У Суботу
22.маја 2009. нашу парохију су посетили чланови Мосман комјунити колеџа из
Сиднеја.
Иначе то
је огранак који подржава влада Аустралије,а који се у свом програмуизмеђу осталог упознаје културама и религијама разних народа..
Ово им је
био први пут да посете српску заједницу и српску Цркву.
Данас су
посетили парохију Светог Кнеза Лазара и нашу парохију Светог Оца Николаја.
Код нас су дошли у време ручка па су
уживали у нашој кухињи.Коло српских сестара су
спремиле,нашу традиционалну храну,па је било пихтија,сарме и ћевапа,гњеченог
пасуља и домаће проје, наравно и свега осталог.
Завреме ручка председница ЦШО Анђелка Јанковић
је бираним речима поздравила госте,а потом изнела читав елаборат о нашој вери нацији и култури.
Нашфолклорниансамбл ''Каленић'' је одиграо сплет игара из Србије и био громко поздрављен.Изложени ручни радови
и народне ношње привукли су пажњу гостију.
Презентовали
смо им Славски колач иупознали како
срби славе крсну славу.
Наравно да су чули и неколико народних песама које су извели прота Ненад и Пера Стојков.
Такође предочен им је делић из наше српске историје а посебно осврт на други светски
рат.Поред споменика Драже Михаиловића цртице из наше историје говорио је
Драгољуб Бркљач.
Посебно
их је занимала наша вера.У светом храму прота Ненад им је одговарао на
питања.Нису крили осећај да им је лепа наша Црква. и пожелели су поново доћи.
Dear Father Nenad, Maria, Angela and Friends
As you’ll see from the attached Feedback, our Travel at Home group had a wonderful time
with you all yesterday, learning about your culture and traditions, exploring
your beautiful church and garden, and eating your delicious food. Thanks again
to everyone who contributed to making this one of our best ever tours. You are
a shining example of how to bring communities together.
I don’t have a good email address for Angela, so
please pass the Feedback on to her. Her role at St Nicholas yesterday was central.
We couldn’t have begun to organise the tour without you, Maria and Father
Nenad. Thanks for your facilitating and organizational skills which, together
with Melissa’s and Peter’s and Father Miodrag’s at St Lazarus’,
were crucial to the success of the day.
Please let us see your pictures, and we’ll send you
ours. Keep in touch with other activities, so we can all meet up again soon.
Best Regards
Diana
Diana Giese
Travel at Home tours
Mosman
Community College
TravelHome
Serbian community
23 May 2009
In
general
‘Superb!’
‘Great
opportunity. Very interesting. Beautiful choir. Wonderful feast. Very generous
people’
‘Very
generous with time and most informative on church beliefs and traditions.
Thoroughly enjoyable day’
‘Obvious
pride and readiness to share what each church community has achieved’
‘Very interesting to see the mixture of adults
and children involved’
‘Welcoming,
happy people’
‘It
was a well-organised day where I learned a lot’
‘Very
interesting and informative. The Serbs generally have a low profile. When we do
hear, they have suffered in coverage of football riots, brawls, Dokic’s father
etc. This visit enabled me to change my view. One of the best aspects was
meeting very friendly members of the community in both places’
‘Very
well organised, with excellent information’
Opportunity
to find out about the Serbian community, its history, and how it has organised
itself in Australia,
including passing on its traditions
‘Excellent.
People were very happy to tell us about their history and traditions’
‘Good
and thought-provoking’
‘Very
good’ X 2
‘Very
interesting’
‘It’s
good to learn about other traditions’
‘Was
interesting to learn about Communist rule in Serbia,
which was not much different from China—but the Serbs are lucky they
are no longer under Communist rule. The refugees that came to Australia in the 50s would have
undergone similar assimilation trials to the Chinese’ [Chinese participant]
‘Warm,
friendly and informative’
‘Liked
learning about the history. Would be good if a map could be used’
‘It
was good to hear a positive view of the Serbs and to hear about the waves of
migration, all in our lifetime’
‘It
is encouraging to see how the church communities support their members, and are
passing on traditions, culture and language’
Touring
St Lazarus and St Nicholas: the service with choir, ornamentation and
iconography
‘The
churches were great, very colourful and a good and helpful way to learn about
the culture’
‘National
art treasures’
‘Father
Miodrag, Father Branco and Father Nenad gave excellent introductions to their
churches, their work, their iconography and their congregations’
‘Churches
very beautiful’
‘Interesting
to contrast the style of each church, and the significance of the icons’
‘Interesting.
I was happy to have the iconography explained’
‘It
was all very interesting in both churches and I learnt a lot about Serbian
nationalism and the Orthodox religion’
‘Breaking
into smaller groups worked well’
‘Very
good’
’Very
good to learn about the form of orthodoxy versus the Greek Byzantine churches’
‘Inviting,
friendly and informative’
Music
and dance
‘Fabulous’
‘Beautful
singing’
‘Choir
very impressive’
‘Loved
the dancing and music’
‘Good’
‘Dancing
excellent’
‘Congratulations
to the participants’
‘A
guitar-playing married priest singing love songs—my mother will be horrified!
We loved it’
‘Enjoyed
the music and dance. Children very welcoming’
‘Fascinating,
especially beautiful Father Nenad with his great sense of humour singing and playing
music’
‘Choir
was excellent’
‘Loved
the dancing’
‘Loved
it all!’
Candle-making
and crafts exhibited and for sale
‘Enjoyable
and interesting. Some very fine pieces of needlework at St Nicholas and lace
which should be entered into the Easter Show’
‘I
just loved the crafts’
‘I
especially liked the Byelorussian artefacts’
‘Interesting’
X 2
‘Very
good’ X 2
‘Very
interesting display of books at St Lazarus’
‘Great—very
interesting’
‘Loved
the candle-making—what a great community activity and money-raiser’
‘Enlightening
to see how candles are made’
‘At
last we know how candles are made’
‘Candle-making
a favourite’
‘Very
interesting to learn that church members make the candles’
World
War II commemorative garden
‘A
lovely memorial garden to honour a respected leader’
‘An
insight into a crucial period of Serbian history from a young man with
admiration for the sacrifices of the fighters of previous generations’
‘Garden
beautiful and well-designed with background trees’
‘This
was very well explained’
‘A
piece of history we never knew’
‘Interesting
links to Australian and Serbian history’
‘Not
really my cup of tea’
‘Interesting’
X 2
‘Very
interesting, but rather scarily militaristic with the black outfits and
skull-and-crossbones flag’
‘Little-known
aspect of history’
‘Good’
‘Didn’t
see it. Badly organised change-over to next group’
‘Important—the
World War II is an important factor in how they see life and other people’
‘Preserves
good memories of their community from World War II’
‘This
was very interesting’
‘Didn’t
know any of that history, so it was good to learn’
‘It
is a very moving story’
Lunch and morning tea
‘Lunch
and morning tea were outstanding, varied and beautifully served’
‘Morning
tea and lunch were both delicious’
‘Really
fresh, delicious food’
‘Lunch
was outstanding.
‘Food
enjoyable and plentiful. I would have liked to hear more about it and its
preparation’
‘Lunch
was amazing’
‘Great
Slav tucker!’
‘Great
cooks. Hospitality excellent’
‘Names
on food would have helped, and someone describing the food’
‘Great
food’
‘Great
to try different food’
‘Delicious’
‘The
lunch and morning tea were beautiful and generous’
‘Lovely’
‘How
about a food preparation demonstration?’
‘Appreciated
all the food and all the effort the women put into its preparation and
presentation’
Chance to spend time with
people face to face
‘The
people are friendly, generous and very hospitable’
‘Everybody
was so warm and welcoming’
‘It
was great to see the range of age groups’
‘Everyone
was very willing to talk. Father Branco was particularly good’
‘Always
a pleasure’
‘Very
worthwhile’
‘Really
enjoyed this’
‘Very
good’
‘Great’
‘The
people were quite open to us as a group’
‘Friendly
and warm’
‘Very friendly and easy to talk to’
‘Glad
to meet people from a community I don’t know’
‘Fun
people, very friendly’
‘Always
good to meet people in their own environment’
The level of
information and interaction
‘Good.
Am now going to do some of my own research on Serbia. I was especially impressed
by both female presidents. They are a credit to their communities’
‘Exactly
right’
‘Great—very
clear and informative’
‘Very good. Would have liked a few basic
translations: “Hello”, “Thank you”, “Good-bye”’
‘Comprehensive’
‘Excellent’
X 5
‘Very
good’ X 3
‘Good’
‘All
the information very good’
‘Good’
‘Painless
way of learning about history and customs’
‘Brilliant.
Just enough interesting information, and not too long. Brief facts’
‘It
was good to hear about their culture, religion and way of life in Australia,
so as to understand them better’
Introduction
to new people and places
‘Totally
new: culture and buildings’
‘Very
charming people’
‘Always
great’
‘Refreshing’
‘Good’
X 3
‘Great’
‘Excellent’
‘I
liked seeing the use of places only seen before from outside’
