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Presentation if the Lord and blessing of Fruits; Meatfare Sunday
Sunday 15 February is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This Sunday is called "Meatfare Sunday," meaning the last day when church rubrics permit eating meat before Easter. Maslenitsa begins the following day.
The day before, Saturday 14 February, is a commemoration Saturday, when special prayers for the departed are offered at the service.
According to established custom in the southern hemisphere, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, during harvest time, we bless fruit (according to church regulations, the blessing of fruit is done on the feast of Transfiguration), and at the end of the Liturgy, we will have the blessing of fruit. Don't forget to bring fruit for the blessing on Sunday!
The next services in our church will be:
Friday 13 February, 6:00 PM: Parastas.
Saturday 14 February, 8:30 AM: Liturgy – commemoration Saturday.
At 6 PM: Vigil.
Sunday 15 February, at 8:30 AM: Liturgy – Presentation of the Lord.
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    Parish clergy:

    Archpriest Yaroslav Belikov - Rector.
    Archdeacon Vasily Kozulin.

    Parish economy

    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.
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