Archangel Michael - Crows Nest

15/10/2026

13/10/2026

09/10/2026

Come out for our second meeting of the Men’s Fellowship group at our Parish, with Stan Giaouris speaking about carry our Cross and helping others to carry theirs.

09/10/2026

07/10/2026

TEENS GROUP ☦︎

Crows Nest Orthodox Youth is excited to announce the launch of our ages 12-17 TEENS GROUP!

Join us for our launch on Friday 16 October beginning with a prayer service in the church, followed by games and fellowship in the hall!

Please register your child’s interest via the LINK IN BIO

We ask that all attendees bring student ID or have a parent to sign them in and out.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

👥 Ages 12-17
⏰ Beginning with Prayer Service @ 6.30
📍 Archangel Michael Orthodox Church Crows Nest

03/10/2026

FROM ROCKSTAR TO MISSIONARY BISHOP

Join us this Monday night, 5 October at 7pm for a talk from his grace, Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis about his call to clerical life and his missionary work in Sierra Leone.

See you there! ☦️

🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Ages 18-30
⏰ Monday 5 October, 7pm
📍Church Hall, Parish of Archangel Michael Crows Nest

03/10/2026

Please be advised of our parish expectations regarding children at the Divine Liturgy:

If your kids are loud, please still come to Liturgy.
If you’re running late because getting everyone dressed and out the door was a battle, please still come to Liturgy.
If your toddler won’t sit still, please still come to Liturgy.
If your baby needs to eat, please still come to Liturgy.
If your child asks questions at the least convenient moment, please still come to Liturgy.
If someone cries, drops a toy, or has to make their third trip to the bathroom, please still come to Liturgy.
If your child doesn’t know all the prayers, responses, or exactly when to sit or stand, please still come to Liturgy.
If you feel like you spent the entire Liturgy managing your children and heard approximately 12% of the homily, please still come to Liturgy.
If Sunday morning feels messy instead of peaceful, please still come to Liturgy.
If you’re worried your children are distracting the people around you, please still come to Liturgy.
If your child has a disability or special needs, please still come to Liturgy.

Children do not learn how to be part of the Church by staying home until they can sit quietly. They learn by being here.

They learn the Sign of the Cross by watching us make it.
They learn the prayers by hearing us pray them.
They learn the Scriptures by hearing the Word of God proclaimed.
They learn reverence by watching us bow and make prostrations.
They learn that Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist by seeing the love and reverence with which we approach the Holy Chalice.
They learn that the Church is their home because we make room for them here.

The wiggles, whispers, crying babies, and little voices are not signs that children don’t belong at Liturgy. They are signs that the Church is alive.

So bring the babies. Bring the toddlers. Bring the big kids. Sit where the little ones can see. Step out when you need to, but always come back in.

At Baptism and Chrismation, these children became full members of the Body of Christ. They belong here. They need the grace of the Holy Mysteries, the example of their parents, and the love and patience of their parish family.

Children are not simply the future of the Orthodox Church. They are part of the Church right now!

27/09/2026

ENGLISH VIGIL - ST KYRIAKOS

Join us this Monday for an all-English Vigil to St Kyriakos, The Anchorite of Palestine.

This will be followed with a sermon by Fr Dn Panayiotis Constanti

⏰ Monday 28 September, 6pm-9pm
📍Archangel Michael Orthodox Church, Crows Nest NSW