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42 Baptisms on 08/11/2020 at St Mary & Archangel Ghabrielโs Church
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Yesterday was a very joyous and blessed day.We welcome more people to our Coptic Orthodox Church through holy baptism. Congratulations to the families, kids, youth and adults who joined our church. Thank you Fr. Anthony and the blessed servants for their amazing service. We look forward to more baptisms on Sunday!ย
“๐ฆ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ,ย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ,๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐,ย ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.”ย ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ:๐ฐ๐ฒ–๐ฐ๐ณ
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Coptic Primary & Secondary School Proposal
We are planning to open a Coptic primary and secondary school to educate the children in Auki. The proposal is to purchase the existing primary & secondary school in Auki that caters for 800 children. We are looking at improvising and managing the school. We will set up an administrative & management committee to oversee and run the school.
First Mission Trip in Solomon Islands
In December 2019, Fr Mark Attalla and Fr Sourial Sourial went on the first mission trip to the Solomon Islands. The fathers visited Manaoba Island, Auki and Honiara. They prayed the first Divine Liturgy and conducted the first Bible Study in Auki. They visited a run down school in the village. The fathers also organized Sunday school and activities for the kids and spent time with them. The kids absolutely loved it. There was a great interest among the congregation and they wanted to know more about our church and faith. It was a very successful mission trip.
St Mary & Archangel Ghabriel Coptic Orthodox Church- Auki
Halo! Welcome to St Mary and Archangel Ghabriel Coptic Orthodox Church in Auki.
Auki is the capital of the Malaita Province which is one of the largest provincial towns in Solomon Islands. We currently have 130 church members. Fr Anthony Lemuelu is the parish priest and he prays the Divine Liturgy every Sunday. We have Sunday school on Sundays after the Liturgy, Bible study on Thursdays and Youth meetings on Fridays. Fr Mark Attalla oversees the mission in Solomon Islands.
Stay tuned for upcoming baptisms!
Fr Mark Attalla & St John and St Verenaโs Church- Melbourne Youth Mission Trip in February 2020
A small group of eight youth and a senior servant accompanied Father Mark on a mission trip to the Solomon Islands in February this year.
We landed in Honiara, and travelled to Auki of the Malaita province, where the community was awaiting our arrival. We began holding daily Bible studies and communal meals, and praying a liturgy. We prepared gift baskets with Bibles and necessities for the families we were supporting.
We then visited the school of Auki, which we were interested in purchasing, to meet with the principle and inspect the site. We also came across Sister Dorine at the markets, and were invited to visit her home for women escaping violence, and gave them financial support for the completion of the home. We were also invited to the Kingdom Church of Auki where Father Mark gave a talk and we were hosted for dinner.