العظة الأسبوعية 

للبابا شنودة الثالث

تذكار قديسين الاسبوع الماضى 

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Saint of the Week

Saints Abadir (Apater) and Eraee (Herai), His Sister

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سـيرة قـديـس هذا الأسبوع

القديسين ابادير وإيرائي أخته (إيريني)

كلمات ذات معني

للقس إبرام عبد الملك

• الذى " يجز" على أسنانه بغيظ و غضب، يشبه الحيوانات المفترسة عندما تكشر عن أنيابها.
• لم ترتكب أسنانك أي ذنب، فلماذا تجز عليها.
• الذى ينفث النيران من فمه، لا يستطيع أن يتنعم بقبلات الحبيب.
• إذا لكمت الزجاج بقبضة يدك، ارتد عليك بعض من شظاياه .
•  عندما يمتلىء الفم بمرارة الغضب، لا يمكن أن يستطعم طعم الشهد.
• قتل الناس لا يقتل أفكارهم.

FR. SULTANA IS BACK

Fr. Sultana the Eritrean Orthodox priest is back to Australia to help serve the Eritrean community. He arrived on Thursday 1st of October with the intention to stay for 3 months. We welcome Fr. Sultana back to the service and we pray for the prosperity of the Eritrean community under his leadership.

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Meditation from Cradle Mountain Chateau, Tasmania: What’s going on? 

The small picture is that I am sitting here in front of the log fire in one of the libraries at Cradle Mountain Chateau looking out over the rain-swept forest and the fold after fold of ranges, thinking shall I just stay here and write or is it best to coax Lizzie from her book and go for another walk?
Slightly bigger looms the question of accommodation for tomorrow night but who cares just so long as there is a warm bed.
Another level of complexity is the medical practice work and arranging meetings prior to the federal election when I will be running against the most vocal pro-cloning MP in Australia.  Impossible is the word that comes to mind – no hope of winning of course but the idea is to wake people up – I am glad that God is in charge of the agenda. 
But then there is the bigger picture of the threats to our world posed by the threats to sustainable environment and the threats of human conflict including unchecked and indiscriminate civilian destruction by those who hate enough and are prepared to destroy themselves in the process – how can this possibly be checked without also killing those who are innocent?  Is there an answer?
Yet there is another level of complexity and that is our self-destruction as CSLewis wrote in 1943 The Abolition of Man with the abandonment of moral law and decay of values into relativity and rejection of absolutes.
But we are not finished – there is the battle being played out at a higher level still between principalities and powers that are unseen; between the Princes of this world and the Angels.  And we have a role to play in this battle also.
Yes, we have a responsibility to do the normal things we do to maintain the day-to-day structure of life and society – things that should not be ignored.  Nor should we dwell unnecessarily on the danger that lurks nor should we cause undue fear particularly amongst those that tend to be fearful of the future anyway.
CSLewis also wrote about the responsibility of students back in England to engage in their study while others were fighting at the front. 
But we are not talking now about some battle ‘over there’ – the battle is here in our society, at our doorstep.  It is in our schools and universities and parliaments; it is in our TV room.  It is being waged by our media and by university professors and by civil libertarians.  Christian values are under attack and if we protest then we are told “religious people have no right to push their values down other people’s necks”.
We cannot be neutral in such things.  We must hold to a view and at the very least be prepared to defend it when under attack.
And God’s people are asleep or do not realise the enormity of what is at stake.  What’s worse they may be unwittingly supporting the enemy.  Do they understand the pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, pro-alternative sexuality agendas and pro-single-sex family agendas being taught in our schools – and being threatened in our Christian schools – and that such have found their way into political partypolicy?
War is on our doorstep and we are asleep.  What will you do O Christian?  Will you be a watchman?  Will you warn your neighbour about the approaching calamity or will you just build your ark yet refuse to say why?  Bonhoeffer, when referring to the silent church in Germany, warned of people shrinking into their sanctuaries of private virtuousness.
And if not now, when will you warn?
Shepherds of the flock, you who ought to understand the signs of the times – when will you tell your people about these things, many of whom just have no idea of the approaching calamity?

Lachlan Dunjey 

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US anti-abortion campaigner denied visa for Australia after Labor's intervention

The American anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman has been denied a visa to travel to Australia, just days after the government indicated it might block the American singer Chris Brown from touring the country.

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First Australian Bishop to be referred to an Anti-Discrimination Commission for teaching Christian Marriage. Is this the beginning of persecution?

Supporters of man woman marriage have been accused of fear mongering or as Senator Penny Wong has said, '...desperately holding onto the slippery slope argument.' Now, however, it is the real thing!
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, Julian Porteous, is now the subject of an official complaint to the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commission.
He will now undergo a mandatory process to answer the allegation made against him. He could end up in court. If found guilty, he could be fined. His alleged crime? He promoted Christian teaching on marriage to the parents who enrolled their children in Tasmania’s Catholic schools. Therefore, he is merely upholding the current legal definition of marriage in Australia. Imagine what could happen if same sex 'marriage' is legislated? 

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 Persecution and the  courage of Julian  Porteous

I wish it were not so, but this is a day we knew would come.

An Australian Christian leader has been reported to the government for speaking up for marriage between one man and one woman. If same-sex marriage is legislated, he won’t be the last.

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BREAKING: World Leader Drops MAJOR Bombshell… Accuses Obama Of TREASON Live At The United Nations

A bombshell claim by Argentina’s President Christina Fernandez de Kirchener should have the Obama administration in deep trouble. The Argentina President has revealed that her nation had been approached by an Obama administration official and attempted to convince Argentina to “provide the Islamic Republic of Iran with nuclear fuel.”
Kirchner revealed that Gary Samore, a former White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, visited Argentina and tried to persuade the nation to provide Iran with nuclear fuel back in 2010.
Kirchener said that Argentina requested this request in writing, as  that is protocol, and said she never heard from Samore again.
Samore admits to travelling to Argentina in 2010 but he is downplaying the importance of Obama’s attempt to get nuclear fuel for Iran.
Conservative Tribune adds:
In fact, Samore went on to explain how after Argentina balked at the deal, he subsequently approached France and Russia with a similar proposal in which Iran would send their low-enriched uranium to Russia, which would further enrich it before sending it along to France.
France would in turn finish converting the enriched uranium into nuclear reactor fuel, sending it back to Iran for its own use, ostensibly preventing the Islamic republic from weaponizing its uranium stockpiles.
This deal fell through as well, according to Samore, leading to the 2010 U.N. resolution that increased economic sanctions on Iran, ultimately bringing them to the bargaining table for the horrible deal Obama eventually worked out with them this year.
The White House has not responded to the potentially treasonous allegations.
Share this on Facebook and Twitter and help us spread this incredible accusation by the Argentine President that the Obama administration wanted to provide enriched nuclear reactor fuel to the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2010.

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Lower Saxony’s Economics Minister expected in Teheran (October 2nd):
Lies should champion the release of political prisoners in Iran
 

Lower Saxony’s Economics Minister Olaf Lies (SPD) should champion the release of political prisoners in Iran, as urgently requested by the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) in Göttingen on Thursday. The human rights organization appealed to Lies to use every available opportunity, even as an economic politician, to get involved with the plight of the Bahá’i, imprisoned on grounds of their religion, and other political prisoners such as the non-violent Kurdish human rights activist Mohammad Sadiy Kabudvand. ‘These political prisoners must endure unspeakable things in Iranian prisons. Please help them to regain their freedom!’ the STP appealed. On Friday, Lies is expected in Teheran as the head of a large economic delegation from Lower Saxony.

The seven members of the former informal leadership committee of the Iranian Baha’i faith group, Ms Mahvash Sabet, Ms Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr Afif Naeimi, Mr Saeid Rezaie, Mr Behrouz Tavakkoli and Mr Vahid Tizfahm have been held since May 14th 2008. The two women and five men were sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment solely because of their religious beliefs. The roughly 300,000 Bahá’í make up the largest non-Islamic minority in Iran, but have practically no rights. Their religion has its roots in Iran and is an independent revelation religion with around seven million members worldwide.

In their appeal, the STP reminds Lies that the situation of these oppressed and discriminated minorities has not improved since the Iranian President, Hassan Rohani, took office two years ago. Now it is time for Rohani to follow up on his election promises and make a
statement: political prisoners must be released immediately!

In the multi-ethnic state of Iran, the Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, Turkmens, Assyrians and other smaller ethnic minorities are not recognized as independent peoples with their own languages and cultures.
They all suffer under oppression and discrimination. Groups and individuals with beliefs that differ from the state religion, such as Bahá’í, Sufi dervishes, Sunnis and New Christians, are repeatedly and arbitrarily accused of being spies for foreign powers and declared enemies of the state, a crime punishable by death under Iranian law.
‘The courts are not expected to make an independent judgement,’ stated the STP. ‘But international attention can prevent more aggressive action against these groups.’

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RESOLUTION of 47th Annual General Meeting of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) - No support for ISIS and other Islamist terrorist organizations

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) calls upon the federal government to try and persuade the UN to block the borders to IS-territories and to other regions controlled by Islamist terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq:

1) No financial transactions nor military equipment should be able to pass borders. This demand aims to cut off the terrorist organizations from financial resources to impede their warfare and – if possible – to destabilize their reign of terror. In particular, there must be measures to stop the smuggling of oil and antiques from IS-areas. In order not to worsen the situation of the civilian population, there can be blockade-exemptions for selected foodstuffs and medicine.

2) Nobody should be able to cross the borders any more – except refugees. The aim is to prevent an influx of foreign radical Islamists and IS-reinforcements for Syria and Iraq and to keep Islamist terrorists away from Europe and other regions. Another goal is to put an end to the slave trade (which primarily affects children and women) with countries such as Saudi Arabia. Our demand is especially relevant concerning the border between Turkey and the areas controlled by Islamist extremists. We call upon the Federal Government to put pressure on the Turkish government to stop supporting radical Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq and to terminate the trade-relations with them. Further, the borders between Turkey and the regions controlled by such groups must be closed. These measures must be monitored by the international community, led by the UN.

3) At the same time, we urge the German Federal Government to agree on measures to ensure that the borders between Turkey and all Kurdish enclaves on Syrian territory (Afrin, Kobani and Qamishli) will be kept open permanently. These enclaves provide shelter for countless people who, under the reign of terror by the IS, are threatened with enslavement, torture and/or death due to their religious affiliation. This concerns ethnic minorities such as Assyrian-Aramaic Christians, Yezidis, Armenians and Turkmens.

4) We call upon the Federal Government to put more pressure on Turkey to re-enter the peace process with the PKK and other Kurdish organizations immediately – and to stop the attacks against PKK-positions and civilian targets in the Kurdish areas of Syria and Iraq as well as in Turkey itself. It was Erdogan who dropped out of the peace process because of his power politics. Anyone who refers to the PKK as a terrorist organization should also see attacks against Kurdish civilians and the assaults of Turkish nationalists and AKP supporters against Kurdish people, HDP offices and Kurdish businesses as terrorist attacks – and the responsible Turkish institutions as terrorist organizations.

5) We support the political considerations about providing Turkey with additional financial resources to help the refugees and about introducing a visa-free regime for Turkish citizens. In return, the European governments should demand that the Turkish government will agree to the points 1) to 4) listed above. It is absolutely necessary to gain comprehensive control of the financial transactions.

Adopted during the 47th Annual General Meeting of the STP in Göttingen on September 27, 2015.

 
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"تايم الأمريكية": بوتين يسحب البساط من تحت اوباما في قلب امريكا وينتزع زمام المبادرة في الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة

 

كتبت صحيفة "تايم" الأمريكية الثلاثاء 28 سبتمبر/ أيلول أن الرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين انتزع زمام المبادرة من نظيره الأمريكي باراك أوباما في الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة. 

     An Aboriginal Poster about Alcohol

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Barnabas brings hope and aid to the persecuted church in over 80 countries   
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Editorial: Christian refugees in Germany endure persecution from Muslim refugees
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Anti-Christian violence in Central African Republic creates “carnage”
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Another church torched in Tanzania
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New believers in Uganda beaten in fierce mob attack
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Muslims pelt stones at Egyptian church and attack Christian homes
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OMI alert: Muresk Upskilling Taster Weekend—7 to 8 November 2015

As part of promoting employment and settlement opportunities in the regional areas, Wide Open Agriculture is looking for 15 migrant families to relocate and work in the Wheatbelt.

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Visiting Priests

We were blessed by the presence of our beloved Father: Rev Fr. Sourial Youssef of St Mark Church, Preston, VIC. blessed us with his service at the holy liturgy on Sun. 27th of September, Also, Fr. Sourial Blessed us with his attendance to the Annual Family Conference as well as during the feast of cross, May God bless his service.

FEAST OF THE CROSS

Successful Family Camp Again

Fr. Sorial's Sessions



Dr. Samir's Sessions

FR. DAVID SERVES IN PERTH

The news that everyone was longing to hear is now revealed. Fr David is now relocating to Perth to serve the congregation of St. Mary and Archangel Michael church with Fr. Abram Abdelmalek. Fr. David was ordained priest by the hands of His Grace Bishop Suriel in 2015 to serve in Tasmania. However, with the tremendous increase for the need of the service in Perth, His Grace Bishop Suriel saw that it was very important to reassign him to serve in Perth. Fr. David is coming to Perth on Friday 9th of October at – PM together with his wife Tasony Samia. Fr. Makarious Wahba the Vicar General of the diocese will present Fr. David to the congregation on behalf of His Grace Bishop Suriel.
We cordially welcome Fr. David to Perth and we pray for the prosperity of the service on his hands.
More details about his reception and biography will be available in the next edition.

   FR. ABRAM ENDURED SEVERE PAIN

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