Archbishop Makarios of Australia: “Isolation and autonomy do not refer to the Orthodox Church”
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On Thursday afternoon, 7 September 2023, on the eve of the feast day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Great Hierarchical Vespers were celebrated with due splendour and with the participation of a large number of faithful at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani in Red Hill, near Melbourne. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia officiated at the Vespers Service, while Their Graces Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis and Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, Archiepiscopal Vicars of Melbourne and Northcote respectively, and His Grace Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis, of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, were also present. Many clergy from the two Archdiocesan Districts of Victoria also participated.