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Saint Nicholas' is an Orthodox Christian parish of East Slavic tradition serving Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.  It includes Orthodox Christians of Belarussian, Ukrainian, Russian, Macedonian, and other backgrounds. We are a parish of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.  The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church, is completely independent in pastoral, educational, administrative, management, property, and civil matters.  Our parish is doctrinally Orthodox, liturgically traditional, and welcoming to all.  In our services we use English, the language of this country, together with Church Slavonic, the liturgical language of the Slavic peoples.  Established in 1952, our parish is the oldest continuously functioning Orthodox parish in the Hunter Valley and one of the oldest in our Diocese.

Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
3 Irving Street; Wallsend, NSW 2287 Australia
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Visiting our parish

 

We usually have services on the second and fourth Sundays of each month and on the preceding Saturday evenings.  Please note: During March, April and May 2024 different arrangements will be in place.  Our Schedule of Services can be viewed here.  Our church is generally only open when we have services.  Visitors are always welcome! If you would like to contact us before visiting, it is best to send an email.  We check this inbox regularly and will respond to messages within 24 hours.  You can also contact us in the same way to arrange baptisms and memorial services.


The availability of our parish priest

 

Our parish priest, Archpriest James Carles, serves here in a voluntary capacity.  He does not live in the Hunter Region but travels here from the Central Coast for services.  He has secular employment on two days per week and is presently undertaking full-time tertiary study.  In addition to our parish, he has responsibility for Saint Panteleimon Russian Orthodox Church in Gosford and Saint Symeon of Verkhoturye Orthodox Mission on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.  During study periods (in 2024, 19 February-15 June and 22 July-16 November, and in 2025, 17 February-14 June and 21 July-15 November) his pastoral availability is strictly limited to scheduled services in the three communities; individual “needs” that arise in connection with these scheduled services (e.g. confessions, molebens, and memorial services); essential parish administrative tasks; and end-of-life care and funerals.  Father James is available to talk after Divine Liturgy on the Sundays when we have a service.  He can also be contacted by email.


Supporting our parish

 

Our parish is a small one that relies on community support and the voluntary service of our clergy to make ends meet.  If you find this website to be of interest or of assistance, please consider helping us.  Donations may be made directly to our bank account:

 

St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church 

BSB: 032-509 Account number: 281104

 

May the Lord bless you!


Forthcoming services and activities
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Services on 9-10 November, the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - 10/11/2024

On Saturday 9 November and Sunday 10 November we will have services for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (+1651 AD).  Matins will be served at 6.00pm on Saturday.  On Sunday, God willing, we will welcome His Eminence Archbishop George of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand on his first visit to our parish since May 2019.  We will greet Vladyka George at 9.00am, and following his vesting the Hours and Divine Liturgy will be served.  There will be a festive meal in the church hall afterwards.  The parish is also organising a display of photographs and items to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of our community in the Hunter Region, beginning with the arrival of Archpriest John Lupish in Greta in August 1949. 

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Save the date: Sunday 29 December, the patronal feast of Saint Symeon of Verkhoturye Orthodox Mission on the NSW Mid North Coast - 29/12/2024

On Sunday 29 December, the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost and the Sunday before the Nativity of ChristSaint Symeon of Verkhoturye Orthodox Mission on the NSW Mid North Coast will celebrate the patronal feast-day of the Mission.  We will transfer the main feast-day of Saint Symeon - he is also commemorated in February, May, June and September - from 31 December to the nearest Sunday.  Update, 22 October 2024: We will keep things simple this year with just the Hours and Divine Liturgy at 9.00am on Sunday, a moleben to the saint immediately afterwards, and a festive lunch at which we will draw our fundraising raffle.  The services and lunch will be at Boambee Memorial Hall, 579 Pacific Highway, Boambee NSW 2450.  All are welcome!  Why not plan to join us?


Parish Life
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Services on 26-27 October, the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - 27/10/2024

On Saturday 26 October and Sunday 27 October we had services for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council.  Matins was served on Saturday evening, and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning. At both services the parish rector was assisted by Deacon Michael Matys.  At Divine Liturgy our small church was again full.  Prayers were offered for peace in Ukraine and peace in the Holy Land, and a great many people received Holy Communion.


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Services on 12-13 October, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - 13/10/2024

On Saturday 12 October and Sunday 13 October we had services for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Hieromartyr Gregory, enlightener and bishop of Greater Armenia (+335 AD).  Matins was served on Saturday evening, and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning.  At both services our small church was full, and the parish rector was assisted by Deacon Michael Matys.  At Divine Liturgy prayers were offered for peace in Ukraine and peace in the Holy Land.



Church & Community Life
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The October 2024 working-bee at the site of the Holy Trinity Monastery, Monkerai - 30/11/2024

On the weekend of Saturday 5 October – Monday 7 October, the New South Wales (NSW) Labour Day Long Weekend, a small group of Orthodox Christians from the NSW Hunter, Central Coast and Mid North Coast regions gathered at the site of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Monkerai, NSW, for a weekend of work and prayer.  Under the leadership of site caretaker, Gregory Alexandrovsky, work undertaken included final clearing and levelling of a new road; further work on the toilet block; repositioning of the shipping containers used for storage; construction of work benches; plumbing; and a number of cleaning and maintenance tasks.  On Sunday, the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the day of commemoration of the conception of Saint John the Baptist, a "reader" service comprising the Hours and Typika was held in the site’s small chapel.  God willing, there will be a further working-bee in December 2024. Note, 13 October 2024: Photographs will be added soon!





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