On Friday 27 May 2022 at an all-night vigil, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios tonsured our novice monk Br Kosmas a rasophor monk with the new name Fr Maximos in honour of St Maximos the Confessor.
Pantanassa Monastery Easter Stalls at Roselands Shopping Centre & Kingsgrove Looking for Easter Candles and other special Orthodox Gifts for Easter? Pantanassa Monastery has Easter stalls until Holy Saturday April...
On Holy Friday, we celebrate the awesome, holy, and saving Passion of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ—the spitting, the blows with the palm of the hand, the buffeting, the mockery, the reviling, the wearing of the purple robe, the reed, the sponge, the vinegar, the nailing, the lance, and above all, the Crucifixion and Death which He condescended to endure willingly for our sakes—and also the saving confession of the grateful thief upon the cross.
On Holy Thursday, the Church commemorates four events: the sacred Foot-washing, the Mystical Supper (the institution of Holy Communion), the Transcendent Prayer, and the Betrayal itself.
On the occasion of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross: Why is the sign of the Cross holy?
Twenty centuries ago, the cross was a disgraceful instrument of punishment and horrible death. The Romans sentenced the worst criminals to death by crucifixion. Today the cross dominates the...
The Holy Monastery of the Mother of God ‘PANTANASSA’ is a coenobitic monastery for men located on the Central Coast of N.S.W. Australia. The monastery was established in 1976 with the blessing of the late Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church (1975-2019)
