Diocese of Australia and New Zealand

Bishop of Australia and New Zealand calls for peace and interreligious dialogue after the tragedy in Sydney

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand has issued a message of solidarity and prayer following the tragedy at Bondi Beach, Sydney, calling for peace, mutual respect, and interreligious dialogue within Australian society. In his message delivered after the armed attack that left 15 people dead and more than 20 injured, His…

Dec 18, 2025Mihail Pătrășcanu

Romanian Orthodox Bishop consecrates new church for Melbourne suburb community

His Grace Bishop Mihail, head of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, consecrated on Sunday, Sept. 21, the new church of the Romanian Orthodox community in Narre Warren North – Dandenong, a suburb located about 40 kilometres southeast of Melbourne, Australia. The Romanian hierarch was joined in the service by His Grace…

Sep 29, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Diocese continues work on cultural and missionary centre in Australia

Construction works on the multifunctional centre of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand have entered the second stage, with support from the Department for Romanians Abroad. The building, located at 103 Porteous Road, Harkness (Melton West), Victoria, will host the “St. Dumitru Stăniloae” Cultural and Missionary Centre, the diocesan chapel, and classrooms…

Sep 11, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian parish in New Zealand secures Government grant to expand community cultural centre

The Romanian Orthodox Parish in Auckland, New Zealand, has received a non-refundable grant of 300,000 lei (approx. AUD 100,000) to continue the construction of the parish’s Social and Cultural Hall. This construction project is part of a broader initiative that envisions the future building of a parish church and the establishment of an open-air ethnographic…

Jul 9, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanians in Australia First to Celebrate Easter with Midnight Liturgy in Melbourne: All of creation receives light and peace

Romanians from the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand were the first in the diaspora to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord, around 5:00 p.m. Romanian time. Over 20,000 Romanians currently reside in Australia. The Paschal midnight service was celebrated by Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand at the “Life-Giving Spring” Monastery in Melbourne.…

Apr 21, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand convenes annual Assembly in Melbourne

The “Lifegiving Spring” Monastery in Melbourne hosted the annual meeting of the Diocesan Assembly of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand last weekend. On Saturday, Bishop Mihail led the clergy of the two deaneries in celebrating the Divine Liturgy and a Te Deum service to celebrate the Union of the Romanian Principalities.…

Jan 31, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Welcoming Christ in our hearts and souls after the fasting season: Bishop Mihail’s Christmas encyclical

In his Christmas encyclical, Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand explains that the fast we conclude on the feast of the Nativity of our Lord allows us to receive the Infant Jesus, making Him a dwelling place in our hearts and souls. “Sanctifying our soul and body through repentance, through reading the Holy Scriptures,…

Dec 24, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Construction begins on multifunctional centre for Romanian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand

His Grace Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand blessed the commencement of construction for the diocese’s multifunctional centre in Melbourne on Sunday. The new facility will house the “Father Dumitru Stăniloae” Cultural-Missionary Centre, a Chapel dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the Holy Confessor Priest Dumitru Stăniloae, as well as a…

Oct 22, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

New Romanian priest installed at St. Demetrios Parish in Brisbane

On Sunday, July 28, His Grace Bishop Mihail, the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, presided over the installation ceremony of Father Mihai Suciu, the new parish priest of St. Demetrios Parish in Brisbane. Father Mihai Suciu, who was ordained earlier this year, comes to the Brisbane community from New Zealand and brings…

Aug 2, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Australia’s Romanian Bishop 2023 Easter Encyclical: We are called to respond to God’s love by following Christ

His Grace Bishop Mihail, who heads the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, noted in his Easter encyclical that “we are called to respond to God’s love by following His Son Jesus Christ. Just as Christ’s humility was complete, so too the discipleship we humans must go through must be to the end,…

Apr 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Diocese of Australia & New Zealand builds first Romanian Orthodox Monastery in southern hemisphere

The Romanian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is carrying out a complex project in the Australian state of Victoria, which includes the first Romanian Orthodox monastery in the southern hemisphere, a social and cultural centre, an episcopal chapel and a church dedicated to the Three Holy Romanian Hierarchs Andrew Șaguna, Gregory the Teacher, and…

Jul 10, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu