Visit of Students from the College of Saint Spyridon to Saint George Monastery in Yellow Rocktranslated

The visit of students from the 1st Lyceum (10th grade) of the College of Saint Spyridon in Sydney to the Holy Monastery of Saint George in Yellow Rock, located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, took place on Wednesday, November 11. Accompanying the students were the Very Reverend Fr. Stavros Ibanos, responsible for pastoral care at the College, and their teachers. The visit offered the students an opportunity to step away from their daily routine and experience the tranquility and peace of monastic life.

Upon their arrival, the students and teachers participated in the Akolouthia of the Paraklisis to the All-Holy Theotokos, the Panagia Kitrinopetritissa, which concluded in the Cathedral of the Holy Monastery. They also had the opportunity to venerate the sacred iconostasis of the Holy Martyr George, protector of the Monastery, as well as the miraculous icon of the Panagia Kitrinopetritissa.

After the conclusion of the Akolouthia, the Very Reverend Bishop Jacob of Miletopolis, Abbot of the Monastery, welcomed the student group on behalf of the Most Reverend Archbishop of Australia, Bishop Macarius. Addressing the students, he highlighted the importance of the visit to a monastery and the opportunity it provided...