Orthodox Journey

Today, we reflect on the Gospel reading for the fourth Sunday of Matthew with Mr Odysseus Coustas. Mr George Pasas will reflect on our Saint of the Week, St John Maximovitch. Miss Theodosia Stivaktas will bring us our weekly Orthodox spiritual reflection.

Today, we reflect on the Gospel reading for the third Sunday of Matthew. Mrs Elizabeth Stylianou of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group will commemorate our Saint of the Week, St Elizabeth, the Mother of St John the Baptist. Miss Chrisanthi Diasinos will bring us our weekly Orthodox spiritual reflection.

This Second Sunday of Matthew we look at the gospel where Jesus calls on men who fish to become fishers of men with Ms Elpitha Sergis of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group. Mr Nick Psyhogios joins us to commemorate the Feast Day of Apostle St Jude Thaddeus. Mr Michael Pasas will explore Orthodox Spiritual Reflections on contemporary notions of love.

As we journey towards the Synaxis of Apostles on this first Sunday after Pentecost, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Sunday of All Saints. This week we’re joined by Mrs Anna Dimitriou, member of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group, to commemorate All Saints who have been perfected in piety and have glorified God by their holy lives. Mr Stefanos Stavropoulos of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, will present on our Saint of the Week, St Luke the Surgeon. Mr George Pasas will touch on the topic of the gluttony, as we start on the Fast of the Apostles.

On the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. We commemorate the Pentecost Feast with Irene Psarommatis of the Greek Orthodox Christian Ladies Group and Socrates Dokos, Group Leader at the Greek Orthodox Christian Society. We will also play you hymns chanted by the Sydney School of Byzantine Music along with Greek traditional songs sung by the Greek Orthodox Christian Society.

Today, we commemorate the Sunday of the Holy Fathers.

The Church was strengthened into one faith through the preaching of the apostles and the doctrines of the fathers. The Church is robed in truth woven of the word of God from above. It teaches truth, and glorifies the great mystery of faith.

Mr Andrew Psarommatis, Member of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society joins us to reflect on this feast day.

Mrs Maria Stavropoulos of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group joins us to discuss the Early Church and the followers of The Way.

Music is from the Sydney School of Byzantine and the Choir of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society.

Today we commemorate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.

The Feast commemorates when, on the fortieth day after His Resurrection, Jesus led His disciples to the Mount of Olives, and after blessing them and asking them to wait for the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit, He ascended into Heaven.

Mr Marios Pasas, Group Leader at the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, will explore the significance of this feast through various hymns and sermons of our Church Fathers.

Miss Thomai Coustas, Member of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, will join us to reflect on the significance of the life of Saint John the Russian,celebrated by the Church on May 27.

We will also play you hymns chanted by the Sydney School of Byzantine Music along with Greek traditional songs sung by Greek Orthodox Christian Society.

On the Sixth Sunday of Holy Pascha, we commemorate Christ’s miraculous healing of the Blind Man.

We’re joined by Professor Michael Anthony, Co-Founder and Former President of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society to discuss this Sunday’s Gospel reading.

We will also reflect on the passage “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God’, which will be led by Ms Kristina Psychogios, Member of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society.

As always, we’ll also play you hymns chanted by the Sydney School of Byzantine Music along with Greek traditional songs sung by Greek Orthodox Christian Society.

On the 21st of May we celebrate the Feast Day of St Constantine and St Helen.

We’re joined by Mrs Helen Magdas from the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group to reflect on the life and significance of the great Emperor and his Mother.

Mr Constantino Kollias, Group Member of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, provides us with some tips on how to pray when we’re away from Church.

We will also play you hymns chanted by the Sydney School of Byzantine Music along with Greek traditional songs sung by the Greek Orthodox Christian Society.

This Fifth Sunday of Holy Pascha, we commemorate the encounter of Christ with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well.

We’re joined by Angela Georgiou from the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group to reflect on the spiritual meaning of this biblical dialogue found in St John’s Gospel.

Our Saint of the Day today is Saint Pachomios the Great. Elisabeth Stylianou from the Greek Orthodox Ladies Group will tell us about the amazing life of this great saint.

We will also play you hymns chanted by the Sydney School of Byzantine Music along with Greek traditional songs sung by the Greek Orthodox Christian Society.