Whether the psalmist David ever contemplated the fate of modern mankind or not, his words today resound with a renewed emphasis, for indeed the earth is the Lord’s.

Perhaps the greatest witness to this for Australian Serbs, is
the fact that this portion of the Lord’s earth we have chosen as our new home, has over the past fifty years become a place of continuing faith and tradition.

A place where the Serbs continue to serve the Lord.

The trickle of Orthodox Serbs who migrated to Australia as far back as late in the last century, turned to a torrent as refugees and displaced persons made  the long journey down under at the end of the Second World War.

Upon arrival, their first communal task was to  organise Church life.

Through his prayers and by the Grace of God, over the past five decades, churches were  established in  all major cities and towns, and even in remote

communities in the outback of Australia. Our own parish, dedicated to St. Lazarus the Great Martyr of Kosovo, was founded in 1955.

On this our  50th anniversary, we join with all the Serbian parishes in first offering thanks to Him whose earth this is, and then to those His servants, who established our Church in Australia.