The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Sunday consecrated the church of St. Andrew the Apostle, in the Melbourne suburb of Forest Hill.
In accordance with the centuries-old ecclesiastical rite, the service of consecration began after the end of matins and included the consecration prayers; procession of the holy relics around the cathedral, and the triumphal entry into the church with the command, “Lift up the gates…”
The Archbishop then officiated at a hierarchical Divine Liturgy.