Thursday, 16 April 2009

Surry Hills, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Surry Hills was the first Greek Orthodox church in Australia, consecrated in 1898. This week is Holy Week leading up to Easter, for Eastern Orthodox denominations. The reason for the variation is complicated and goes back to the 4th century when the Church of Rome decided that the date of Easter would be computed independently of any Jewish calculations to determine the date of Passover, so that Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox. The Eastern Orthodox Churches continue to use a lunisolar cycle to calculate the date of Easter, which is also used to calculate the date of Jewish Passover.
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14 comments:

  1. Regina Thursday, 16 April 2009 at 23:23:00 GMT+10

    Hi, you have nice photos of churches. Thanks for the info about Orthodox Easter.

    And thanks for dropping by.

    Regina

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  2. UnknownFriday, 17 April 2009 at 05:20:00 GMT+10

    Great shot and interesting information.

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  3. DanielleFriday, 17 April 2009 at 05:23:00 GMT+10

    Thanks, it was my pleasure!

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  4. AnonymousMonday, 19 July 2010 at 04:38:00 GMT+10

    I love Sydney and i wish to visit nearly. I read about it in http://famoussites.blogspot.com/2010/07/sydney-australia.html

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  5. RhonniesThursday, 7 April 2011 at 23:34:00 GMT+10

    I like the design of the top central window. Well made!!

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  6. AnonymousSunday, 12 April 2015 at 11:38:00 GMT+10

    Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos and info.

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  7. TomSunday, 12 April 2015 at 12:11:00 GMT+10

    I sure like the twin towers. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  8. doodles n daydreamsSunday, 12 April 2015 at 14:23:00 GMT+10

    Thanks for the info, very interesting. A nice church.

    Diana

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  9. CloudiaSunday, 12 April 2015 at 16:13:00 GMT+10

    Nice choice for this week. A choice building


    ALOHA from Honolulu,
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^=

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  10. Gerald (SK14)Sunday, 12 April 2015 at 19:00:00 GMT+10

    I like the style of this

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  11. Jaśmin Sunday, 12 April 2015 at 19:12:00 GMT+10

    Hy Jim!
    The great history of this church ... Best wishes :)

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  12. Shortbread and GingerMonday, 13 April 2015 at 03:43:00 GMT+10

    Love the doors!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  13. RedPatMonday, 13 April 2015 at 05:51:00 GMT+10

    Great church, Jim! They are having a lovely Easter day here today.

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  14. AnonymousTuesday, 30 November 2021 at 14:38:00 GMT+11

    What is the churches contact number?

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