Annual General Meeting of the parish; General Cleaning of the Church
On Sunday 1 November following the Divine Liturgy, at 10:45 a.m., the Parish Annual General Meeting will take place. The agenda for the meeting is available at the candle stand, near the entrance to the parish hall, or can be viewed on our parish website.
Please be reminded that, according to the Parish Bylaws, only those parishioners who have paid their membership dues are eligible to vote or to be elected. We therefore encourage all parishioners to ensure their membership dues for the current year are paid.
In preparation for our upcoming patronal feast day, the Sisterhood will be conducting a deep cleaning of the church on Thursday 29 October starting at 8:00 a.m. We invite everyone who is able to come to assist with the cleaning, so that we may properly prepare for our parish feast day.
On Wednesday 28 October Father Yaroslav will lead a catechism class in the parish library.
The upcoming divine services at our church are as follows:
Friday 30 October at 6:00 p.m.: Parastas (memorial Matins).
Saturday 30 October at 8:30 a.m.: Divine Liturgy – St. Demetrius Saturday (day of commemoration for the departed).
At 6:00 p.m.: Vigil.
Sunday 1 November at 8:30 a.m.: Divine Liturgy.
Upcoming events
    Parish clergy

    Archpriest Yaroslav Belikov - Rector (0405847152).
    Archdeacon Vasily Kozulin.

    Location

    17 Yaraan st.
    Bell Park, Victoria 3215

    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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