom lights as well as the room light.
- When going to church in the formation of girls on one side, boys on the other, shortest to tallest.
- Cross yourself when passing through doors, before you kiss the icon, whenever you hear the priest say "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit", and whenever the priest censes you and kiss the priests hand when receiving a blessing.
- When being blessed place right hand over left palm
- Always kiss priests hand when being greeted
- You are expected to participate in all parts of the church service: singing and praying included.
- Most of our responses are repetitive so it should not take you very long to get the hang of it.
- After the service stand quietly until it is time to exit. DO NOT TALK, chew gum, laugh, rock back and forth, lean or yell.
- We ALWAYS enter and exit the building thru the back doors and back stairwell.
- Girls wear dresses/skirt and blouses and shoes (skirts should not be more than an inch above the knee. Shoulders and mid section should be covered
- Boys wear pants (no jeans), shirts (appropriate) and shoes
- Make sure you have correct service sheets either Matins (morning) or Vespers (evening)
- Address the Bishop as "Your Grace," the priests as "Father" or "Oce," and your elders as "Cika" (male) or "Teta" (female).
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- Only 6 per table. why? (one counselor per table after your juice or serving rotation)
- We always start and finish a meal with a prayer.
- Please stand quietly and respectfully when asked for prayer.
- You will be called up by table. Walk to get in line, never run.
- Only take the food you can eat. If you would like just a little of something let the server know.
- Always say please and thank you when you are served
- After everybody has had firsts we will call for seconds whenever you are ready.
- After you are done you may clean up and wait quietly for others to finish.
- Please stay at your own table.
- Only one person will volunteer to clean the table for inspection.
- Encourage the campers to sit with different people
- The cleanest and quietest table will go 1st during our next meal, names will be on board
- Please sing and participate during the pre and post meal prayer.
- Please stay out of the kitchen at all times
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While in your rooms
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- No food, drinks, or cell phones in your rooms.
- No one may have money in their rooms, a money fund per camper will be set up for them to deposit and withdrawal as needed
- Treat your roommates the way you would want to be treated.
- Never make fun of, ridicule or disrespect your peers or staff.
- Never go thru or take other peoples belongings.
- Look to get to know everybody in your room.
- If you need something, ask your counselor.
- Never leave your room for any reason.
- You are never to go into another room without one of the head counselors permission.
- You may only shower during scheduled times.
- Keep your dormitory space tidy by making your bed and putting your things away neatly.
- Keep your washrooms clean
- Showers will be taken daily, keep yourself clean by bathing, washing, brushing your teeth, combing your hair, wearing deodorant and dressing properly. Your room should make a rotation.
- You only have 5 min. in the shower.
- If your turn is next you should be ready with your supplies.
- Your time starts the moment the person before you opens the door.
- Always flush in between wipes.
- If you vandalize or break something your parents (guardians) will pay to fix or replace the item.
- Any behavior or discipline problems will be dealt with on an individual basis.
- Always use ladders and never jump from a bed or to another bed
- Repeated or serious problems will lead to your removal from camp.
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Pool
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- Use caution while entering and exiting the bus. Keep hands inside bus at all times. Never throw objects out the window.
- Bring a towel. Only appropriate swimwear will be allowed.
- Never push, shove or dunk others.
- Never run around the pool area.
- Always listen and obey the guards and staff.
- Never fake a call for help never think a call for help is a joke
- Come out of the water whenever asked.
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Kolo Dancing
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- We will be performing and be learning kolos throughout the week, everyone will participate in Kraljevo (Kings) Kolo which will be performed at our talent show
- No one will make fun of anyone and their dancing ability
- It is okay for boys to dance next boys and girls next to girls
- Practice will be held as many times as necessary
- If dancing for fun in a kolo please do not take over a lead when someone else is already leading and do not break off and start a new line
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Talent Show
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- All campers will participate in the talent show at some level
- A group skit will be available and encouraged by at least 1 or 2 campers per room
- Individual talents may be performed with prior approval as well as small group acts
- Please remind everyone that all acts must be in good taste
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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Youth camp 2008
With the blessing of Archbishop Irinej, there will be a camp held for teenagers from the 28th of September to the 4th of October, 2008.Participation will be open to teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 years old, and the maximum number of participants will be limited to 80.
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