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.
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 2023 Multifaith Calendar (pdf)
Click here to view 2022 Multifaith Calendar (pdf)
Royal Melbourne Hospital is running a clinical trial to verify whether a new mask fitting technique is adequate for Victorian healthcare workers and students who cannot shave their beards for religious, cultural or medical reasons.
Source: SBS
The latest results from the 2021 National Census, which show an increase in Australians ticking the ‘no religion’ box, come as no surprise to researchers at NCLS Research.
Source: NCLS
The Church of England has thrown its weight behind an extraordinary proposal to unite Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Hindu children in the country's first multi-faith secondary school.
Source: The Guardian
A ring of suburbs around Melbourne Airport, in Melbourne's north-west, have the highest percentage of their population being Christian.
Source: The Age
Anthony Albanese has delivered a message to religious communities across Australia as he attended a church service in Canberra ahead of the first sitting of the 47th Parliament.
Source: Sky News
Muslim students who say their requests for larger prayer rooms have been ignored for years have worshipped outside Monash University's vice-chancellor's office.
Source: ABC News
Tangney MHR Sam Lim has become the first person to be sworn into an Australian Parliament on Buddhist scriptures.
Source: Perth Now
Every morning before school, my brother, sister and I would sit in front of our TV in the southern hills of Adelaide and watch the best in kids’ entertainment – Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z.
Source: The Age
Religious leaders can play an important role in addressing the issue of forced marriage in Australia, according to Professor Jennifer Burn, director of Anti-Slavery Australia.
Source: Sight Magazine
Carlton Football Club's Adam Saad has expressed his disappointment over an Islamophobic remark allegedly directed at him by a spectator.
Source: ABC News
Representatives of the three Abrahamic faiths – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – talked faith, community and politics.
Source: The Age