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.
POKROV Russian Orthodox Church Melbourne
Session 14 – Ecclesiology (Fr Nicholas Karipoff)
The Church is a divine and human organism, the Body of Christ. The words at the beginning of the Creed apply to the Church: “I believe in ... Church’. Because we embrace the Church with our faith it is misunderstood by those who rely entirely on their reason. In this session we look at every word of this article of the Creed to come to some understanding of what the Church is and how we live the life of the Church. The accent in the Church is on life, an existential experience, not an intellectual activity. There is a concreteness in being an Orthodox Christian.