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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Bible StudyOn Wednesday nights at 7pm (to ~8:30pm), Fr Andrew and Fr Stephen alternate in presenting a Bible Study.
This is held at in the Hall at St Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church (66 Junction St, Woolloongabba).
All people of good will are welcome.
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VespersOn Fridays at 5pm (to ~6pm), Vespers is served at St Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church (66 Junction St, Woolloongabba).
'Vespers' is an evening prayer service that includes Scripture readings, prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns. It is prayerful, educational, and reverent.
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VigilOn Saturdays at 6pm (to ~8pm), the Vigil service is held at St Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church (66 Junction St, Woolloongabba).
'Vigil' is a prayer service that combines 'Vespers' with 'Matins' - that is, the evening and the morning prayer services. This includes Scripture readings, prayers, psalms, and hymns. It is prayerful, educational, and reverent.
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Divine LiturgyOn Sunday at 8:30am (to ~10:30pm), the Divine Liturgy is celebrated at the QRCC Hall (19 Lotus St, Woolloongabba).
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.
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Visitors & Guests
Are you visiting for the first time?
Clickthrough for our 'First-Time Visitors' information page.
Our Current Schedule of Services:
For those unable to attend 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 in their 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.
