St. Xenia of St. Petersburg Russian Orthodox Church - Gold Coast

13/06/2026

New Schedule June /July 2026

16/05/2026

Memory Eternal
Вечная Память!

HOW TO REACT WHEN SOMEONE RUINS YOUR WORK: A MONK'S STORY

Today, May 16, marks four years since the repose of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York. He led the Russian Church Abroad from 2008 to 2022.

The following memory, shared by Archimandrite Roman (Krasovsky), offers a glimpse of his character:

“This happened in the 1980s, when Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville had just received its first computers for typesetting. They were the earliest models, without even an auto-save function.

One day, Vladyka Hilarion—then a hieromonk—spent five or six hours typing the text of a book. A young man, perhaps a seminarian, sat down beside him, pointed to a button, and asked, ‘What does this one do?’ Without waiting for a reply, he pressed it. The computer shut down, and Vladyka lost his entire day’s work.

For a long moment, he just looked at the blank screen. Then he sighed, crossed himself, picked up the first page again, and started over—without a word.

To me, witnessing this, it was a profound lesson in humility.

I never saw Vladyka rebuke anyone. If he needed to correct something, he spoke with utmost calm—and even that was rare. He was consistently steady in his dealings with others. For a monk, that is essential: to remain even-tempered in both sorrow and joy. He carried a quiet joyfulness within him, and from him I learned that steadiness and joy.”

Eternal memory to Metropolitan Hilarion 🙏🏻

09/05/2026

10/04/2026

Апдейт: в воскресенье 12 апреля в 12 дня состоится короткая служба (пол часа) и после нее еще одно завершающее освящение куличей.

Расписание Пасхального богослужения в ночь с 11 на 12 апреля 2026 года
в православном храме в честь Святой Блаженной Ксении на Голд Косте
адрес: 5 Megan St, Tweed Heads South.

11 апреля 8:30 утра Служба на Великую субботу, после службы первое освящение куличей
11 апреля, суббота (Пасхальная ночь)
23:00 второе освящение куличей
23:15 начало богослужения.
23:50 крестный ход, Пасхальная заутреня и Божественная литургия.
Основное освящение куличей по окончании службы, примерно в 02:00 ночи (уже 12 апреля).

С наступающим праздником Светлого Христова Воскресения!

28/03/2026

With God’s help, the first working bee on the land of the future St Xenia Church has begun.
Today, for the first time since purchasing the site, we gathered together to begin preparing the land where our future St Xenia Church will stand.

Earlier this week, the driveway was poured, and today we levelled it with the surrounding ground. This was successfully done through the combined effort of our men, with wonderful help from their sons and grandsons- a real joy to see fathers and children working side by side.

We also marked out the future buildings and church layout on the property, giving us our first real glimpse of what will, by God’s grace, rise here in time. And of course, the grass was cut, no small task on such a large участок.

By God’s mercy, everything planned for today was accomplished.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came and helped. Days like this remind us that we are not just building structures, but growing a parish family.

If you’ve been thinking about getting involved, this is the perfect time. We would love to have you with us at the next working bee.

25/03/2026

Help Needed for Work around the new Church Grounds - Sat 28 March 2026

25/03/2026

Dear brothers and sisters, With the blessing of His Grace Archbishop G… Fr Stephen David needs your support for Emergency Support for Reader Luke’s Family

28/02/2026

St Theodore Pray to God for us! ☦️

Celebrated and remembered on the first Saturday of Great Lent.

More on the tradition of Kolivo

https://youtu.be/CAIjkDG21YE?si=1Wa1c8pJA_qbfh84

The tale of a young warrior who fought battles after his death. He is remembered every year on the first Saturday of LentLINKS:Our Koliva episode: https://ww...

18/01/2026

S Prazdnikom!
Blessings of the Feast of Theophany!