Sunday of Saint John Climacus (of the Ladder)

March 22, 2026 • 1. Archbishop Makarios

Faith, Prayer, Fasting

March 22, 2026 • Rev. Fr. Petros Georgiadis

The Church's Loving Intervention: Lent

March 22, 2026 • Fr Panteleimon Toumbelekis • Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Genesis 3

This is a one off talk given to the youth group at St Gerasimos church in Leichhardt. Great Lent, in the patristic vision, is not merely a seasonal discipline but a therapeutic and anthropological journey that restores the human person to communion with God through fasting, repentance, and embodied ascetic practice. By uniting bodily discipline with interior transformation, Lent prepares the faithful to participate existentially, not just symbolically, in the Paschal mystery of Christ’s Resurrection.

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 66 - Part 3 - "The Love of God is found in the Soul's Self-Renunciation"

March 19, 2026 • Very Rev. Emmanuel Stamatiou

Father Emmanuel further explores the themes of Homily 66.

Schoolmaster Philosophy

March 18, 2026 • Very Rev. Gerasimos Koutsouras • Acts 17

δ) “Anyone who lives in accordance with the Logos is Christian” - St Justin the Philosopher We explore the philosophies of Greek Antiquity and their relationships to Christianity. Differences occurred between all philosophies, and even to Christianity, but ways of ideal speak directly to monotheism and ultimate reason - "Logos". Philosophies mentioned: Platonism, Stoicism, Aristotelianism, Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism (provided profound framework to Christian mysticism) & Epicureanism. Logos as ultimate reason of the universe and everything that exists "In the beginning was the Logos" the ultimate reason Logos existing eternallly

Apostolic Fathers

March 18, 2026 • Very Rev. Gerasimos Koutsouras

ε) “In one holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church” Fr Gerasimos brings to mind the importance of the direct, immediate inheritors of the Apostles and their equal significance to the Orthodox Church. Their teachings are manuals on ethics, Baptism, the Eucharist, and Church Order.

The Apologists

March 18, 2026 • Very Rev. Gerasimos Koutsouras • 1 Peter

στ) Those who came into the Faith from paganism defend Christianity. They were not just intellectuals, but payed for their defence of the Faith with Martyrdom. 

How Should We Pray?

March 17, 2026 • Fr Panteleimon Toumbelekis

In this episode, Father Panteleimon discusses what prayer is and how we actually live it out. So many of us want to pray, but feel distracted, unsure, or discouraged when we try. The good news? We’re not left to figure it out on our own. Christ Himself teaches us to pray, the Church guides and shapes that prayer through her life and worship and the saints show us what it looks like when prayer truly comes alive in the human heart.

Serving Like Christ

March 16, 2026 • Lambros Lambrou • Galatians 6:2, Matthew 22:37–39, Luke 3:11, Matthew 5:14

This is the second talk in our two part series on living Christian love in practice given by Lambros Lambrou. This talk explores how Christ's example of humility, sacrifice and compassion reveals the true meaning of love.

Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross

March 15, 2026 • 1. Archbishop Makarios • Luke 9:23

Becoming One with God

March 15, 2026 • Rev. Fr. Petros Georgiadis

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 66 - Part 2 - "The Sweetness of the Second Sun"

March 13, 2026 • Very Rev. Emmanuel Stamatiou

The Journey to Pascha

March 12, 2026 • Dr Andrew Mellas • Luke 7:36–50, Luke 15:11–32, Matthew 25:31–46

This is a one off talk given to the youth group at St Gerasimos church in Leichhardt. Dr. Mellas, through navigating the hymns and iconography of the Church, gives us insight into the journey to Pascha. “Tears are a beautiful gift that God has given to us so we might find our way back home, and home is paradise.”

Scripture and Patristic Literature

March 11, 2026 • Very Rev. Gerasimos Koutsouras

α) Father Gerasimos opens the series with an introduction into the importance of using the Church Fathers to understand Scripture ontologically.

Oral Tradition to Written Scripture

March 11, 2026 • Very Rev. Gerasimos Koutsouras • 2 Corinthians, Romans

β) An outline on how the Apostles came to write the New Testament. From the experience of the Resurrected and Ascended Christ came an explosion of life, they believed His return to be imminent. The New Testament was a bequeathing to the Apostolic Fathers, and so, was necessary for the Church. The Orthodox Church follows the teachings of the Church Fathers, who connect tradition & philosophy within the context of the time.

Divine Economy

March 11, 2026 • Very Rev. Gerasimos Koutsouras

γ) How does divine economy work within history in the human experience? Father Gerasimos gives a rundown of Jewish history which relates to the Bible, for our understanding of events and the Jewish attitude to Christ in the Bible. This being the Seleucid Kings, Maccabean Revolt, Hasmonean Dynasty, 1st century BC Rome and the subsequent Herodian Dynasty, to the Birth of Jesus Christ and 70AD. He also looks at the Greco-Roman pagan context that Christian Literature is written. The Didache by the Apostles is mentioned, as an important informative text for Christians to engage with.

Worldly Love vs True Love

March 9, 2026 • Fr Savas Pizanias • John 15, Luke 10:25–37

This is the first talk in our two part series on living Christian love in practice. Discover how modern perspectives of love and relationships enable worldly and selfish attachments which digress from Christ's teachings on love. In all our relationships, if that be with a husband or wife, a friend, a family member, or our neighbour, learn the common issues these dynamics face and how to overcome them through humility, patience, and sacrifice.

Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas

March 8, 2026 • 1. Archbishop Makarios • Mark 2:1–12

The Centrality of Humility for the Christian Life

March 8, 2026 • Dr Philip Kariatlis

This podcast explores the central place of humility in the Christian life—especially pertinent for Holy and Great Lent— drawing on the Scriptures and the teachings of the Church Fathers, especially St Isaac the Syrian. It reflects on how true humility—born from the recognition of God’s boundless love and our dependence on His grace—leads the human heart to what is described as “doxological contrition,” where both sorrow/repentance and thanksgiving arise together before God. 

2nd Sunday of Lent

March 8, 2026 • Fr Michael Psaromatis • Mark 2:1–12

March 8th 2026 Fr Michael Psaromatis, of the parish of St Demetrios, Salisbury in Adelaide, speaks of St Gregory Palamas and the Gospel reading on the Paralytic. He refers to the sickness of sin and the restorative nature of forgiveness in Christ.

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 66 - "The Blossoming of Spiritual Knowledge is Divine Love"

March 6, 2026 • Very Rev. Emmanuel Stamatiou

St Isaac the Syrian: Homily 66 - "The Blossoming of Spiritual Knowledge is Divine Love"