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Information about restrictions on places of worship, religion and ceremonies in the Melbourne metropolitan area and the Shire of Mitchell.

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Source: State Government of Victoria

As COVID-19 cases began spreading across many multicultural communities in Melbourne last month, Victoria’s chief health officer said it was essential for the government to properly engage with linguistically diverse communities.

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Source: The Conversation

A return to Stay at Home restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire from 11:59pm on Wednesday 8 July 2020 have come into effect. 

Casey’s selfless Sikh volunteers are being praised yet again after bringing much-needed food to those in ‘hard lockdown’ at public housing towers.

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Source: Cranbourne News

International travel restrictions and social distancing did not put a dampener on the wedding plans of a young couple from Australia and Indonesia, even while physically separated by thousands of kilometres.

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Source: ABC

After much anticipation, the design for the national Baha’i House of Worship to be built in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was unveiled today through an online announcement by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the country.

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Source:Australian Baha'i Community

On Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m., tens of thousands of people throughout France log on to Facebook to hear the nation’s foremost female rabbi discuss the intersection of racism and anti-Semitism and help them make sense of a modern plague.

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Source: Religion News

Hobart Synagogue, the oldest Jewish place of worship still in use in Australia, is about to turn 175 – and a certain medical crisis hasn’t stopped the anniversary from being turned to good use. 

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Source: J-wire