Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Church - Hobart Tasmania

Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Church - Hobart Tasmania Holy Cross is Hobart 's English language Orthodox Church, 3 Augusta Rd Sat 5pm Sunday 9.30 am Hobart has one Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church.

We are a welcoming Orthodox community. Our temple is the first Orthodox church in Tasmania, and today it is home to a vibrant multicultural congregation worshipping primarily in English, with Serbs, Russians, Australians, Greeks, Macedonians and Orthodox Ethiopian families. Our parish serves beyond Hobart,, with pastoral care, weddings and funerals in the north and northwest of Tasmania. We have communicants from all around Tasmania, and our mission is to serve and support Orthodox Christians in Tasmania and to share Orthodox Christianity. Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco said that the Russian Church Abroad was scattered across the globe to share the light of Orthodoxy, and we seek to nurture those who see the grace and life of Orthodoxy

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas is our new First Hierarch, following the desth of Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) of blessed memory. His Grace Bishop George is Bishop of Australia & New Zealand. Our Dean is the Very Reverend Dr. Michael Protopopov AM, who served as Rector from 1973- 1994 and from 2001 to 2021. Tasmania's only English language Orthodox Church is the Russian Orthodox temple dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It is part of the southern Deanery of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad(ROCOR). Built in the post-war emigration, this church was where Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Greek emigres worshipped in Hobart. Orthodox Christians from all backgrounds contributed to building our domed church. The parish's founding priest, Mitred Archpriest Theodore Borishkevich served from 1949 until his death in 1972. Services:
Saturdays 1700 (5:00 pm)9th Hour and Vespers. Sundays 0900 (9:00 am) Hours and Liturgy
Wednesday 1700 (5.00pm) Akathist

Other services as announced. Confessions after Vespers and during the Hours for those unable to come the evening before. Please contact regarding memorial services (pannikhida) both in church and at cemeteries and all pastoral care. Our Church Warden is Subdcn. John Simons, and Head Sister Mara Ivcovic.

We remember Saint Roman of Moscow, martyred in 1937.
07/09/2026

We remember Saint Roman of Moscow, martyred in 1937.

We remember Saint Ebba the Elder of Coldingham.
06/09/2026

We remember Saint Ebba the Elder of Coldingham.

05/09/2026

Hours and Liturgy today at 9.30.

We remember Saint Eutychius of Cilicia.
05/09/2026

We remember Saint Eutychius of Cilicia.

04/09/2026

40 Day prayers for Helena and Mira today at 3.30 followed by baptism of Aisling at 4.00 and Vespers at 5.00.

We remember Saint Sebastian of San Francisco and Jackson.
04/09/2026

We remember Saint Sebastian of San Francisco and Jackson.

We remember Saint Ariadne, Empress of Byzantium.
03/09/2026

We remember Saint Ariadne, Empress of Byzantium.

We remember Saint Abramius of the Kiev Caves, the Lover of Labour.
02/09/2026

We remember Saint Abramius of the Kiev Caves, the Lover of Labour.

01/09/2026

Baptism of Aisling at 4.00 on Saturday followed by Vespers at 5.00, Hours and Liturgy at 9.30 on Sunday. Fr John will hear confessions after Vespers, during the Hours and at other times by appointment.

We remember Saint Hermogenes of Tobolsk, martyred in 1918.
01/09/2026

We remember Saint Hermogenes of Tobolsk, martyred in 1918.

Address

3 Augusta Road
North Hobart, TAS
7008

Opening Hours

Saturday 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Sunday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+61419948465

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