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Saint Panteleimon's is an Orthodox Christian parish of East Slavic tradition serving the New South Wales Central Coast and the northern suburbs of Sydney. Our parish includes Orthodox Christians of Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian, and other backgrounds. We are a parish of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church, is completely independent in pastoral, educational, administrative, management, property, and civil matters. Our parish is doctrinally Orthodox, liturgically traditional, and welcoming to all. In our services we use English, the language of this country, together with Church Slavonic, the liturgical language of the Slavic peoples. Established in 2000, our parish is one of the newest in our Diocese.
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We have services on the first and third Sundays of each month and on the preceding Saturday evenings. We also have services on some major feast-days during the week. Our current Schedule of Services can be viewed here. Our church is generally only open when we have services. Visitors are always welcome! If you would like to contact us before visiting, it is best to send an email. We check this inbox regularly and will respond to messages as soon as we can. You can also contact us in the same way to arrange baptisms and memorial services. Please note: The telephone number that has been listed on Google is a private number and messages or unknown calls to this number will not be responded to or answered.
Our parish priest, Archpriest James Carles, serves in a voluntary capacity. Like many clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, he has secular employment during the week. In addition to our parish, Father James has responsibility for Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Newcastle and Saint Symeon of Verkhoturye Orthodox Mission on the New South Wales Mid North Coast. As a result, his pastoral availability is limited to scheduled services in the three communities and to occasional services such as baptisms, weddings, end-of-life care, and funerals. Confessions are only heard during evening services or before Divine Liturgy. Molebens and memorial services may be arranged after Divine Liturgy on Sundays.
Our parish is a small one that relies on community support and the voluntary service of our clergy to make ends meet. If you find this website to be of interest or of assistance, please consider helping us. Donations may be made directly to our bank account:
St Panteleimon Russian Orthodox Community of Gosford
BSB: 032-596 Account number: 140923
May the Lord bless you!
On Saturday 15 August and Sunday 16 August we will have services for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Venerable Isaac (+383 AD), Dalmatus (+ after 446 AD), and Faustus (+ Fifth Cent. AD). All-night Vigil will be served from 6.00pm on Saturday, and the Hours and Divine Liturgy will be served from 9.00am on Sunday.
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On Tuesday 18 August and Wednesday 19 August we will have services for the Great Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. All-night Vigil with the blessing of wheat, wine, oil and five loaves will be served at 6.00pm on Tuesday, and the Hours and Divine Liturgy will be served from 9.00am on Wednesday. At the end of Divine Liturgy on Wednesday, as is customary on this feast-day, there will be a blessing of fruit.
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On Thursday 27 August and Friday 28 August we will have services for the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. All-night Vigil with the blessing of wheat, wine, oil and five loaves will be served at 6.00pm on Thursday and the Hours and Divine Liturgy will be served from 9.00am on Friday.
On Saturday 8 August and Sunday 9 August we had services for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Great Martyr Panteleimon (+305 AD), the heavenly patron of our parish. All-night Vigil with the blessing of wheat, wine, oil and five loaves was served on Saturday evening. The lesser blessing of water was served early on Sunday morning, after which Archbishop George arrived. Friends from Sydney, Newcastle and the Mid North Coast travelled to Gosford to join in our celebrations. Following the greeting and vesting of Archbishop George the Hours were read, during which our parishioner and senior altar-server Matthew Shvetsoff was tonsured a reader. Archbishop George then presided at Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating were our parish rector, Archpriest James Carles; Archpriest Dionisy Halim, the rector of Our Lady’s Dormition Church in Wollongong; and our much-loved former parish cleric, Protodeacon Martin Naef. The choir, strengthened by many visiting singers, sang beautifully under the direction of Nikolai Morozow. Following Divine Liturgy, a brief moleben to Saint Panteleimon was served and a parish award was presented to Parish Council member Anya Nielsen. Protodeacon Martin and his wife Tatiana then presented the parish with a beautiful icon of Saints Cyril, Methodius and Clement, enlighteners of the Slavs. At the conclusion of the services on Sunday there was a festive meal in the church hall for those present.
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On Saturday 18 July and Sunday 19 July we had services for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Venerable Sisoes the Great (+429 AD). Matins was served on Saturday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served from on Sunday morning. At Divine Liturgy the customary prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land and the infant Kassia, baptised on the previous day, received Holy Communion for the first time.
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On Saturday 4 July and Sunday 5 July we had services for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Hieromartyr Eusebius, bishop of Samosata (+380 AD). All-night Vigil was served on Saturday evening, and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning. At Divine Liturgy the customary prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land. In his sermon the parish rector spoke about being acceptable to God by faith (Romans 10:1-10, the appointed reading), Saint Eusebius as a hero of Orthodoxy, and the significance of the Apostles’ Fast.
