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Anniversary of the Consecration of the Church of the Holy Archangels –...
On Sunday 4 May, His Eminence Archbishop Sergios officiated at the service of the Holy Eucharist (which was followed by an Artoklasia for the Feast of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women) together with the...
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Our Need for Healing
Today, on the Sunday of the Paralytic, the Church commemorates the healing of the paralytic man by the pool of Bethesda. This paralysed man had been waiting for thirty-eight years to be healed. When...
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Living Water
Today the Church commemorates the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Saint John’s Gospel tells us of the extraordinary conversation she had with Jesus at Jacob’s Well in Samaria. Not only does Jesus Christ...
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Though I was Blind, Now I See
Today we commemorate the healing of the man who had been born blind. Saint John tells us how Jesus sought him out, applied a paste to his eyes, and instructed him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam....
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Father Daniel Lugovoy celebrates the tenth anniversary of his ordination –...
On Saturday 24 May, Fr. Daniel (from Johannesburg) officiated at the Russian service of the Holy Eucharist at the Church of Saints Raphael Nicholas and Irene. After the service His Eminence Archbishop...
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Celebrations for the Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Orthodox Centre,...
On Sunday, 25 May, a celebratory lunch was held at the Orthodox Centre in Landsdowne to mark the Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal to the Apostles and Evangelisers of the Slavs. These...
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The True Knowledge of God
This past Thursday we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus Christ and next Sunday we will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Christ is no longer among us in a bodily way as He once was,...
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Pentecost: Let Anyone Who is Thirsty Come
In today’s Gospel for the feast of Pentecost, we hear Jesus Christ speaking about the coming of the Holy Spirit. After having told his disciples that He would be leaving them, He stood and cried: “Let...
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Fascinating talk on Cape Town history by Gabriel Athiros
Everyone who braved the stormy night on Thursday June 5 to attend A CapeOdyssey, an illustrated talk about Cape Town’s history and some of its special secrets, at The Orthodox Centre in Lyndon...
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Service for the Saturday of Souls – Church of Saint Nicholas, Durban KZN
On Saturday 7 June, His Eminence Archbishop Sergios travelled to Durban and he managed to attend Liturgy for the Saturday of Souls at the Church of Saint Nicholas in Durban, officiated by Fr....
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Service for the Feast of Pentecost – Church of the Holy Trinity, Durban...
On Sunday, 10 June, His Eminence Archbishop Sergios officiated at the Divine Liturgy of Pentecost to mark the patronal feast of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Durban. The Liturgy was served together...
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The Sunday of All Saints: Called to Holiness
As we celebrate the Sunday of All Saints today, we hear Jesus Christ both challenging His disciples and assuring them of the reward that awaits those who have left all to follow Him, and who have...
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Follow Me!
Today, on the second Sunday after Pentecost, we begin to hear Gospel readings from Saint Matthew’s Gospel that will take us through some of the key incidents in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ....
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Who Do You Say I Am?
Today, on the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, we hear Saint Matthew’s account of the Apostle Peter’s confession of Jesus Christ. Jesus asked his disciples who people thought that He was. In...
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The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Today the Church commemorates the Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles Peter and Paul. During His earthly life, Jesus Christ chose Apostles to carry on His work and to lead and guard...
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Honouring the great Apostles of our Church, Saint Peter and Saint Paul –...
On Sunday 29 June His Eminence Archbishop Sergios officiated at the service of the Holy Eucharist, followed by an Artoklasia for the Feast of the Holy Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, together with...
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Workshop for children from Khayelitsha – Orthodox Centre, Cape Town
His Eminence Archbishop Sergios was instrumental in setting up a workshop for a group of children from Khayelitsha at the Orthodox Centre The idea appealed to three intrepid young people of our...
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Memorial Service held for the late Archimandrite Porfyrios Marinakis – Church...
On Sunday 13 July a memorial service was held for the late Archimandrite Porfyrios Marinakis, twenty years after his death. Fr. Porfyrios arrived in Port Elizabeth in the late 1950′s from Madagascar to...
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Your Sins are Forgiven
In today’s Gospel we hear Saint Matthew’s account of how Jesus Christ healed a paralytic man. When this man was brought to Him, He scandalized the scribes by telling him that His sins were forgiven....
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