Makarios of Australia: "Holy Paisios never thought of turning against the Church, the Bishops or the Patriarch"translated

With ecclesiastical splendor and rapture, the memory of our Holy and God-bearing father Paisios the Holy, Patron of the Orthodox Church of the Fifth Continent and Australia was celebrated in the Holy Archdiocese of Australia. The focus of the religious events in his honor, on Sunday, July 12, was the Holy Diocese of Chora and, specifically, the Holy Cathedral of Panagia "Axion Esti", in Northcote, where the Most Reverend Archbishop of Australia Mr. Makarios officiated, flanked by the Theophilest Bishops of Melbourne Mr. Kyriakos and Chora Mr. Eumenio.

The Solemn Divine Liturgy was attended by clergy from Victoria, as well as the Patriarchal Deacon visiting Australia Mr. EvlogiosTsatsas, Codifier of the Holy and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Among the crowded congregation were the Consul General of Greece in Melbourne, Ms. Dimitra Georgandzoglou, the Lords of M.t.X.E. Mr. Antonios Tsourdalakis and Marios Kalogiannis, the flesh brother of the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomeu, Mr. Nikolaos Archontonis, with his wife, Ekaterini, and the representative of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne...