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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.

Updates Related to COVID-19 - 3 November

The continuing spread of new Omicron variants of COVID-19 underlines the great importance of our continuing need to take all the necessary safeguards to minimise the risk of infection amongst those attending our church. While masks are no longer mandatory, they remain strongly recommended by our health authorities in settings such as ours. For this reason we encourage wearing masks when in church, given the number of our worshipers who have a higher Covid risk because of their age or because of underlying health issues. We also need to ensure that worshipers spread out in church as much as is practical.

Father Alexander

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.

Schedule of Upcoming Services

Saturday, 18 March	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Third Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Cross
Sunday, 19 March	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 22 March	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Saturday, 25 March	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Fourth Sunday of Great Lent St John of the Ladder
Sunday, 26 March	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 29 March	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Friday, 31 March	6:00 pm	Matins The Akathist Hymn	Laudation of the Mother of God
Saturday, 1 April	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Fifth Sunday of Great Lent Venerable Mary of Egypt
Sunday, 2 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 6 April	6:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God
Friday, 7 April	9:00 am	Vesperal Divine Liturgy
	6:00 pm	Matins	Lazarus Saturday
Saturday, 8 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Palm Sunday The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Sunday, 9 April	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Monday, 10 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Tuesday, 11 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Wednesday, 12 April	6:00 pm	Great Compline
Thursday, 13 April	6:00 pm	Matins Reading of the 12 Passion Gospels	Great and Holy Friday
Friday, 14 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, 15 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, 16 April	12:00 am	Paschal Matins and Liturgy	Pascha The Radiant Resurrection of Christ
Monday, 17 April	8:30 am	Divine Liturgy	Bright Monday

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)

For updates to the service schedule and other parish events, follow us (@stjohn_baptist) on Twitter or on Facebook.

Parish Life

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