http://stnicholascathedral.com Brisbane, QLD, Australia Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:12:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick reminder - no service this weekend 14 and 15 th August. Next service is on the eve of Transfiguration 6pm 18th August. Father Gabriel will be serving then already  - see you then... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=171 The Youth trip is finished. Our travellers are returning home. Just before the whole thing was declared over, the ROCOR youth put on a performance (which is a tradition). Here are some photos from that occasion. [caption id="attachment_168" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The ROCOR group with Father Gabriel and Matushka Irene"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_169" align="alignleft" ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=166 Everyone who visits the site!!! Please, please pray for the people who are caught up in the calamities in Russia. The fires are everywhere it seems and the terrible smog is only just starting to clear but is still making life very difficult. Please pray for rain and for God's mercy. Thank ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=164 The Youth group is on its way back to Kursk for the final leg of the journey. Here are some photos of the Youth with some orphans and in other parts of Russia. [caption id="attachment_158" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The whole group with the kids they met at the Orphanage"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_159" align="alignleft" width="300" ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=157 Here we will see some more photos of the Youth group, with Fr Gabriel and Ben D in them. If you want to get a relatively regular update always go to www.rocor.org like I do. [caption id="attachment_150" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Men in Black"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_151" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The group in Geneva with ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=149 I have just found some more photos of the Youth Group (travelling with Fr Gabriel and Matushka Irina) whilst in Belarussia. They spent some time in a women's monastery in honour of St Panteleimon, and then met the Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slootsk. [caption id="attachment_143" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Here is Ben ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=142 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 ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=136 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. http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=134 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 ... http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=132 On the Sunday 30th 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! http://stnicholascathedral.com/?p=125