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Service of the Sanctification of Waters – Orthodox Centre, Cape Town
On Sunday 12 January, the Orthodox communities of Cape Town attended the Service of the Sanctification of Waters and the throwing of the Holy Cross into the water. The ceremony was held at the new...
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Speech of Professor Renos Papadopoulos at the Opening of the Orthodox Centre...
Professor Renos Papadopoulos addresses the audience – Orthodox Centre, Cape Town It is with great humility that I have accepted the invitation by His Eminence the Metropolitan Archbishop of Good Hope...
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Official opening of the new Orthodox Centre – Cape Town
The official opening and the Service for the Blessing of the new Orthodox Centre in Cape Town was celebrated on Sunday 12 January in the presence of, Mr Thomas Matsoukas, the Greek Consul in Cape...
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Workshop on Psychology and Orthodoxy
On Tuesday, 14 January, Professor Renos Papadopoulos of the University of Essex presented a workshop at the newly opened Orthodox Centre in Landsdowne on the theme of Psychology and Orthodoxy. In...
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A Grateful Heart
Today the Church returns once more to listening to the Gospel readings according to Saint Luke, and we hear his account of how Jesus Christ healed ten lepers. Ten men suffering from leprosy came and...
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Saint Georges Sunday School in Cape Town celebrate the start of their New...
His Eminence Archbishop Sergios and Fr. Michael with Michali and his parents, Pricilla and George Comitis On Sunday 19 January, the teachers and children from Saint Georges Sunday School celebrated the...
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Renos Papadopoulos visits Robertson
On Thursday, 16 January, Professor Renos Papadopoulos of the University of Essex rounded off his recent trip to South Africa with a visit to the Chapel of Saint Mary of Egypt in Robertson. The Chapel,...
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On the evening of Wednesday 15 January Professor Renos Papadopoulos met with a group of Russian speaking Orthodox people. The group consisted of people who had attended his workshop at the Orthodox...
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I Am Coming to Your House
Today we hear Saint Luke’s account of the charming and yet deeply challenging conversion of Zacchaeus. As a tax collector, he was regarded as an outcast among his own people because he collaborated...
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Memorial Service held for the people who died during the Leningrad Blockade –...
On Saturday 25 January, Reverend Fr. Daniel Lugovoy (from Johannesburg) officiated at the Service of the Holy Eucharist followed by a Memorial Service to commemorate the Blockade of Leningrad at the...
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Feast of the Presentation of our Lord and Blessing of Saint George’s Sunday...
On Sunday 2 February 2014 His Eminence, Archbishop Sergios, officiated at the Service of the Holy Eucharist which included the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Temple. During...
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The Longing of our Hearts
Today, on the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the temple, we hear Saint Luke’s description of how, when the Infant Jesus was taken up to the temple, he was greeted by the elderly Symeon who,...
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True Humility
In today’s Gospel for the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the Church begins to prepare us for the coming Lenten Fast. In today’s parable, we see two very different responses to God. The...
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Celebration for the Feast of the Three Hierarchs – Church of the Dormition of...
On Sunday 2 February, Archimandrite Joakeim Vasilakos officiated at the Service of the Holy Eucharist which included an Artoclasia for The Three Hierarchs, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the...
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The Very Reverend Archimandrite Fr. Evlogios visits the Orthodox Communities...
On Saturday 8 February, the Very Reverend Archimandrite Evlogios Antonellos from George officiated at the service of the Holy Eucharist at the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Welkom....
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Returning Home: The Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Today, on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, the Church continues to focus our attention on the coming season of Great Lent by holding before our eyes a well-known story of repentance. We are told of a...
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The ambassador of Greece, Mrs Diamantopoulou attends the Service of the Holy...
On Sunday 16 February Reverend Fr. Nikolaos officiated at the service of the Holy Eucharist at the Cathedral of Saint George in Cape Town in the presence of Mrs Maria Diamantopoulou, the Ambassador...
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Feast Day of Saint Theodore and name day of His Beautitude Theodoros II –...
On 17 February the Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of Saint Theodore. It is also the name day of our Patriarch His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. This...
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How we Shall be Judged
Today, as we continue our preparation for Great Lent, we hear Jesus Christ’s challenging words about the last judgement. We are told how, on the final day, He will separate the sheep from the goats,...
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Forgiveness Sunday
Today is the final Sunday before the beginning of Great Lent, the time of grace in which the Church challenges us to return to God in fasting and repentance. And on this threshold of Lent we hear Jesus...
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