St Nicholas Cathedral

If you haven’t been on the ROCOR website yet, then you wouldn’t have seen photos of Fr Gabriel and Matushka Irina in Russia. At the moment, they are in Kursk. There is also a photo of Volodya Bigdan and Ben Drozdovski. Hope you enjoy them. Keep praying for them, and their speedy return back home.

Father Gabriel reading Metropolitan Hilarion's greeting to the gathering

Here is Matushka Irina sitting in amongst the crowd, trying to look inconspicuous

Here is the whole group, Volodya is in the middle

Upon arrival, Ben is there and so is another Aussie on the right.

Well, the icons are finally being put up – this Saturday 17th July – they are all going up.

I don’t know about you, but I am homesick.

As per the Service  Schedule, Vigil is at 6pm and Liturgy at 8:30am.

See you all there.

Over the next three weeks, our church will be painted inside and out. At the moment, 1 July 2010, the church is being painted inside. During this time, (the next two Sundays) there will not be any services. Please check on the Schedule for the exact times.

All of this necessary work is taking place to prepare the church and its surrounds for the 90th Anniversary of our Parish. You all know that this is the first Russian Orthodox church built on Australian soil.

It is a very important date and we must prepare our church building for this anniversary. Many other works will be taking place. Please contact our Head Sister Mussia Okulov and our Matushka Irina (when she returns from Russia) about how you can contribute as well.

On the Sunday 30^th May our parish held a fundraiser lunch in support of the Missionary Faculty of St Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities in Moscow. The total amount raised was $2,060. Our sincere thanks to all those who supported this great cause and generously donated!

From 29^th June to 1^8th August Fr Gabriel and matushka Irene will be away in Russia  with the Diocesan Pilgrimage group, followed by the Kursk Youth Fellowship. During Fr Gabriel’s absence, Saturday and Sunday services at the Cathedral will be conducted by Fr Alexander Borodin according to the schedule shown below. For all church-related enquiries please contact  the Dean of Queensland,

Fr Michael Klebansky – (h) 3395 1228  (m) 0410 112628 or Fr Alexander Borodin – (m) 0447 289381

ARE YOU MAKING A KULICH FOR PASCHA????

Well, don’t worry about it – you can order one through our Parish this

Pascha and skip all the worries and long hours of mixing dough. Simply call:

Irene  3245 6637   or     Sonia   3343 8035 to place an order.

BE QUICK – orders close on March 16. Cost is $25 per kilo. All money goes to support the ROCOR Mission in Haiti.

Dear Parishioners! The time of Great Lent presents all believers with a wonderful opportunity to work on themselves spiritually. During this time, the services are special, touching and morally edifying. As well, prayer and fasting – are the best means by which a person may regain and retain spiritual health. I draw your attention also to the fact that in the schedule of services below are included the following events: General confessions, services of General Unction (at the Cathedral and Rocklea),Sunday discussions in Russian & Thursday discussions in English.

With love in the Lord, Fr Gabriel Makarov.

Next week, the 22nd November, 2009, after the Liturgy, the Parish Annual General meeting is to be held in the Parish Hall. All members who have paid their Membership Fees can vote at this meeting.

There will be a lunch on offer prior to the Meeting.

St Nicholas Cathedral is a part of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia (ROCOR) under the authority of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral). The head of the local Russian Church is Patriarch Kyrill.

Our parish has regular services every Saturday at 6pm and every Sunday morning at 8:30am. There are also weekday services for special Feasts and Saints of the Church.

Services are conducted in the traditional Slavonic language, at various times during the service there are prayers, petitions and hymns in the English language.

We welcome you to attend our parish church. If you have any questions please contact the numbers located on the Contact Us page.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our web page.