Groups and classes
Check the times, then contact the person listed for the group.
Catechetical school
Tuesday
If you or your child wish to join the Orthodox Church, you complete the catechetical school before being baptised.
The school usually takes one year. Students attend the Sunday Liturgy and the Tuesday evening Bible lessons. The parish priest can shorten or extend the course when circumstances require it.
You can start at any time of year. Send us a message and Fr Branko will get back to you.
Bible study
Tuesday
We read and work through Scripture together each week, in the parish hall or over Zoom.
Email us and we will send you the link.
Ladies' Auxiliaries
The Ladies’ Auxiliaries, or Kolo srpskih sestara, is a volunteer women’s charity. It was founded in Belgrade in 1903 and established in this parish in 1968. It exists in almost every Serbian parish in the diaspora.
The society supports people in need regardless of religion or background, organises humanitarian aid, and puts on refreshments after Sunday and other services.
Its patron feast is the Entrance of the Theotokos, marked on 4 December each year or the nearest Sunday.
Sandra Flanagan-Odak · 0477 926 996
Join the Ladies' Auxiliaries Bereavement ministry
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)
The ministry offers prayer and practical help to people after a death.
Serbian parish school and folklore
Friday
The school has run since the parish was founded. For a time, the parish was registered as a “church-school community”.
There are three subjects, and every child takes all three:
- Serbian language, with Serbian culture and history
- The basics of the Orthodox faith
- Folkloric dancing
Lessons run on Friday afternoons, with start times depending on the children’s ages.
The school is registered under the NSW Government Community Languages Schools Program. It is funded by parents’ contributions and by the church community.
Enrolments are accepted in January and February only.
You can also speak to Dragan Petković, the coordinator, on 0403 506 575.
Milica (teacher) · 0422 821 251
Enrol a child Adult folklore group
Monday
The name says it: never too late. If you do not know how to dance the Serbian kolo, come to a rehearsal and you will learn.
Jovana Bogovac · 0448 855 815
Join the folklore group Church choir
Tuesday Fortnightly
The choir is directed by Dragana Milanović, who travels down from Sydney.
You can join at any point in the year. Rehearsal times shift a little during the feast seasons, so send us a message first.
Helen · 0412 602 590
Join the choir Pensioners group
Thursday
Pensioners gather at the church every Thursday morning for coffee, tea, snacks, cards and other games, and a chat. Lunch is around midday.
The programme runs under the Multicultural Communities Council of the Illawarra.
Send us a message before you come. The group sometimes goes to a local club for lunch or takes an excursion.
Vlasta Sladaković · 0401 007 470
Join the pensioners group