Attending Services and Events at Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church

We have four regular weekly events each week: Bible Study, Vespers, Vigil, and Divine Liturgy.

NB: due to much-needed renovations, our services are held at another Woolloongabba venue, as advertised: 

either St Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church on Junction St,

or at the QRCC Hall on Lotus St. 

 

Both venues have ample parking and bathroom facilities. 

 

Thank you for understanding, and we look forward to welcoming you in these venues!

Our Regular Services and Events

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Divine Liturgy On Sunday at 8:30am (to ~10:30pm), the Divine Liturgy is celebrated at the QRCC Hall (19 Lotus St, Woolloongabba).   (Please see the below schedule of the month for service updates).   The 'Divine Liturgy' is the Eucharist service of the Orthodox Church.  This incudes psalms, prayers, the Scripture readings of the day, a sermon, and then other prayers & hymns connected with Communion.  It is our most sacred service - prayerful, sacramental, reverent, and joyous.    Following the Divine Liturgy, we typically share Coffee Hour.  At 11am, we also have Sunday School for our young parishioners (5-9y.o.).  [Clickthrough for more information]   All people of good will are welcome.

Visitors & Guests

Are you visiting for the first time? 

Clickthrough for our 'First-Time Visitors' information page.

Our Current Schedule of Services:

Please see our Holy Week information page for information on services from Friday 26 April - Sunday 5 May.

Information for those unable to attend services in person:

Due to renovations at our church, we are no longer able to livestream our services.  We apologise for this change. 

We offer three alternatives.

Firstly, we have collated our livestreams from previous years - please see our livestreaming page for more information.

Secondly, there are a number of Orthodox churches in Australia that live stream services.  Some of these include:

• Good Shepherd Orthodox Mission (Melbourne - Antiochian Archdiocese).  English-language.  Sunday, 10am (AEDT), on YouTube (link).
• St Nicholas Cathedral (ROCOR, Brisbane).  Slavonic-language services.  Saturday, 5pm, & Sunday, 8:30am (AEST), on YouTube (link).
• Holy Protection Orthodox Cathedral (ROCOR, Melbourne).  Slavonic & English languages.  Saturday, 6pm, & Sunday, 9am (AEDT), on YouTube (link).
• Many, many other Orthodox churches around the country on https://orthodoxonline.net.au/, and overseas on http://liveliturgy.com/

Thirdly, an option for those unable to attend in person is to pray the Readers Services at home. The Typika service is prayed if one is not able to attend a Divine Liturgy.

• Fr John Whiteford has put together a number of Readers Services, which is recommended.
• The Vespers service (which may be prayed on Saturday evening, omitting the variables if they are not available): http://www.saintjonah.org/services/vespers.htm
• The Typika service (which, in the absence of a Priest, is prayed instead of a Liturgy): http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typica.htm
• The Variables for the Typika service, for Sundays and Great Feasts: http://www.saintjonah.org/typ/
• Earlier this year Fr Andrew put together a crash-course video on putting together the Typika service.  You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLg7Jrdu7mc

Lastly, Fr Andrew is available for pastoral support. Please clickthrough to Fr Andrew's page for more information.