Faith Communities Council of Victoria: Promoting a Harmonious Victoria

Welcome to FCCV

Established in 2010, the Faith Communities Council of Victoria (FCCV) is Victoria’s umbrella multifaith body. It is the successor to the Leaders of Faith Communities Forum, founded in 1995.

FCCV was created to contribute to the harmony of the Victorian community by promoting positive relations between people of different faiths and greater public knowledge and mutual understanding of the teachings, customs and practices of Victoria's diverse faith traditions.

2024 & 2025 Multifaith Calendar

logomfcalendar The following are major holy days and festivals for Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism and Sikhism. Whilst this list is not exhaustive it is comprehensive to represent each of the religions in good faith.

Click here to view 2024 Multifaith Calendar (pdf)

Click here to view 2025 Multifaith Calendar (pdf)

How doxing and hate speech laws are changing in Australia

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New legislation has been introduced to improve safety online and give people greater control over their personal information.

Source: SBS

Desecration and Arson Attack on Sikh Holy Scripture in Perth, Australia

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The Australian Sikh community is deeply distressed and appalled by the recent desecration and arson of the Sikh Scriptures.

Source: United Sikhs

‘We need to act urgently, we need to raise our ambitions’: Climate action week

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Multi-faith communities are calling on Australia’s major political parties to commit to divesting from coal and gas, as community-members gather for a week of climate action.

Source: Melbourne Anglican

After tragedy, spiritual resilience is a team effort

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Tragedy comes in many forms; sometimes through earthquake, fire or flood, sometimes through deeply personal loss of other kinds.

Source: The Age

Haifa Day Dinner in Melbourne

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Over 150 leaders and volunteers from the Indian and Jewish communities joined together for dinner on Monday night to commemorate Haifa Day.

Source: JWire

Day of Peace celebrations at interfaith gathering

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The theme at the event was ‘Faith, Religion and Peace’ where the various speakers addressed the question, “Faith and Religion bring inner peace to many people, but do we really understand the relationship of faith and religion with conflict and war? How can faith help bring peace to the world?”

Source: Australian Muslim Times

Interfaith Council Prays for World Peace

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On Sunday, September 8 2024, members of the Queensland, Australia Faith Community Council (QFCC) gathered for a Pray for Peace vigil at the Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre.

Source:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Churches can protect against harm, national gender violence conference told

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Churches have been told they have the tools to stop men’s violence against women at the first of a two-day national conference.

Source: Melbourne Anglican

What I learned from visiting almost every synagogue in Melbourne

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Melbourne may have more shules than its population seems to justify, but every one has a distinct raison d’etre.

Source: The Jewish Independent

Silent voices: Multifaith and multicultural leadership at a crossroads

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Twelve months after the tragic events of 7 October, the silence from Australia’s faith communities is deafening. Confronted with the devastating war on Gaza and the ongoing suffering of Palestinians, faith leaders had a moral duty to speak out against these injustices.

Source: Pearls and Irritations Journal