On Saturday 10 October Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia will officiate at the Serbian Monastery of Saint Sava in Elaine (about 40 minutes from Geelong). We invite all our parishioners to attend and pray with the Primate of the Serbian Church, and to show support for our Serbian brethren. When else will there be such an opportunity to attend a service led by a Patriarch? The Divine Liturgy will begin at 9:00 a.m. If you have not yet reserved your spot for the "Oktoberfest" fundraiser, please do so immediately, as seating is limited and very few tickets remain. The upcoming services at our church will be: Saturday 10 October at 6:00 p.m.: Vigil Sunday 11 October at 8:30 a.m.: Divine Liturgy Tuesday 13 October at 6 p.m.: Vigil
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.
