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The Three Stages of Repentance

The Three Stages of Repentance   Repentance is the central theme of Christianity. It is the teaching of St John the Forerunner in preparation for the coming of the Lord and it is also the starting point of our Lord’s teaching: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” (Matt 3:2, Matt 4:17). Repentance, therefore, is in truth the beginning of the life in Christ. What is Repentance and how are we to achieve it? We may be assisted to understand and to undertake Repentance by breaking it down into three stages: Contrition Contrition, the feeling of remorse and [...]

2018-03-04T19:56:53+11:00March 4th, 2018|

Summer Retreats

During the Months of January and February, the Boys and Girls Ομάδες (13 to 18 years of age) as well as the Men of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society held their annual retreats at Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney. The Boys retreat was held at Wesley Vision Valley, Arcadia from the 15th - 20th January, with 55 boys and 15 leaders attending. The program included talks and Bible studies, as well as sport, group and other recreational activities. The Girls retreat was held from the 15th - 19th January, with 45 girls and 10 leaders in attendance. They commenced [...]

2018-04-14T11:12:19+10:00February 14th, 2018|

Synthema 2018: The Church in your House

On Saturday 6 January, members of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, Orthodox Ladies Fellowship and the boys and girls from the youth fellowships (Ομάδες) gathered together for the unveiling of the synthema (motto) for 2017. The synthema provides a guiding focus for the events and camps throughout the year. The program began with prayer and the singing of traditional new year’s carols. The keynote speakers were Mr Marios Pasas and Mrs Anna Dokos (in English). The synthema for 2018 was taken from Phm. 1:2 «Ἡ Κατ᾽ Οἶκον Σου Ἐκκλησία»  (“The Church in your House”). This is the invitation of this year’s [...]

2018-04-14T11:02:48+10:00January 14th, 2018|

Inner River: a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality

Inner River: a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides Published by Image Press, 2012   Inner River addresses Christian Mysticism – and specifically the unbroken Orthodox Tradition – as naturally concurrent to mainstream science; revealing that the fundamentals of Christianity preserved by Orthodoxy hold the means to come into a relationship with our Creator and are the medicine in ‘resurrecting’ both God and man who humanity ‘killed’ in the 19th and 20th centuries, according to the socialists. The author, himself a professor of sociology, enquires into monasticism on Mt Athos, Sinai and Cyprus, the spiritual [...]

2017-12-08T10:10:23+11:00December 8th, 2017|

Throwing the Cross in the Waters

Throwing the Cross in the Waters   On the sixth of January each year we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany or more accurately, Theophany, which is the manifestation of the Trinitarian God. At the baptism of Christ in the river Jordan, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove descended on Christ the Son of God, and the voice of God the Father was heard. For all Orthodox Christians around the world it is called the Blessing of the Waters Day. It is not just a commemoration of a historical event in the life of Jesus, because in [...]

2017-12-08T10:08:42+11:00December 8th, 2017|
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