St Dionysios Greek Orthodox Church - Central Mangrove

07/09/2026

07/09/2026

🌸☦️ Happy Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos! ☦️🌸

Today we celebrate the birth of the one who would become the Mother of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ — the Most Holy Theotokos, the Panagia. ❤️

Born to the righteous Joachim and Anna after years of prayer and hope, her birth brought great joy and became the beginning of God’s plan for the salvation of the world.

May we rejoice in this beautiful feast and ask the Theotokos to intercede for us, our families, and all those we love.

🙏 Most Holy Theotokos, pray for us and lead us ever closer to your Son.

🌿 Χρόνια Πολλά! Happy Feast Day! 🌿

☦️

01/09/2026

🕊️ Blessed Ecclesiastical New Year! 🕊️
September 1 — The Beginning of the Church Year

Today, the Orthodox Church begins a new ecclesiastical year. It is a time to give thanks to God for the year that has passed and to place the year ahead into His hands.

The Church reminds us that our time is a gift from God. Every new beginning is an opportunity to draw closer to Christ, to repent, to forgive, to love, and to live our faith more faithfully.

🙏 May the Lord bless our families, our parish and our community throughout the coming year.

May He grant us strength to grow in faith, wisdom to walk according to His will, and peace in our hearts.

“Blessed is the crown of the year of Thy goodness, O Lord.”
— Psalm 64 (65):12

☦️ Καλή Εκκλησιαστική Χρονιά!
Καλό και ευλογημένο Εκκλησιαστικό Έτος σε όλους!

May this new year be filled with God's blessings, peace, health and salvation.

☦️ St Dionysios Greek Orthodox Church
Mangrove Mountain

01/09/2026

Schedule for September

29/08/2026

🕯️ As we celebrated the Feast of Saint Phanurius on Thursday 🕯️

Tomorrow, we will celebrate the feast of Saint Phanurius the Newly-Revealed Martyr. At our church

Those who wish to honour Saint Phanurius are welcome to bring a Fanouropita (Φανουρόπιτα) to church to be blessed during the service.

The Fanouropita is traditionally offered in thanksgiving to th3 Saint and in prayer for the revealing of what is lost, and for the blessing and salvation of our loved ones.

🙏 Bring your Fanouropita tomorrow and let us celebrate together the feast of Saint Fanourios.

Matins: 8:00am
Divine Liturgy: 9:30am

☦️ May Saint Phanurius intercede for us and guide us always toward Christ.

Χρόνια Πολλά!

25/08/2026

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, on Monday, 24 August, the feast of the Translation of...

24/08/2026

St Dionysios of Zakynthos is especially remembered for his radical forgiveness. The clearest example is when he forgave the man responsible for his brother’s murder and even protected him from those seeking revenge.

The lesson is very direct:

Forgiveness is not pretending that evil did not happen. It is refusing to let another person’s sin fill your heart with hatred and revenge.

For Christians today, St Dionysios shows us that we cannot sincerely ask God to forgive us while refusing to forgive others.

Christ says:

> “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
— Matthew 6:14

So when someone hurts, betrays or wrongs us, the Christian response is not “I will never forgive them.”

“What they did was wrong, but I will not allow their wrongdoing to destroy my soul. I will leave justice to God and pray for their repentance.”

That is the spirit of St Dionysios: forgive, pray, and refuse to become bitter.

24/08/2026

A wonderful festal liturgy served by His Grace Bishop Christophoros, Chancellor of the Archdiocese, with participation of dignitaries, clergy from the Sydney region, and faithful from across the whole of the Sydney region - from Armidale, Newcastle, and Kogarah and everywhere in between. We were also blessed to have pilgrims from Canberra with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Athenagoras, and visting friends from the Coptic and Catholic parishes. Many years to Eminence Archbishop Makarios and the growth of the Archdiocese!

22/08/2026

From our friends in the Greek Orthodox Pastoral Health Care Network Australia - a new series of webinars on parenting in the modern era. Please register to hear meaningful talks from leaders in the Pastoral Healthcare space