Feast of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women and Radonitsa
Congratulations to all our ladies on this true Women's Day! Next Sunday is the feast of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women—those women who did not abandon our Lord Jesus Christ during the most difficult hours of His passions on the cross. The Holy Fathers believe that this is why the Risen Christ appeared first not to the apostles, but to these faithful women. The Church dedicates the second Sunday after Easter to the Myrrh-Bearing Women. This is the feast day of our Sisterhood. On this day, men will prepare lunch for our sisters and treat them. Moreover, the Vocal Ensemble of Russian Orthodox Australia (VERA) will perform a short concert dedicated to our workers. This will be the Vera’s premiere! Come support our sisters, who labour so hard for the glory of God and to support our parish. On Tuesday, 21April, the day of Radonitsa, Father Yaroslav will serve panihidas with the Easter rite at the cemetery starting at 10:00 a.m. On Saturday 25 April the vigil will be at 6 p.m., and on Sunday the 26th, the 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.
