POKROV Russian Orthodox Church Melbourne
These podcasts are a collection of sermons, talks, theology discussions and lectures that take place at the church or with the parishioners and are based on Orthodox Christianity. They are thoughtful and meant to be provocative in thinking about God and the Church. Most services are now livestreamed and can be seen on YouTube.
Podcasting since 2024 • 23 episodes
POKROV Russian Orthodox Church Melbourne
Latest Episodes
Session 19 – The Trinitarian Mode of Life (Subdeacon Nicholas Kocyan)
In today’s modern age, it has become a habit to use the terms ‘person’ and ‘individual’ as though they were synonyms, often using them indifferently to express the same thing, however, these two terms have opposite meaning. What this session wi...
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Episode 19
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Session 18 – Asceticism and Martyrdom (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
Christ is very clear about the connection of His Cross to our personal cross as an acceptance of the journey up the mountain of Transfiguration. Christian asceticism is not about one’s efforts to become a ‘better person’, but about the synergy ...
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Session 17 – “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem” (Reader Zachary Armstrong)
One of the greatest struggles facing Orthodox Christians today is in understanding how the Church and the World relate, and how we are meant to live as Orthodox Christians in a world that is becoming increasingly hostile to (especially traditio...
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Session 16 – Services & Marriage/Monasticism (Reader Zachary Armstrong)
The life of the Church is not confined to the ‘academic’ realm of dogmatic theology. Orthodoxy translated means “right worship” – which ultimately means that Orthodoxy is a way of life focused on worshipping God in a manner pleasing to Him, as ...
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Session 15 – A life in the Sacraments (Subdeacon Nicholas Kocyan)
Orthodox theology regards the sacraments as sacred actions through which the encounter between God and the human person takes place. In them our union with God, in so far as it is possible in this earthly life, is realised. What this session wi...
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