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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

Friday, 6 January	6:00 pm	All Night Vigil	The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Saturday, 7 January	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
	5:00 pm	No service	Sunday after the Nativity 30th Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, 8 January	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 14 January	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Sunday before the Theophany 31st Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, 15 January	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 18 January	6:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Theophany Baptism of the Lord
Thursday, 19 January	8:30 am	Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 21 January	5:00 pm	All Night Vigil	Sunday after Theophany 32nd Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, 22 January	9:00 am	Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 28 January	5:00 pm	No service	33rd Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, 29 January	9:00 am	No service

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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