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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

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
Monday 14 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Tuesday 15 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Wednesday 16 April	6:00 pm	Holy Unction Anointing with oils At the Serbian monastery in Hall	Great and Holy Wednesday
Thursday 17 April	6:00 pm	Matins Reading of the 12 Passion Gospels	Great and Holy Friday
Friday 18 April	3:00 pm	Vespers Christ’s body taken down from the Cross
	6:00 pm	Matins Burial of Jesus Christ	Great and Holy Saturday
Saturday 19 April	9:30 am	Vesperal Divine Liturgy Christ resting in the Grave
	11:00 pm	Blessing of Easter fare (kulitchi, paskha, eggs) at the Community hall
	11:25 pm	Midnight Office Return Of Christ’s Shroud to the Altar
Sunday 20 April	12:00 am	Paschal Matins and Liturgy	Pascha The Radiant Resurrection of Christ
Monday 21 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy	Bright Monday
Saturday 26 April	5:00 pm	No service	Second Sunday of Pascha St. Thomas Sunday - Requiems at cemetеries
Sunday 27 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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