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A gathering was organized to celebrate the Feast. We must apologize for supplying old photographs as the camera batteries were found to be flat.

Saturday, 3.30 pm. The Vigil mass was sung at Ashley,
including the blessing of the Font. (The photo is actually
from a previous patronal Festival.)

Sunday, 10 am Divine Liturgy.
Fr Jack and Fr Michael concelebrated in the altar, asisted by Deacons Max and Keith.

An excellent lunch followed, and as it appeared that many could not stay long, priority was given to a brief proposal by Mother Julia to have a pan- Orthodox women's group in the Clubrooms on a regular basis. This found general approval, and arrangements were made for planning and keeping in touch.

[The text of her address will be inserted here soon.]

Since the next speaker, Fr Michael, had exhausted himself by bearing the main burden of the Liturgy, it was decided to postpone the other addresses to a later date. These are:

Fr Michael: The Rublev icon of the Holy Trinity.

Fr Dn. Keith: The Kingdom of God.

Fr Jack: on Bullying.

We hope that all these addresses will soon appear on the current SPOTLIGHT page:
http://www.antiochian.org.nz/spotlight/spot08.html

The article on Bullying, and one on the English used in the Liturgy, are already there.

Thanks are due to Fr Dn Max for co-ordinating the organization of the Liturgy and all the details of the preparation of the hall and of the lunch. Fr Victor is in Moldova and is expected back in mid-July. His family provided the choir and sang beautifully.