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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 17 October and Sunday 18 October we will have services for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of the Holy Hierarchs of Moscow: Peter (+1326), Theognost (+1453), Alexis (+1378), Cyprian (+1406), Photius (+1431), Jonah (+1461), Gerontius (+1489), Ioasaph (+1555), Macarius (+1563), Philip (+1569), Job (+1607), Hermogenes (+1612), Philaret (+1667), Innocent (+1879), Macarius (+1926), Tikhon (+1925), and Peter (+1937). 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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Our 2026 parish Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 12.00pm on Sunday 15 November. Further information about our AGM will be made available ASAP.
On Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October we had services for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the Apodosis of the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. All-night Vigil was served on Saturday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning. As it was the New South Wales Labour Day long weekend, we were joined on Sunday by friends from Sydney and Canberra holidaying on the Central Coast. At Divine Liturgy the customary prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land.
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On Sunday 20 September and Monday 21 September we had services for the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God. All-night Vigil with the blessing of wheat, wine, oil and five loaves was served on Sunday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Monday morning. The services were simple and prayerful. At Divine Liturgy we were joined by friends from Newcastle, and many of those present took the opportunity to receive Holy Communion.
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On Saturday 19 September and Sunday 20 September we had services for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, the Forefeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, and in honour of the Martyr Sozon of Pompeiopolis (+ 304AD). Sunday was also the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross. Matins was served on Saturday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning. At Divine Liturgy we were joined by friends from Newcastle and Sydney. The customary prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land. Following the Prayer before the Amvon, prayers of blessing were read over a new set of blue priestly vestments, richly decorated with an embroidered image of the Dormition of the Mother of God and gifted to our parish in memory of the departed servants of God Igor (+2022) and Vera (+2024).
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On Saturday 5 September and Sunday 6 September we had services for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost and in honour of Hieromartyr Eutychius, the disciple of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian (+1st Cent. AD). All-night Vigil was served on Saturday evening and the Hours and Divine Liturgy were served on Sunday morning. At Divine Liturgy we were joined by friends from Newcastle and Sydney. The customary prayers were offered for Orthodox unity, peace in Ukraine, and peace in the Holy Land. Following the services on Sunday our Ladies’ Auxiliary served freshly-made piroshki.
The August 2026 issue of “Word of the Church” (“Церковное Слово”), the official journal of the Australian-New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), is now available in our parishes. This is the third issue for 2026. Content includes articles in English and Russian on the ninetieth anniversary of the repose of Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky); a working bee at Rookwood Cemetery (NSW) organised by the National Organisation of Russian Scouts; Elder Paisius; “Valaam – Russia’s Northern Athos’”; the repose of Protodeacon Boris Evstigneev; episcopal directives; and more. Copies are $5.00.
