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Passion Weak and Easter

This year, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls during Holy Week. This is very unusual, and therefore we will have two additional important services: the Vigil on Monday and the Liturgy on Tuesday.
The rector of the church will hear confessions before and after each service from Monday through Friday, and all who confessed during Holy Week can receive Holy Communion at each Liturgy: on Annunciation on Tuesday, on Maundy Thursday, on Holy Saturday, and on Easter. Confessions will not be heard on Holy Saturday.
The blessing of Easter food will take place after the Easter Liturgy (around 3:00 a.m.) and after Easter Vespers (at noon on Easter, April 12).
A detailed schedule of Holy Week services can be found here.

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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.