Our parish church was founded by Second World War Serbian migrants who came from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, mostly comprised of the Serbian officers who fought on the side of Allies. But because of the communist regime at the time, they weren’t allowed to go back to Yugoslavia. They settled in Australia, and some of them in Wollongong. Since the community was divided into various political, ideological, ethnical, regional and other factions, they’ve decided to establish something that was shared by all: the Orthodox Christian faith entrusted to them and to us today by the holy fathers of the Church. So, on March 27th, 1960, at the Founding General Meeting, it was decided that a place of worship, the parish church, and the community should be established. To honour the sacrifice they had to make, the church building itself was to be a War Memorial.
The community grew and soon the Ladies’ Auxiliaries, Serbian Language School, Folkloric dancing association, Pensioners, and Youth Group have been established.
After more than six decades, this is still a very vibrant parish community that through numerous activities proudly cherishes the values, teachings and traditions of the original Church established by Christ more than 2000 years ago in the beautiful Australian setting.