Term 2 change to normal services (10.04.2010)
Until further notice, during the next three months, we will be having services less frequently at Belgrave South.

Welcome. Please check our meeting times. (20.02.2010)
We meet together most Sundays but there are so many different services and prayers available within the Orthodox church which we just don't experience when we come together only on a Sunday morning In an effort to experience more of the depth and breadth of these services available to us we will sometimes come together at some other time during the week to pray, instead of Sunday morning Click for more info.

Seven commandments for Lent (20.02.2010)
7 Testaments for Great Lent Eat well, give up addictions, pray more, read about Jesus, worship with others, clear your mind of vanities, reach for your goal.

Fr. John on local radio (18.02.2010)
Listen to Fr. John on The Sky Circus with Gav on 97.1FM 3MDR local radio. He's just walked into the studio and his first question is, "Explain suffering." "That's a big one," he laughs.

Random acts of kindness - Service without admiration (02.01.2010)
Elaine Prevallet writes… When I was in the novitiate, in my early twenties, I decided to do one small act of kindness each day that was completely unknown to anyone.

Beginning of Nativity Fast (14.11.2009)
November the 15th marks the beginning of our preparation for the Feast of the Nativity. The webpage of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in America has some good articles on this season of "joyous fasting" and anticipation.

Holy Transfiguration - Our day. (25.07.2009)
The day the Orthodox church celebrates the Holy Transfiguration of Jesus is our church's big day. It's our name day, our patronal festival, our party day.

Pentecost (30.05.2009)
We're heading up to Gembrook for our Pentecost festival, 5.30pm on Saturday 6th June. Evening prayers and a night around the camp fire.

Christ is Risen! (17.04.2009)
Christ is Risen! A blessed Easter to everyone. Click on the "Christ is Risen" title above, then click here to see an Orthodox Easter service.

A guide to Holy Week - The lead up to Easter (14.04.2009)
Here is a day by day explanation of Holy Week (the week leading up to Pascha aka Easter), for those who are interested in learning how Orthodox Christians have been commemorating (and ultimately celebrating) this event for over 1,500 years.

Weekly Lenten messages from the Metropolitan (02.04.2009)
Check out the new Australian Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese website and a message from His Eminence Metropolitan Paul.

Bushfire Tragedy (09.02.2009)
We pray for those who affected by the fires, friends and neighbours who have lost loved ones and homes.

A great contemplation (25.12.2008)
Watch and reflect. A beautiful Arabic Christmas Carol (link to youtube http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjiVam2HO4)

Christmas Eve service at Good Shepherd parish (21.12.2008)
This Christmas Eve (Wednesday night) we will join with our brothers and sisters at the Good Shepherd parish at Monash University, Clayton.

Advent Gatherings (14.12.2008)
Hi folks, Make time to prepare for Christmas. Last Saturday we lit the next advent candle, ate dinner around the fire at Gembrook and made standing dolls for nativity scenes.

Pentecost Festival (15.06.2008)
We headed out bush to the Gembrook Retreat for our Pentecost evening prayers. In a little hesian lined hut with no electricity we prayed together by lantern light, the room aglow with candles.

Raising kids is tough! (13.06.2008)
Allow me to encourage you in the important job you are doing raising your children.Raising children is the most important job anyone can do.And in keeping with the most important job, it is tough.

Ascension Day (03.06.2008)
This Thursday is when we celebrate the Holy Ascension, when Christ ascended to the right hand of His Father...

A saint for people living in the forest of belgrave hts :-) (03.06.2008)
Commemorated 2 June: St. Adalgis of Novara, Priest Hermit (Died c. 686) (also known as Adelgis, Algise, Algis) Adalgis, an Irish monk and disciple of Saint Fursey (January 16), holds a place in the folklore of northern and eastern France...

Holy Week at HT (20.04.2008)
This week we are celebrating the Holy Unction service in our parish. Come along on Wednesday 23rd April, 7pm, to the old St Martin's church hall, Belgrave Heights.

On the Autumn Lenten Season (18.03.2008)
As I reflect on the purposes of Lent, a season of fasting, reflection, dying to our attachments, I feel glad that I have finally managed to understand the universality of a Christian season for a southern hemisphere season also! It always seems so northern hemisphere oriented, but now I am seeing that perhaps its just a matter of perspective.

Study Group (18.03.2008)
The Ladder of Divine Ascent is the work of 6th century monk Saint John Climacus. In this work he lays out for monastics the path to raising one's soul to the Divine.

Christmas Prayers (20.12.2007)
Nativity Evening Prayers with our Bishop Sunday 23rd, 6pm at Belgrave Heights: Old St Martin's Chapel, Colby Drive, Belgrave Heights Preparing to celebrate the nativity with candlelight, ancient prayers and chants.

St Nicholas Fair Trade Bazaar and Family Picnic (06.12.2007)
This exciting event is being hosted by the Good Shepherd Orthodox community at Monash University on Sunday the 9th December Click on the Image below

Preparing for Christmas (06.12.2007)
Every Saturday of advent, 5pm - 6-30pm, a get-together to do some preparations, share some stories and traditions and learn some ancient chants.

The spiritual nature of Fasting (22.11.2007)
An excellent article here by Bishop Kallistos Ware on pre-Easter fasting that covers all times of fasting and shows how not to become an irritable legalist! Fasting without prayer is unhealthy.

Metropolitan Paul blesses Holy Transfiguration mission (20.11.2007)
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What to expect at an Orthodox church service (15.11.2007)
Dear Friend, We're glad that you're coming to visit. I thought I'd write to let you know a little of what happens at an Orthodox church service.

Why I want to fast to prepare for Christmas. (14.11.2007)
My own personal reasons for attempting an Advent fast. Towards the end of my Boost juice tropical ice cream I remembered that today was the start of the advent fast.

Child-labor Chocolate for Christmas? (04.11.2007)
The real story behind that block of chocolate in the Christmas stocking has hit mainstream media: 'The Age' has highlighted the child slave labour that goes into much of the world's cocoa production.

Welcome to the HT community! (30.10.2007)
Holy Transfiguration is a new mission, started in 2007. - Check the calendar for when our services are on, and the map for where we meet.- Contact us for more information on service dates and times.