Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, With the blessing and in the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the ‘Friends of Pantanassa Monastery’ invite you to the Annual...
Pantanassa Monastery was blessed, with your support, to have construction undertaken between the Main Church and the Monk's Quarters, culminating in cement being poured.
The Friends of Pantanassa Monastery are running three Sydney stalls up until Christmas Eve for the purpose of selling Christmas decorations and other devotional and lifestyle items in aid of the Pantanassa Monastery Building Program
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.
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)
