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Introduction

Welcome to the website of the St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Canberra. The cathedral parish is part of the Australian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (Abroad). We hope that your visit will be of benefit.

The dean of the cathedral is Archpriest Alexander Morozow.

For general enquiries please email enquiry@stjohnthebaptist.org.au. For information and enquiries about hiring the parish hall, please see the contact page.

Our parish website also has web pages in Russian with different content.

To help us overcome the financial impact that the pandemic has had on our finances, we ask you to consider a regular monthly financial contribution to our parish. Contributions directly into our parish bank account is the easiest way to make your donation. Our bank account details are as follows:

BSB: 032719
Account: 602930

Other updates for the parish community and communications from the parish clergy will be published here. Please check back regularly.

Printable Schedule

Schedule of Upcoming Services

Saturday 15 March	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Second Sunday of Great Lent St. Gregory Palamas
Sunday 16 March	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Wednesday 19 March	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Saturday 22 March	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Third Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Cross
Sunday 23 March	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Wednesday 26 March	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Saturday 29 March	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Fourth Sunday of Great Lent St John of the Ladder
Sunday 30 March	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Thursday 3 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Saturday 5 April	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Fifth Sunday of Great Lent Venerable Mary of Egypt
Sunday 6 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
	6:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God
Monday 7 April	8:30 am	Divine Liturgy
Wednesday 9 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Friday 11 April	6:00 pm	Matins	Lazarus Saturday
Saturday 12 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Palm Sunday The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Sunday 13 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy

Services

Visitors are always welcome at our services. The All Night Vigil is celebrated beginning at 5 PM on Saturday evenings and the Divine Liturgy at 9 AM on Sunday mornings. Confessions are heard during the Vigil service. The principal language of the services is Church Slavonic. Some English is used in the Divine Liturgies and usually somewhat more during the All Night Vigils. The parish church is located at:

1 Matina St
Narrabundah ACT 2604 (map)

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Parish Life

Our behaviour During Services… Read on…

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