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1 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Paul extended his Festal Greetings for Our Lord's Nativity to all who follow the old calendar. His Eminence celebrated the Nativity on 7 January 2006 by presiding at Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Slavonic usage parish of Saint Nicholas Bankstown, Sydney, with his old calendar clergy and parishioners. 2 ARCHIMANDRITE FATHER DANIEL TOYNE VISITS MELBOURNE Very Reverend Archimandrite Father Daniel Toyne from Singapore visited the Australian Orthodox Good Shepherd Mission on Sunday 29 January 2006. He served Divine Liturgy there togther with Father Geoff Harvey and Father Deacon John Whiteside. 
Father Daniel was born in England and studied at Oxford, but now serves as an Orthodox priest in Singapore and Asia. He gave a talk about his experiences in Pakistan, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. 
3 SAINT PAUL THEOLOGY COURSE End of 2005 second semester theological classes The 2005 theological classes of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in Sydney were completed on Thursday, 15 December 2005. The classes have been offered for the last five years. Dates for Autumn Semester 2006 Sessions for 2006 resumed on 16 February 2006 All classes are held from 7.00pm to 10.00pm Dates are are as follows:- February 1 Thursday 16th 2 Thursday 23rd March 3 Thursday 2nd 4 Thursday 9th 5 Thursday 16th 6 Thursday 23rd 7 Thursday 30th April 8 Thursday 6th Mid Semester Break - Classes resume 11 May 2006 May 9 Thursday 11th 10 Thursday 25th June 11 Thursday 1st 12 Thursday 8th Topics to be offered 1 Biblical perspective on the marginalised - Dr Annie Hope 2 The Apostolic Fathers - His Eminence Paul Saliba
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