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			Ours is an Orthodox Christian parish of Russian tradition serving Newcastle and the wider Hunter region. We are a parish of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia, a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church. Established in 1952, ours is the oldest continuously-functioning Orthodox Church in the Hunter Valley. In 2009 we will be celebrating 60 years of Russian Orthodoxy in the Hunter Valley. Festive services, social gatherings, and other events will take place from August to November. More information will be posted in due course.
			To read an article about and see photographs of Metropolitan Hilarion's visit to our church on 23-24 May, 2009, click here. The next services in our church will be All-night Vigil at 6.00pm on Saturday November 21, and Divine Liturgy at 9.00am on Sunday November 22. Please join us! *Service times and parish news* New service schedules covering the Summer months - December, January and February - were added to our Service Times page on 18 November 2009. You can view the service schedules in Russian and in English here. God willing, our 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on 22 November 2009. To view the AGM Notice and Agenda, click here. To view our 2008-09 Annual Report, click here. Application forms for parish membership can be found here. *Romanian Orthodox community* With the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, the Romanian Orthodox parish of "Sfantul Apostol Andrei" gathers in our church regularly to celebrate Divine Liturgy. More information can be obtained from Father Theodor Postelnicescu, a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand, on 0430-303069; from the parish website, here; or by emailing standrewnewcastle(AT)gmail.com. The design of this site was significantly changed on 16 January 2008. Another major redesign is now underway, and we hope to have the new website online soon. This Welcome Page was last updated on 18 November 2009.

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