St Demiana & St Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church

The Inter-Churches El-Nayrouz Cup will be held on the 20th & 21st September 2008.

Mens Sports : Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball & Oztag

Boys Sports : Under 17's Soccer

Girls Sports : Indoor Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball & Netball

Venue : Rockdale (TBC)

Cost : TBA

Please register your interest with Bishoi Rizkalla by 1 September to join a team!

Please see Bishoi Rizkalla for more information!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 9th August, 2008

H.G Bishop Daniel graced us with his presence fo the first time in the English Youth meeting in St. John the Beloved's Church on Friday 4 July 2008.

Click here to view Photo Album!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 15th July, 2008

Order your copy of the upcoming book 'The Rite of Holy Week' NOW! This book is, small & compact (12cm x 17cm) & contains English, Coptic & coptic in English letters. The book costs over $40 to produce, yet will be on sale for just $30! Order your copy now for Pascha 2009!! Order your copy and receive a free audio CD of holy Week responses!

Click here to view the poster!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 7th May, 2008

Want to learn Coptic? Coptic Lessons have now been uploaded to the website! Click here to learn our beloved Coptic language!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 12th April, 2008

The Coptic Orthodox Church begins the Great Lent fast on Monday 3 March 2008.

May the blessings of the Great Lent be with us Amen.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 2nd March, 2008

St. Demiana & St. Athanasius Church wshes you a very blessed feast of the Epiphany, 20 January 2007.

May the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ help defeat all evil encountered in our lives.

Happy Epiphany!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 19th January, 2008

St. Demiana & St. Athanasius Church wshes you a very blessed feast of the Nativity, 7 January 2007.

May the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ inspire us all to draw near to Him in 2008.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 7th January, 2008

The annual Inter-Churches Sports Competition begins Sunday the 30th December 2007!

Sports to be contested by all Sydney churches include Mens Soccer, Under 17s Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Mens Volleyball, Under 17s boys table tennis and Mens table tennis.

Please see Bishoi Rizkalla for more information.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 26th December, 2007

On Thursday 13 December2007, St. Demiana & St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church Sydney will celebrate it's 15 year anniversary!

Through the grace of God, may the prayers & intercessions of St. Demiana and St. Athanasius be with us all Amen.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 6th December, 2007

HG Bishop Daniel graced us with his first mass in our english Church, St. John the Beloved on Sunday 21 October 2007.

His Grace also ordained 13 deacons during the liturgy.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 5th November, 2007

Sub-Deacon Malak Rizkalla is presenting a 'Learn Coptic' program, currently airing on Aghapy TV.

Watch the 16 part program to learn our coptic language!

Tune in to Aghapy TV to watch the program!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 13th October, 2007

The annual ICCC (Inter-State Coptic Churches Competition) Weekened will be held from Friday September 28th till Sunday 30th September.

The weekend will start with a combined youth meeting at St. Abu-Sefein Church from 8pm, a one-day soccer comp on Saturday concluded by a reception dinner on Sunday night.

Coptic churches from Melbourne, Adelaide & Brisbane will be attending. You are most welcome to along & join in the fun! For more info please see Bishoi Rizkalla.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 6th June, 2007

Happy feast of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! H.G. Bishop Daniel graced us with his presence for the Resurrection Liturgy on Saturday night. Also present were members of parliament & members of the Egyptian Consulate.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 7th April, 2007

The Holy Week (Pascha) Program is now available here! H.G. Bishop Daniel will pray the Resurrection Liturgy with us on Saturday night.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 25th March, 2007

HG Bishop Paula graced us with his presence during the Holy Liturgy on Sunday 25th February 2007.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 25th February, 2007

The annual Coptic Games Festival between the Churches will be held over two weekends from 18th February 2007 till 25th February 2007. Games include Indoor Soccer (Boys/Girls), Volleyball (Boys/Girls) & Basketball (Boys/Girls). Cost is $10 per player. Please see Bishoi Rizkalla for more information.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 19th January, 2007

St. Demiana's martyrdom will be celebrated with a spiritual revival (nahda) from 15/01/2007 to 21/01/2007. The topic for the revival is 'The Proverbs of Minas'. H.G Bishop Daniel will grace us with his presence on Saturday night & the Holy Mass on Sunday morning. Click here for the Spiritual Revival Schedule.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 3rd January, 2007

Mr Michael Antoun has been selected to represent NSW in the Over 50's Mens Table Tennis team at the Australian Veterans Open Table Tennis Championship being held at the Kingston in Hobart, Tasmania from 14th October to 21st October. St Demiana & St. Athanasius's Church wishes Mr Antoun all the best.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 1st October, 2006

H.G. Bishop Daniel blessed us with a spiritual talk during the youth meeting on Friday 29th September 2006. His Grace also served the youth 'foul' after the youth meeting and even stayed to play table tennis!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 29th September, 2006

Happy Coptic New Year 1723 ! The Church warmly wishes you a happy new year, the feast of martyrs who gave up their lives for our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Lord bless your year with all His goodness.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 11th September, 2006

St Demiana & St Athanasius Church has re-designed its website with a more user friendly, proffesional look! All articles, material & suggestions are welcome. Please email : info@stdemiana.org.au to post an item on the website!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 28th June, 2006

H.G. Bishop Daniel & H.G. Bishop Angelos graced us with their presence for a combined youth meeting on Tuesday 5th October 2004.

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 7th October, 2004

H.G. Bishop Angelos will be visiting Sydney in June 2004. The following is the scheduled program for his visit :

Tuesday 8th June 2004 - St. Mary's Cathedral, Bexley Wednesday 9th June 2004 - St. Mercorious Church, Rhodes Thursday 10th June 2004 - Archangel Michael Church, Mt. Druitt

Posted by : Monica Antonious Date : 2nd June, 2004

The St. Demiana & St. Athanasius Church Web Site has been updated and improved with more aditions to come!

Posted by : Bishoi Rizkalla Date : 21st May, 2003

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