The Archbishop of Australia at the celebratory Assumption Parish in Geelongtranslated

In a particularly touching atmosphere, the Great Solemn Vespers on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was celebrated on Friday, August 14, in the celebratory Holy Church of the same name in the city of Geelong, Victoria, in the Holy Diocese of Melbourne. Numerous devout believers, led by the President Mr. AndrewAlexander, the Coordinator Mrs. SuzyBourdamis and the other members of the Board of Directors of the Geelong Greek Orthodox Community, came to honor the holy face of the Virgin Mary and, at the same time, to welcome their Pastor, His Eminence the Archbishop of Australia etc. Makarios, as well as the Primate of the Holy Archdiocese, Theophileste Bishop of Kerasuntos, Mr. Christophoros, who was born in Geelong and was spiritually nurtured in the Assumption Parish.

The solemn Mass was officiated by the Most Reverend Archbishop Makarios, while, after the Protosigello, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Dervi, Mr. Ezekiel, the Most Reverend Bishop of Nicopolis, Mr. Themistocles, (Patriarch of Alexandria), many clergymen from the 1st Dioceses attended with prayers of Melbourne and Chora, Gerontissa Kallisteni from the nearby Holy Monastery of Panagia...