Contact the priest
The priest of the parish Joy of All Who Sorrow is Reverend Simeon (Kichakov). On returning from the Holy Trinity seminary in 1976, Simeon Kichakov became the secretary, by obedience and then, at the request of the parents’ committee of the parish school, starts his teaching activities, which he carries on to this day.
On March 16, 1980 Simeon Kichakov was tonsured as a reader by Metropolitan Filaret (Voznesensky) and began his participation in the church choir. On March 5, 1988, he was elevated to the rank of deacon, as a consequence he was sent to Melbourne by Archbishop Paul (Pavlov). After ten years service as a deacon in theCathedral of The4 Protection of the Holy Virgin, deacon Simeon was ordained a priest by Archbishop Hilarion on October 14, 1998, and appointed as rector of the Geelong parish.
Reverend Simeon Kichakov is the priest of the parish of Our Lady of The Joy of All Who Sorrow. He can be contacted by telephone on +613 5278 7783 or by mail at Rev Simeon Kichakov, 27 Dane Ave, Bell Post Hill, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 3215.