On Saturday 20 September and Sunday 21 September we had services for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross, and the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God.  All-night Vigil with the blessing of wheat, wine, oil and five loaves was served on Saturday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning.  The scheduled Sunday services were preceded by a blessing of water.  At Divine Liturgy prayers we were joined by friends from Newcastle and Sydney.  The customary prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land, and a newly-baptised infant, Sophia, received Holy Communion for the first time.