Ordination of an Elder by Archbishop Makarios of Australia in Brisbanetranslated

At the Holy Church of Agia Paraskevi, in Brisbane, the Most Reverend Archbishop of Australia Mr. Makarios, who is making a three-day pastoral visit to the capital of Queensland, officiated on Saturday, July 18. During the Divine Liturgy, flanked by the Most Reverend Bishop of Vrisvani, Mr. Bartholomew, His Eminence performed the ordination of Deacon Mr. Theophilaktos Loizos, who will henceforth serve as the Priestly Head of the Parish of Agia Paraskevi.

Addressing paternal admonitions to the ordained, the Archbishop first discerned that the greatest failure and decline of modern man is that he has lost his trust in God. He explained that when one loses his trust in God, then, in one case, he puts himself in the place of God, believing that he can do everything on his own, and, in the other case, he is led to despair, where everything seems futile and useless, life has no meaning and every prospect seems already failed.

Next, he assessed that Father Theofilaktos, in his life so far, has walked with trust in God's will and He led the...