Protodeacon Fr Andrei Kuraev at Holy Protection Cathedral, Melbourne

Протодиакон о.Андрей Кураев в Мельбурнском Соборе

This coming Sunday, 4 August 2013 Fr Andrei Kuraev will be at the liturgy at the Holy Protection Cathedral ((1-7 Albion St Brunswick East). The liturgy begins at 9.30 am.

During the liturgy he will deliver the sermon and at 12.30 pm after the service he will give a talk on a religious topic at the Cathedral hall.

For us this is a rare opportunity to hear the well- known, talented preacher and missionary.

I will endeavour to translate his sermon and talk into English.

В это воскресенье, 4-го августа 2013 г. о.Андрей Кураев будет на литургии в Св. Покровском Соборе (1-7 Albion St Brunswick East). Начало литургии в 9.30 утра.

За литургией он скажет проповедь, а после службы, в 12.30 дня проведёт беседу на духовную тему в соборном зале.

Для нас – это редкая возможность послушать широко известного, талантливого проповедникa и миссионера.

Прот.Николай Карыпов,
Archpriest Nicholas Karipoff,

Настоятель Св.Покровского Собора
Rector of Holy Protection Cathedral

Protection Parish Newsletter - May/June/July 2013

News

• The administration office (the room opposite the candle bar) has been operational since 3rd June. Matushka Anna Karipoff (volunteer) is there between 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on weekdays. She looks after Church bookings, archives, maintenance and repairs schedule, deliveries, visitors, etc. The office phone number is: (03) 9383 2839 and you can contact via email using the contact form below: Email Contact Form. 
• Efforts are being made to increase the frequency of postings on the existing church website (holyprotectioncathedral.org.au). A coming meeting of our webmasters Vlad Setchin & Grigory Metlenko will address upgrading our website (pokrov.com.au). A recent addition in “Publications” is the regular posting of sermons from church transcribed by Lena Sosnik. At present only the Russian text is being published, but the English will follow very soon. 
• Our library staff has recently expanded and includes Natasha Terikhova, Natasha Kvetkovsky, Elaine Flavell and Galina Silantieva. At present, the library is open after the liturgy on Sundays. We are building up the number of books of a Biblical and spiritual literature. If you have any unwanted books of this nature please bring them directly to the library.Olga Souprounovich has a list of books that can be paid for at the Church kiosk. The books are already on library shelves. This way Olga is extending credit to the library. 
• The basement of the church hall is being cleared, painted and will provide an updated youth activities area (table tennis, billiards table etc.). There are also plans to provide an area suitable for parishioners who would like to pursue woodworking, craftwork, painting etc. Furthermore, nine cubic metres of melamine cupboards are being built for use by the sisterhood. A fire-resistant archive storage room is also to be constructed at one end of our “Mahogany room” 
• Moreland City Council is producing film clips for “YouTube” to illustrate various activities of the Council and features within the Municipality. Our Church was filmed in the second week of July. 
• This year our parish youth are hosting the annual Youth Syezd (convention). A venue is now booked for the period between St Nicholas (19/12) and the new calendar Christmas. This will be at Camp Manyung, Sunnyside Rd, Mt Eliza. The camp is located close to a beach. Grigory Metlenko has set up a website: http://www.syezd.com.au/
• Warrnambool
  
  
  
  
  
  On June 16 the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical council, the Russian Orthodox community in the Australian city of Warrnambool celebrated their Parish feast day.