Following ordinations of the Dcn Jack Lufti and Dcn Stanley Nield in Melbourne and Wellington respectively, His Eminence Paul will continue his pastoral visits and ordination of deacons in Melbourne and Brisbane.

On Saturday the 28th of November, he will be in Melbourne, where he will celebrate the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Good Shepherd Australian Orthodox Mission at 6pm; during this service, he will ordain Norman De Silva to the diaconate.  At the end of the service, he will ordain Peter Gatehouse.  Both of these ordinands are members of the 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste Mission, Victoria.

A week later, Sayidna Paul will be in Brisbane at the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St Paul.  On Saturday the 5th of December, he will preside at the Vespers for St Nicholas, from 6pm.  On the following day, the 6th of December, he will preside at Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, where he will ordain Emmanuel Abdel-Karim to the diaconate, with the name of Elia.  Matins will begin at 9am, with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy beginning at approximately 10am, with the festive luncheon beginning at after this at approximately Noon.