Australian Parishes and Communities
Published by rocaau on Monday, June 30, 2014
Melbourne, VIC
Contact: Bishop John
Telephone: 0422556968
Sydney, NSW
Parish of St John of Kronstadt.
The parish of St John of Kronstadt was founded in 2013 by the Priest Nebojsa Mirkovic. Fr Nebojsa was ordained by Metropolitan Agafangel. People of all nationalities are welcome to attend services, which are conducted in Church Slavonic, Serbian, and English.
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Contact: Bishop John
Telephone: 0422556968
Dandenong, VIC
Community of the Tabinsk Mother of God Icon
Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad visit and serve the Orthodox faithful in the Dandenong area. Services are conducted in private homes once a month. Please contact us for information on the next service date.
- Address: Contact us for details of next Russian service location
- Visits by Fr John Smelic
- Head of local ROCA group: Michael Desiatov
Services are also held at the nearby parishes of our sister Church, the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece: The Dormition of the Mother of God Greek Orthodox Church in Cheltenham, the Free Serbian Church of St Stefan of Decani in Carrum Downs, as well as the St Gregory the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church in Bentleigh.
Western Victoria
Annunciation of the Mother of God Women’s Monastic Community
The Annunciation Sisterhood, Inc. is a women’s monastic community. It was founded in 2008 with the blessing of Metropolitan Agafangel by then igumen John (Smelic) and monastic sisters who received their training in the large monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in Jerusalem and France
Abp Andronik at first Liturgy (2008)
[list][*]Serving Priest and Spiritual Father: Bishop John (Smelic).
Contact: Bishop John
Telephone: 0422556968
The community conducts daily monastic evening and morning services. Visitors are most welcome to attend, but are requested to contact the hermitage to arrange a visit
Volunteers who wish to work and pray with the monastic community for an extended period should contact the hermitage. Anyone interested is most welcome to participate in daily monastic life.
[b]Brisbane, QLD
Readers’ services are conducted in private homes. On occasional basis, clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad visit and serve the Russian Orthodox faithful in Brisbane. Please contact us for information on the next clergy visit to this community.
Services are held at the nearby parish of our sister Church, the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece: St Nicholas Free Serbian Orthodox Church at South Brisbane.
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Contact us for more information
Canberra, ACT
[quote]The clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad visit and serve the Russian Orthodox faithful in Canberra on an occasional basis. Services are conducted in cooperation with our Greek sister Church.
Other locations / new parish groups
Do you live far from the above churches?
Please contact us to arrange for services in other locations.
It is possible to serve in rented facilities or even in a home.
The clergy are more than happy to help and instruct on how to prepare the facilities for a church service.