The 11th Clergy-Laity Congress – the highest decision-making body of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia – will be held in Sydney, from Sunday 20 January to Wednesday 23 January.
The Clergy-Laity Congress, which serves almost one million Greek Orthodox citizens in Australia, is held every four years and draws together parish priests, community presidents, ladies’ auxiliary presidents, youth, academics and observers from Australia and overseas.
The official opening of the congress will begin with a Doxology Service on Sunday 20 January, 6:00 pm, at St Spyridon Church, Sydney. Present will be the Delegate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit USA.
At such a challenging juncture in Australia’s development, the forthcoming Clergy-Laity Congress of the Church will be an opportunity to express the confidence of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Australia’s future with Asia, and the leading role it must play as the authentic expression of Christianity in Australia.
The Congress will be hosted in Sydney, at the Parish of St Spyridon, 72-76 Gardeners Road, Kingsford.