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Bulgarians celebrate in Cape Town
The Orthodox Bulgarian community of Cape Town celebrated their National Day and the Feast day of Saints Cyril and Methodius at the Archbishopric of Good Hope on Sunday, 26 May. They hosted a lunch at...
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Petros Khaya arrives home
His Eminence Archbishop Sergios with Petros and his family, 28 May 2013. Petros showing his brother his certificate from the Patriarchal school.
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Russian Liturgy in Cape Town
On Saturday, 25 May the Russian speaking Orthodox Community of Cape Town attended a Service at the Church of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene at the Archbishopric in Rondebosch, in the presence of...
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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 break...
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Salvation in Christ
Father Zacharias and participants The Way is an introductory course on the Orthodox Christian faith that we ran at the Archbishopric in Cape Town between August 2011 and March 2012. It was developed...
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Living Water
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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Pentecost
Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, which marks both the fulfillment and the beginning of the Church’s faith. Pentecost is the fulfillment and culmination of our celebration of Christ’s...
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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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His Eminence Archbishop Sergios visits Durban
On Saturday 22 June, His Eminence Archbishop Sergios travelled to Durban. A meeting was held with the Ambassador of Greece Mr. Spyros Theocharopoulos,the Ambassador of Cyprus, Mr. Petros Nacouzis, the...
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Called to follow Jesus Christ
Today, on the second Sunday after Pentecost, we begin to hear Gospel readings from St Matthew’s Gospel that will take us through some of the key incidents in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. In...
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Blessing of the new home for the elderly – KwaZulu-Natal
Blessing of the Home for the Elderly of KZN – 22 June 2013. On Saturday, 22 June, His Eminence, Archbishop Sergios held the blessing of the new home for the elderly of KwaZulu-Natal. The welfare...
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His Eminence Archbishop Sergios visits Durban
On Sunday 23 June, His Eminence officiated at the service of Matins and the Holy Eucharist at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the presence of the Ambassador of Greece Mr. Spyros Theocharopoulos, the...
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Article 2
Welcome to the website of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Good Hope! Note: We have unfortunately had some major technical problems with this website recently and are busy reconstructing it. We apologise...
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The light of the world
Today, on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers, we listen to Jesus’ words telling us how we are to be the light of the world. He tells us that we are to let our light shine before other people so that,...
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Just give the Word
Today we hear Saint Matthew’s account of how a Roman Centurion’s came to Jesus Christ, asking Him to heal his servant. When Jesus offered to go with him to heal the man, he responded by saying that he...
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What have You to do with us, O Son of God?
Today we hear Saint Matthew’s account of how Jesus Christ cast the demons out of two demoniacs who had been living in the tombs in the territory of the Gadarenes. We hear that they were so fierce that...
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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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The Feast of the Transfiguration
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, one of the twelve Great Feasts of the Church. The Gospel for the Feast (Matthew 17:1-9) tells us how Jesus took the Apostles Peter, James and John...
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The healing of speech and sight
Today we hear Saint Matthew’s account of another healing miracle of Jesus Christ. In today’s Gospel we are told of two blind men who came to Jesus asking to be healed. This is followed by an account of...
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The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
Today we celebrate the great feast of the Dormition, or falling asleep, of the Most Holy Theotokos. At Vespers we sing: “The source of life is laid in the grave and her tomb becomes a ladder to...
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