Church Council

The duly appointed Acting Assistant Rector & Parish Priest has the charge of the Parish and Chairs the Parish Council and presides at all meetings of the Church Council. However, the Diocesan Bishop may appoint another priest on the staff of the Parish, to take on this responsibly.

(For information, Vladika Mark has appointed Fr Peter to be the current Chairman of the Church Council)

The parish priest is responsible before the Diocesan Authorities as the direct head of the parish, and responsible for the proper organisation of the Church and the parish.

The Parish priest is supported in the running of the Parish life by the assistant clergy, the Starosta, Churchwarden (Ktitor), Treasurer, Head Sister and Choir Director and Sacristan who are dei facto members of the Church Council.

The parishioners elect all the other members of the Council at the Annual General Meeting, but the Trustees. Any parishioner who regularly confesses, partakes of the communion, pays the annual dues and who is good standing in the parish may be elected to the Church Council. The Board of Trustees act independently and are nominated and oversee and advise the actions of the Church Council.

The annual Parish dues are GBP 50 for an individual or GBP 200 per family. However, when a family or individual is unable to pay this sum in a single payment; with the agreement of the parish priest and Treasurer, the dues can be paid quarterly or monthly and the amount can be reduced at the discretion of the parish priest.

The Church Council currently consists of the following members:

Permanent Council members:

HE Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany and Gt. Britain Dean and Rector of the Cathedral

The Acting Assistant Rector & Parish Priest Fr Vladimir Vilgerts

The Archpriest Fr Peter Baulk (Archbishop Mark’s nomination as Chairman of the Council)

Starosta (Churchwarden) - Vera McClenaghan +44 1932 226 910

Ktitor - Pavel Lisitsin

Treasurer - Maxim Skachko

Assistant Treasurer - Galina Shirokova +44 7715 771315

Head Sister - Sofia Michailidou +44 7528 459 278

Choir Director - Anna Kobrina, +44 7761 370 219, akobrina@yandex.ru

Sub-deacon and Church Sacristan Alexander Shadrin

Elected Council members:

Oleksiy Danylenko (Secretary)

Nicolas Mabin

Andreas Borisas

Maria Shadrina

Sergey Ilyin

In addition to the Council members, the members of the Board of Trustees of the Church Charity are invited to join in the deliberations of the Church Council. The Church Council has the discretion of co-opting non-elected members on to the Council until next AGM and for allowing Trustee members to attend and vote at Church Council meetings.

The Churchwarden is elected at an Annual General Meeting for a period of three years. All the other Officers of the Church Council are elected for one year. The Head Sister is elected at a Sisterhood General Meeting.

At an Annual General Meeting every member of the Church Council accounts to the parishioners for their work during the year

You can read the Minutes of the meetings of Church Council here.

Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting of the Parish (17 July 2011) can be viewed here.