St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church East Melbourne

St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church East Melbourne Reverend Fr Ignatius Hanna St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church has served the Antiochian and other Orthodox in Melbourne for seventy-five years.

Under the blessing of his Eminence Archbishop Metropolitan Basilios Kodsei of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines,
St Nicholas church is led by our:
Very Reverend Fr Georges El Khoury – Parish Priest. From its beginnings in 1932 until the mid-1950s, St Nicholas was the sole religious and community centre for many immigrants from Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East

Over the years, St. Nicholas extended a welcoming arm to other newly arrived Orthodox such as the Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Coptic communities. They would worship at St. Nicholas until they were able to establish their own churches. St Nicholas continues to represent Orthodoxy to the wider Christian and Australian communities. It provides
a pathway for people to learn about Orthodoxy and to enter the Orthodox Church. In doing so it projects a pan-Orthodox vision of the Church, enabling it to extend and broaden the mission of Orthodoxy in Australia. This role has made St Nicholas possibly the most well known of all Orthodox churches in Melbourne. Beginnings of the Antiochian Orthodox Community in Melbourne

The first Lebanese immigrants began arriving in Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. By the early years of the twentieth century, a small colony had settled in the north-eastern corner of Melbourne. These families often worked together as hawkers, shopkeepers or wholesalers as well as sharing simple social activities. These lay people brought Bibles, prayer books, icons, candles and incense for private worship in their homes where they would read their Orthodox prayer books and chant services. By the early 1890s they would meet for communal worship in the Mission Hall in Spring Street, Melbourne which was made available to them by the Anglican Sisters of the Mission to the Streets and Lanes. In this way lay people sustained their faith for many decades before they had their own Orthodox churches and priests. The Antiochian Orthodox Community helped to establish the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Annunciation, East Melbourne in 1902, which they attended until the arrival of their own priest from Lebanon in 1931.

Memory eternal!
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Memory eternal!

13/09/2026
خلِّصْ يا ربُّ شعبَكَ وبارِكْ ميراثَكَ.إليكَ يا ربُّ أصرخُ الهي.فصلٌ مِنْ رسالةِ القدّيسِ بولُسَ الرَسولِ إلى أهْلِ غلاط...
12/09/2026

خلِّصْ يا ربُّ شعبَكَ وبارِكْ ميراثَكَ.
إليكَ يا ربُّ أصرخُ الهي.
فصلٌ مِنْ رسالةِ القدّيسِ بولُسَ الرَسولِ إلى أهْلِ غلاطية. (6:11-18)
يا إخْوَةُ، أُنْظُروا ما أعْظَمَ الكِتاباتِ التي كَتَبْتُها إلَيْكُمْ بِيَدي. إنَّ كُلَّ الذينَ يُريدونَ أنْ يُرضُوا بَحَسَبِ الجَسَدِ يُلْزِمُونَكُمْ أنْ تَخْتَتِنُوا، وإنَّما ذلِكَ لِئَلاَّ يُضْطَهَدوا مِنْ أجْلِ صَليبِ المَسيحِ. لأنَّ الذينَ يَخْتَتِنونَ هُمْ أَنْفُسُهُم لا يَحفَظُونَ الناموسَ بَلْ إنَّما يُريدونَ أنْ تَختَتِنُوا لِيَفْتَخِروا بِأَجْسادِكُمْ. أمَّا أنا، فَحاشى لي أنْ أفْتَخِرَ إلَّا بِصَليبِ رَبِّنَا يَسوعَ المَسيحِ، الذي بِهِ صُلِبَ العالَمُ لي وأنا صُلِبْتُ لِلْعالَمِ. لأنَّهُ في المَسيحِ يَسوعَ لَيْسَ الخِتانُ بِشَيْءٍ ولا القَلَفُ بَلِ الخَليقَةُ الجَديدَةُ. وكلُّ الذينَ يَسلُكُونَ بِحَسَبِ هذا القانونِ، فَعَلَيْهِمْ سَلامٌ ورَحْمَةٌ وعلى إسْرائيلِ الله. فَلا يَجْلِبْ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ أَتْعاباً فيما بَعْدُ، فَإنِّي حامِلٌ في جَسَدي سِماتِ الرَّبِّ يَسوع. نِعْمَةُ رَبِّنا يَسوعَ المسيحِ مَعَ روحِكُمْ أيُّها الإخْوَةُ. آمين.

Venerable Hierotheos the Younger of Iviron monastery on Holy Mount Athos - Greece

O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry, O Lord my God.The Reading from the Ep...
12/09/2026

O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry, O Lord my God.
The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. (6:11-18)
Brethren, see how large a letter I have written to you with my own hand. As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the Cross of Christ. For not even those who are circumcised do themselves keep the Law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh. But God forbid that I should boast, except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Henceforth, let no one trouble me; for I bear in my body the brand-marks of the Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

Hieromartyr Cornelius the centurion.

فَصْلٌ شَريفٌ مِنْ بِشارَةِ القِدّيسِ يوحنا الإنْجيلِيِّ البَشيرِ والتلْميذِ الطاهِر. (3:13-17)قالَ الرَّبُّ: لَمْ يَصْع...
12/09/2026

فَصْلٌ شَريفٌ مِنْ بِشارَةِ القِدّيسِ يوحنا الإنْجيلِيِّ البَشيرِ والتلْميذِ الطاهِر. (3:13-17)
قالَ الرَّبُّ: لَمْ يَصْعَدْ أحَدٌ إلى السَّماءِ إلاَّ الذي نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ، ابْنُ البَشَرِ الذي هُوَ في السَّماء. وكما رَفَعَ موسى الحَيَّةَ في البَرِّيَّةِ، هَكَذا يَنْبَغي أنْ يُرفَعَ ابْنُ البَشَر، لِكَيْ لا يَهلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لهُ الحَياةُ الأبَدِيَّة. لأنَّهُ هَكَذا أحَبَّ اللهُ العالَمَ حَتَّى بَذَلَ ابْنَهُ الوَحيدَ لِكَي لا يَهلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤمِنُ بهِ بَلْ تكونُ لَهُ الحَياةُ الأبَدِيَّة. فإنَّهُ لَمْ يُرْسِلِ اللهُ ابْنَهُ الوحيدَ إلى العالَمِ ليَديِنَ العالَمَ، بَلْ ليُخَلَّصَ بِهِ العالَم.

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (3:13-17)The Lord said, “No one has ascended into heaven but He ...
12/09/2026

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (3:13-17)
The Lord said, “No one has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent His Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”

Thou, O Lord, wilt keep and preserve us.Save me, O Lord, for the godly man hath disappeared.The Reading from the Second ...
05/09/2026

Thou, O Lord, wilt keep and preserve us.
Save me, O Lord, for the godly man hath disappeared.
The Reading from the Second Epistle of
St. Paul to the Corinthians. (1:21-2:4)
Brethren, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us; He has put his seal upon us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

The miracle of the Archangel Michael in Colossae

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176 Simpson Street
Melbourne, VIC
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