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.
Episodes
17 episodes
Session 13 – The Holy Spirit (Reader Zachary Armstrong)
The Holy Spirit can easily be overlooked in discussions about God. The role of God the Son – Christ – is so central that it cannot be missed, and His discussions about His relationship with His Heavenly Father throughout the Gospels means that ...
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Episode 13
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1:01:04
Session 12 – Last things and the second coming of Christ (Subdeacon Nicholas Kocyan)
This session will focus on the last things to come – The end of history, what happens to the soul after death, judgment, and an Orthodox understanding of heaven and hell. We will explore the NT and patristic understanding of eschatology, which ...
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Episode 12
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Session 11 – Redemption and salvation (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
The Resurrection of Christ is central in Christianity. We assemble every week on the day of the Resurrection. Yet the Resurrection cannot be understood without the whole story of our salvation, especially from the time that the Word becomes fle...
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Session 10 –The Mother of God and the Incarnation (Subdeacon Nicholas Kocyan)
From an Orthodox perspective, it is essential that we have the correct understanding of Mary, the Mother of God, in order for us to have a correct understanding of Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God. If the Mother of God’s image is distorte...
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Session 9 – Who is Christ? (Reader Zachary Armstrong)
Christ is central to our Christian faith, yet throughout the history of the Church, there have been massive disputes over Who exactly Christ is. In order to truly understand and therefore assimilate the saving work of Christ, the understanding ...
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Catechism Class - Session 8 – Creation (Subdeacon Nicholas Kocyan)sode
What will be explored in this session is God as creator, which is fundamentally different tothat of the Hellenistic perspective. God creates out of nothing, and it is an act that involves allthree Persons of the Holy Trinity. Crea...
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Catechism Class - Session 7 – Faith in the the Trinity (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
In this first talk on the Nicene Creed used by the whole Church since 325 AD we first look at the phenomenon of faith. Life is impossible without faith. Even empirical science and mathematics cannot operate without faith. Faith in God is not ab...
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Episode 7
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Catechism Class - Session 6 – Prophetic Books (Reader Zachary Armstrong)
In this session we will be exploring what are termed the prophetic books of the Bible. Again, the majority of these are in the Old Testament, with 12 minor prophets and 4 major prophets who all foresaw Christ’s coming and the life of His New Co...
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Episode 6
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Catechism Class - Session 5 (Part 2) – Edifying Literature (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
PsalmsEpistlesJobWisdom SynopsisThese books of the Bible are of enormous importance in developing the revealed teaching of the foundational books, Pentateuch and Gospels. For this rea...
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Episode 6
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1:04:21
Catechism Class - Session 5 (Part 1) – Edifying Literature (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
PsalmsEpistlesJobWisdom SynopsisThese books of the Bible are of enormous importance in developing the revealed teaching of the foundational books, Pentateuch and Gospels. For...
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Episode 5
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Catechism Class - Session 4 – Historical Books (Reader Zachary Armstrong)
What are the Historical Books in:The Old TestamentThe New TestamentWhy are they relevant to us today?SynopsisHere we will explore what may be called the “historical books” of the Bible....
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Episode 4
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Catechism Class - Session 3 – Pentateuch and Gospels (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
The foundational books of the BibleThe connection between the Old and New Testaments SynopsisThe first five books of the Old Testament authored by Moses, and the first four books of the New Testamen...
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Episode 3
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Catechism Class - Session 2 – A Brief History of the Church (Subdeacon Nicholas Kocyan)
Cultural and historical background of Jerusalem during Christ’s time.Spread of the NT Church and development of the church of the gentiles.Ecumenical Councils as well as key historical events. Synopsi...
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Episode 2
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