THOMAS SUNDAY IN GOLD COAST
On 27 April 2025, the Sunday after Pascha – the Sunday of Antipascha, also known as Thomas Sunday – the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom was celebrated at the parish of “St Nedela” in Gold Coast by the parish priest, Presbyter Aleksandar Popov.
During the Holy Liturgy, the faithful received the Holy Mysteries of Christ.
Nedela na Antipasha i Tomina Nedela. Denes slusnavme vo svetoto evangelie deka Gospod Isus Hristos im se javil na ucenicite koga bile zakluceni vratite. Bidejki prviot pat sv. apostol Toma ne go videl Hrista im rekol na ucenicite deka ne veruva deka Hristos Voskresnal dodeka ne dopre vo ranite na racete i rebrata. Pri vtoroto javuvanje Hristovo, Gospod Isus Hristos go povikal Toma da dopre do ranite na racete i vo rebrata i da nebide neveren tuku veren. Toma doprel i izvikal. Ti si moj Gospod i moj Bog! Dostoevski veli, Toma doprel za da poveruva, no mozel i da dopre a pak da ne veruva i da protivreci. Namerata i karakterot na sv Toma barale vakov nadvoresen znak, no sveti Toma verata vo Hrista veke ja imal vo sebesi. Hristos sepak na krajot zaklucil deka Toma videl i poveruval, a blazeni se tie koi nevidele a poveruvale. Da se potrudime i nie da se vbroime vo ovie blazeni koi poveruvale bez da vidat i Bog da ni podari i nam radost i izvik na vera kako onoj na sv Toma. Hristos Voskresna i cestito ime na site koi nosat ime Tomas, Tomce, Tom, Tome i Tomislav.
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Antipascha week and St. Thomas Sunday. Today we heard in the Holy Gospel reading that during the first appearance of Christ among the disciples after the Resurrection, Thomas the apostle was not there and he refused to believe that the other disciples had seen Christ. He asked to touch the nail prints in Christ’s hands and His side in order to believe. On the second appearance of Christ, when St. Thomas was there, He gave St. Thomas the opportunity to touch His hands and His side, and He advised him to no longer doubt but to have faith. The apostle Thomas said, “My Lord and my God!” St. Thomas was such a personality that he wanted to see external signs, but his faith in Christ was already within him; because if he had no faith, he could touch and yet not believe or deny. In the end, Christ concluded that Thomas asked to touch in order to believe, but blessed are those who believe without seeing. Let us try to number ourselves among those who are blessed and be granted the joy and happiness of the apostle Thomas. Happy name day to all Thomas, Tomce, Tome, and Tom.
