Yaroslav Belikow was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 2 May 1962. In 1983 he joined Holy Trinity Seminary, from which he graduated in 1987. Having received a Master's degree from Syracuse University, on 22 January 1989, he married Larissa Gan. On 4 June of the same year, Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev) ordained him to the diaconate in San Francisco, and on 25 June to the priesthood, with assignment to serve in Monterey, California. On 2 July 1994, during the glorification of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Father Yaroslav was transferred to serve in the cathedral in San Francisco, where he served until 2011. In San Francisco he was a teacher in the St. John’s Orthodox Academy, as well as in the Russian school at the cathedral, where in later years he became its rector. In 2012, he served in a newly formed parish near Boston, and in 2014 he was transferred to serve at the Assumption Convent in Novo Diveevo (near the city of New York). In September 2019, he moved to Australia and was appointed rector of the parish in Geelong, where he continues to serve today.

Basil Kozulin was born on March 17, 1952 in Trekhrechye, China. In December 1962, the Kozulin family arrived in Geelong. Having successfully completed high school, Basil entered the Golden East Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1973 with a diploma in engineering. In 1974, he was elected to the parish council of the parish "Joy of All Who Sorrow", and since then he has worked there continuously in various positions. In 1977, he married Tatiana Kichakova, an active worker of the parish. During a pilgrimage in 1989, Archbishop Pavel tonsured him a reader in Jerusalem, and soon thereafter elevated him to subdeacon. At the patronal feast in Geelong, on 6 November 1990, Bishop Pavel ordained Father Basil as a deacon, and at the fiftieth anniversary of the parish, on 6 November 2002, Metropolitan Laurus elevated him to the rank of protodeacon. Thanks to his higher technical education, Father Basil helped a lot with advice and in supervising the numerous construction projects that were carried out in the parish. But, most importantly, Father Basil has been decorating the parish services for over three decades now, increasing the prayerful mood of parishioners and pilgrims.