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The OCTOBER edition of VEMA is available in Greek and English!
Εκδόθηκε το τεύχος του ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ της δίγλωσσης μηνιαίας εφημερίδας, της Ιεράς Αρχιεπισκοπής Αυστραλίας, ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. Click on the following link to view and download the edition: 2018 October VEMA
The SEPTEMBER edition of VEMA is available in Greek and English!
Εκδόθηκε το τεύχος του ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ της δίγλωσσης μηνιαίας εφημερίδας, της Ιεράς Αρχιεπισκοπής Αυστραλίας, ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. Click on the following link to view and download the edition: 2018 September VEMA
His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia received and welcomed the newly elected Metropolitan of New Zealand, His Eminence Metropolitan Myron, at the central offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Redfern 17.09.2018
Before arriving in New Zealand for his enthronement, His Eminence Metropolitan Myron, newly elected for this See of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, visited Australia and the central offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Redfern, Sydney, on Monday 17th September, 2018. He was received and welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox […]
The AUGUST edition of VEMA is available in Greek and English!
Εκδόθηκε το τεύχος του ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ της δίγλωσσης μηνιαίας εφημερίδας, της Ιεράς Αρχιεπισκοπής Αυστραλίας, ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. Click on the following link to view and download the edition: 2018 August VEMA

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October 18

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Luke the Evangelist
Martyr Marinus the Elder
All day
18-10-2018-14-10-2019
http://www.greekorthodox.org.au/?ecwd_event=st-luke-the-evangelist
Luke the Evangelist
This Apostle was an Antiochean, a physician by trade, and a disciple and companion of Paul. He wrote his Gospel in Greek after Matthew and Mark, after which he wrote the Acts of the Apostles, and dedicated both works to Theophilus, who, according to some, was Governor of Achaia. He lived some eighty-six years and died in Achaia, perhaps in Patras, the capital of this district. His emblem is the calf, the third symbolical beast mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), which is a symbol of Christ’s sacrificial and priestly office, as Saint Irenaeus says.
Apolytikion of Luke the Evangelist in the Third Tone
O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.
Kontakion of Luke the Evangelist in the Fourth Tone
As a disciple of the Word of God, with Paul you illuminated all the earth and dispelled the gloom in writing Christ’s divine Gospel.