Annual General Meeting of the parish; General Cleaning of the Church
The Parish Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 1 November at 10:45 a.m. in the parish hall. We remind all parishioners to pay their membership dues for the current year. On Friday 6 November we will celebrate our patronal feast day. Following the Divine Liturgy, the Sisterhood will host a celebratory luncheon, as is our custom. In preparation for this, the Sisterhood will conduct a deep cleaning of the church on Thursday 29 October. We invite everyone who can come in the morning to help with the preparations so that we may observe our feast day in a fitting manner. On Wednesday 21 October at 6:00 p.m., Father Yaroslav will have a catechism class in English in the parish library. On Saturday 24 October the Vigil will begin at 6:00 p.m., and on Sunday 25 October the Divine Liturgy will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The warden, the responsible person for the economy of the entire parish is James Tobolov. He is directly assisted by members of the parish council, as well as many parishioners.
Sisterhood
Monitors the cleanliness and decorum of the church and on the territory of the church, organizes various events to maintain our traditions, raises funds for the parish. Organizes dinners and funeral wakes. Our Senior Sister Tatyana Pye heads the sisterhood.
Jurisdiction
Our parish is a part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and is in the Australian and New Zealand Diocese, in the deanery of the state of Victoria. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church is His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, is the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
The Diocesan Bishop is Archbishop George.
The Dean of the state of Victoria is Archpriest Mikhail Protopopov.
In a legal sense, our parish is governed by the Normal Parish By-laws of the ROCOR. According to the by-laws, the Rector is appointed by the Diocesan Bishop; the Warden is elected at the AGM of the parish for three years; members of the parish council are elected for one year at the AGM. The Sisterhood is governed by the Regulations on Church Sisterhoods; the Senior Sister and the Sisterhood Board are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Sisterhood. All parish officials are approved by the Diocesan Bishop and work on a voluntary basis.
