The Archdiocese of Australia announced that, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Holy Glorious Apostle Bartholomew, the day on which our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his name day (11 June), the Archbishop and the Bishops of Australia will celebrate the Divine Liturgy as follows:
Archbishop Makarios of Australia will officiate at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of our Lady in Sydney.
Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia and Bishop Emilianos of Meloa, the Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, will be praying together in the Holy Altar.
Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Melbourne, will officiate at the Holy Monastery of “Axion Estin” Northcote, together with the Archiepiscopal Vicar Archimandrite Evmenios Vasilopoulos.
Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Brisbane, will officiate at the Holy Parish of St Anna, Gold Coast.
Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Perth, will officiate at the Holy Parish of Saints Constantine and Helene, Perth.
Bishop Silouan of Sinope, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Adelaide, will officiate at the Holy Parish of St Panteleimon, Glenelg.
Bishop Paul of Christianoupolis will also be praying in the Holy Altar.
Due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the faithful are requested to respect the number of participants attending the services in each state. The Divine Liturgy over which Archbishop Makarios will preside will be live-streamed.