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Nsw Youth Build Interfaith Bridges SPRING ISSUE 28 AUGUST 2019 NSW Ecumenical Council Sharing Photo taken at a meeting of the Multicultural NSW Faith Leaders Meeting at NSW Parliament House on 16 May 2019 NEWSLETTER OF THE NSW ECUMENICAL COUNCIL INCORPORATED Inside this issue From the Editor’s Desk . 2 Truth Be Told Program . 9 “Living respectfully in a pluralistic society” . 18 Annual Fund Raising Dinner 2019 . 3 We can support ICAN at Hiroshima . 10 NSW Ecumenical Council hosts Biographical note of Dinner for Bishop George . 18 His Eminence Archbishop Makarios . 4 Media Release: NSW Youth Build Cordial Invite: Visit to Sikh Temple . 19 Interfaith Bridges . 11 Domestic Violence . 6 Post-Genocide: Where to next? . 20 “We make the path by walking .” . 12 Faith Leaders Speak Out . 7 Activities of the Council . 22 Uluru Statement from the Heart . 14 Maurizio Vespa appointed CEO Marshall Islands -a tragic confluence of of St Francis Social Services . 8 nuclear testing and climate change . 16 From the Editor’s Desk Very Rev Fr Shenouda Mansour The Council has been blessed to have one of its commissioners to be elected and consecrated as Bishop in their church. Father Narsai of the Assyrian Church of the East was nominated and consecrated as Bishop by His Holiness Mar Gewargis Sliwa III Catholicos-Patriarch with a number of Bishops. Father Narsai received the Episcopal name of His Grace Mar Awraham Youkhanis, and has been appointed as the first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Western Europe to be based in London. His Holiness Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, Catholicos- Patriarch was the chief consecrator assisted by the Bishop of the Holy Synod. The New South Wales Ecumenical Council congratulates His Beatitude, His Eminence Mar Meelis Zaia OAM for the election and consecration of Rev Narsai Youkhanis to the rank of Bishop. The Commission on the Middle East extends congratulations to His Grace Mar Awraham Youkhanis, for Bishop of Western Europe – both the Commission and the Council will miss you, our loss is Europe’s gain. The Council extends congratulations to the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia for the installation of their new Archbishop Makarios, who was installed as the 7th Archbishop of Australia and all Oceania on 29 June 2019. The NSW Ecumenical Council looks forward to working with the new Archbishop in the coming near future. At the writing of this editorial, 24 women were killed by the hands of an intimate partner in 20 weeks. The Council knows there is much work in educating, building resources, partnering and networking with likeminded organisations to support member churches on the rise of domestic violence in communities. The Interfaith Commission is encouraged by their continuing work to build bridges and understanding of other faith communities. In this coming month, there is the visit to a Sikh Temple on Saturday 27 July 2019 and the Abrahamic Faith Conference on 28 July 2019. Details of these two events are found on a flyer in this issue. The Council’s Annual Fund Raising Dinner will be held on Sunday 11 August 2019. It will be held at the Assyrian Church of the East hall of St Hurmizd’s Cathedral, Sydney. Details of the event are on a flyer in this newsletter issue. Annual General Meeting will be held at St Antonious & St Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday 17 August 2019. Half the year has gone, and another six months to go before we see 2020. We pray that God grants the Executive Board and the Commissions the wisdom and the grace to continue in work and mission of the Council. Doing the work to sow God’s peace and love so that people will know of God’s gracious love and care for their salvation and eternal life. 2 SHARING | ISSUE #28 Biographical note of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia operates under the auspices of the Mother Church (Griniezakis), was born in Heraklion of Crete in of Constantinople. 1973. He completed his elementary studies in On April 27, 2015, he was unanimously elected his birthplace and at the Rizareios Ecclesiastical Bishop of Christopoulis by the Holy Synod of the School of Athens. He is a graduate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In 2008, the Holy and Higher Ecclesiastical School of Athens and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Theological School of the National and appointed him representative on the Panorthodox Kapodistrian University of Athens. He completed Committee for Bioethics, whilst in 2018 he was post-graduate studies at the Universities of appointed President of the Synodal Committee for Boston, (Master of Sacred Theology), Harvard, Bioethics of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. (Master of Arts), and Monash, (Master of Bioethics), whilst his doctoral dissertation was He has represented the Mother Church of received and passed as “Excellent” by the Medical Constantinople in various assignments. He has School of the University of Crete. The work was been invited to speak at many Metropolises in published under the title, “Cloning: Social, Ethical Greece and Abroad, He has given lectures at and Theological Components”. international scientific, medical and theological seminars. He is a member of many scientific and Since 2003 he has been teaching at the ecclesiastical organizations and has published Patriarchal Academy of Crete. In tandem, he articles, studies and books. has served as a visiting Professor to various Universities, amongst which are the Theological On 27th April 2015 he was elected unanimously College of Holy Cross in Boston, the University of by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Tartu and the Medical Schools of the Universities Patriarchate Bishop of Christoupolis, as Assistant of Crete, Thessaly and Athens. In May 2015, he to the Ecumenical Patriarch. He was ordained was elected the first Dean of the Department of by His Eminence Archbishop Irenaeus of Crete, Orthodox Studies of the Autonomous Church of on the 16th May of the same year, assuming the Estonia. high responsibilities assigned to him by Patriarch Bartholomew and the Mother Church at the He became a monk and Deacon in 1993, a Autonomous Church of Esthonia, in order to Presbyter in 1997 and an Archimandrite in 1998 organize its theological and catechetical work. at the Holy Monastery of Saint George Epanosifi, whilst on Easter Sunday of 2008, Ecumenical He attended the Holy and Great Synod of the Patriarch Bartholomew bestowed upon him the Orthodox Church of Crete in 2016 as counsellor to office of Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne. the Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He served as a Deacon at the Sacred Metropolitan On 9th May 2019, the Holy and Sacred Synod Church of St Minas in Heraklion, Crete, as the of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, following the Parish Priest at the Parish of St Nicholas Harasos favourable commendation of His All Holiness, in Heraklion and at the historic community of Saint Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, having George in Southbridge of the USA. At the Holy appreciated his theological and secular education, Archdiocese of Crete, he served as Director of the his literary contribution, his administrative Radio Station, as President of the Administrative charisma and his ecclesiastical ethos as the Committee of the School for Byzantine Music, as hitherto Bishop Makarios of Christoupolis, Director of the Estia for Ecclesiastical Education elected him unanimously Archbishop of the Holy at the Patriarchal Academy, as a Member of Archdiocese of Australia. the Synodal Committee for “Bioethics and Contemporary Concerns”, Director of the Press Office and Preacher of the Archdiocese from 2002 up till his election as bishop. He founded and runs the Publishing Series “All About Bioethics”, which 4 SHARING | ISSUE #28 SHARING | ISSUE #28 5 Domestic Violence… We need to be part of the solution… By Rev Fr Shenouda Mansour In Australia, at least one woman dies each week As men, we need to be ambassadors. As men, at the hands of her current or past partner. For me, we need to raise our voices for the silent majority. that is one too many. Whilst the number “One” may As men, we need to stand by all women who not sound high to you, one a week is a sad to hear. experience all form of violence. As men, we need As men, we need to be ambassadors in protecting to stamp out violent behaviours and attitude women in society. Being quiet about family and towards women. When men speak badly about domestic violence in the home, on public transport their women – their wives and their daughters – and in the public place, may suggest that they we as men, we need to speak out against such are insensitive to domestic violence. It is clear, violence talk and remind them, they are talking education is required for men to know the many about our women. forms of domestic violence, as it is not only Domestic violence affects all communities. There physical violence. is not one community that is not affected. The New According to resource by the Queensland South Wales Ecumenical Council is working very Churches Together, titled, “Questions women ask hard to support its member churches on domestic about Domestic Violence and Christian Beliefs”, violence. If there are any questions on domestic it states six different forms: physical abuse; violence, the Council will be happy to support you emotional and psychological abuse; sexual and your community on this very important matter. abuse; financial abuse; spiritual abuse; social Contact the Chair of Overcoming Family Violence abuse; and damage to personal property. Other Commission NSW Ecumenical Council, The Rev forms that are mentioned by the NSW Police Michelle Jawhary on michellehjawhary@bigpond. Force include threats and harm to pets, stalking, com. and intimidation. All these forms of abuse are We can make a difference…it starts with you and damaging resulting in trauma and fearful living me! experiences for many survivors.
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