It is thirty years today since the monastic tonsure of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia.
It was 18 October 1993 when our Archbishop, guided by his ardent love for Christ and His Church, entered the monastic life through his tonsure, which took place at the Holy Monastery of St George Epanosifis in Heraklion, Crete. That historic day marked the beginning of a blessed spiritual journey in the Orthodox Church, the culmination of which is his impressive ministry, for the last four and a half years, in the Holy Archdiocese of Australia.