Eve of St Spyridon - 11th December 2024 - St Spyridon Greek Orthodox Chruch, Sydney - YouTube - service starts at 7:14 - Great Hierarchical Vespers

Presided by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia,Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (Ecumenical Patriarchate) St.Spyridon the Wonderworker,Bishop of Trimythous,Cyprus (3rd-4th century) This saint was a shepherd by trade.He had one daughter,Irene,with his wife.When his wife died,he entered a monastery and Irene entered a female monastery.Eventually he was chosen for the episcopacy.St Spyridon attended the First Ecumenical Council in Nicea in 325 AD,where he was instrumental in refuting the Arianism heresy.He reposed at age 71.His relics are incorrupt.They are kept at St.Spyridon Church in Corfu,Greece.*At the readings of Great Vespers:Sofia,Proskomen (Wisdom,Let us attend).Petition:A Christian ending to our life,painless,blameless and peaceful,let us ask of the Lord.Grant this,O Lord.*Irini pasi:Peace be unto all.Klinomen:Bow your heads to the Lord.Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ Κ ́ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ (Η ́ ΛΟΥΚΑ) - Vespers of the 8th Sunday of Luke and St.Arsenios the Venerable of Cappadocia,Archimandrite and Wonderworker (19th-20 century)

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia,Proskomen:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Klinomen:Bow your heads to the Lord*Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.*St.Arsenios was born in Cappadocia,Asia Minor,Turkey.He was tonsured into monasticism in a monastery,but served on a parish.He baptized St.Paisios the Elder of Mt.Athos and became his spiritual father.Towards the end of his life,he relocated to the island of Corfu as part of a population exchange with the Turks.He died at age 84 and was canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2015.St.Arsenios had the gift of healing.Correction:St.Arsenios is not the patron saint of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.

Αρχιερατικός Εσπερινός Χοροστατούντος του Πανιερωτάτου Μητροπολίτου Κιτί..Archieratical Vespers of St.Lazaros the friend of Christ

Presided by guest hierarch Metropolitan Timotheos.Note:This was actually a second Vespers of St.Lazaros the friend of Christ and not a Vespers of Palm Sunday.This Vespers was attended by military members.