{"id":541788,"date":"2025-09-29T11:57:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=541788"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:57:52","slug":"romanian-orthodox-church-melbourne-consecration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-orthodox-church-melbourne-consecration\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Orthodox Bishop consecrates new church for Melbourne suburb community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Grace Bishop Mihail, head of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, <a href=\"https:\/\/roeanz.com.au\/galerie\/258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consecrated<\/a> on Sunday, Sept. 21, the new church of the Romanian Orthodox community in Narre Warren North \u2013 Dandenong, a suburb located about 40 kilometres southeast of Melbourne, Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Romanian hierarch was joined in the service by His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland, auxiliary bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate within the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).<\/p>\n<p>The community\u2019s first chapel was arranged between 2010 and 2013, but in 2015 the faithful decided to build a new, larger church. The foundation stone was blessed by Bishop Mihail in 2018, on the parish\u2019s 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372376\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/473e2c11-1061-4de3-a565-100cc67d5e19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-372376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/473e2c11-1061-4de3-a565-100cc67d5e19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/473e2c11-1061-4de3-a565-100cc67d5e19.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/473e2c11-1061-4de3-a565-100cc67d5e19-890x668.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First chapel of the community. Photo: Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the beginning of 2019, the church foundation was poured, followed by the raising of cement panel walls and the construction of the roof and dome. After the pandemic, work continued until 2024, when the occupancy certificate for the new church building was issued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367580\" style=\"width: 1599px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/santierul-bisericii-sf-ap-toma-din-narre-warren-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-367580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/santierul-bisericii-sf-ap-toma-din-narre-warren-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1599\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/santierul-bisericii-sf-ap-toma-din-narre-warren-3.jpeg 1599w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/santierul-bisericii-sf-ap-toma-din-narre-warren-3-890x668.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/santierul-bisericii-sf-ap-toma-din-narre-warren-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/santierul-bisericii-sf-ap-toma-din-narre-warren-3-1536x1153.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visit by Bishop Mihail to the construction site of the new church in 2022. Photo: Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2025, the interior works were completed, including the installation of the iconostasis, the construction and adornment of the Holy Altar, and the exterior works, which included parking facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church sent a congratulatory message to Bishop Mihail and the community for their efforts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_541203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541203\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-20-at-6.44.54-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-541203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-20-at-6.44.54-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-20-at-6.44.54-PM.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-20-at-6.44.54-PM-890x668.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-20-at-6.44.54-PM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-20-at-6.44.54-PM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-541203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Mihail consecrated the new church on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. Photo: Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe pray to our Lord Jesus Christ to grant the Romanian Orthodox community in Melbourne health and salvation, peace and joy, along with the exhortation to continue preserving our Orthodox faith and ancestral Romanian traditions, transmitting the treasure of faith to future generations, and maintaining communion with the mother country,\u201d His Beatitude conveyed.<\/p>\n<p>The parish, founded in 2008, is dedicated to Saint Apostle Thomas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_541205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541205\" style=\"width: 1179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/biserica-ortodoxa-romana-din-narre-warren-north-dandenong-australia-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-541205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/biserica-ortodoxa-romana-din-narre-warren-north-dandenong-australia-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1179\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/biserica-ortodoxa-romana-din-narre-warren-north-dandenong-australia-1-1.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/biserica-ortodoxa-romana-din-narre-warren-north-dandenong-australia-1-1-890x720.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/biserica-ortodoxa-romana-din-narre-warren-north-dandenong-australia-1-1-1024x829.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-541205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romanian Orthodox Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand, together with Bishop Andrei of Cleveland and the parishioners of St Thomas parish in Narre Warren North \u2013 Dandenong. Photo: Facebook \/ Bishop Andrei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Photo: Facebook \/ Bishop Andrei<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Grace Bishop Mihail, head of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, consecrated on Sunday, Sept. 21, the new church of the Romanian Orthodox community in Narre Warren North \u2013 Dandenong, a suburb located about 40 kilometres southeast of Melbourne, Australia. 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