This year, the Gosford parish will celebrate its patronal feast on Saturday 8 August 2009.  All-night Vigil will begin at 6.00pm on Friday 7 August 2009, with the Lesser Blessing of Waters at 8.15am on Saturday 8 August 2009, and Divine Liturgy at 9.00am.  Afterwards, there will be a festive lunch at the Narara Community Centre.  All are invited!  Clergy and altar servers should bring gold vestments.Continue Reading

В архиерейской крестовой церкви в Кройдоне служба в память Святых Царственных мучеников начинается в четверг 16 июля 2009г в 10.30 часов ночи и закончится рано утром в день их злого убиения.

Sunday 5 July 2009. On a beautiful, crisp, clear Canberra morning, the parishioners of St John the Baptist, led by their rector Archpriest Alexander Morozow, welcomed their beloved hierarch His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand to their Church to celebrate their patronal feastday – the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.

On the preceding evening, His Eminence celebrated the All Night Vigil Service with Litia (Blessing of the Loaves), and earlier that morning according to the traditional practice, a Blessing of the Waters service was conducted by the assistant Priest of the parish Fr Alexander Borodin and Fr Protodeacon Alexander Kotlaroff (from Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Strathfield, Sydney), with assistance from Reader Victor Kargin.Continue Reading