Sunday 15th January (30.12.2011)
11am Divine Liturgy, followed by a picnic at Sherbrooke Forest. We'd like to invite our friends from other small mission parishes to come along to cel

Saturday 24th December (20.12.2011)
7.30pm at Good Shepherd Orthodox Church, Religious Centre, Monash University, Clayton.

Sunday 18th Dec (17.12.2011)
11am at 109 Colby Drive, Belgrave Heights (Historical Society Church.) Sunday before the Nativity of Christ and Sunday of the Geneology of Christ.

Sunday Nov 20 (19.11.2011)
12 pm We're visiting Gav at soupees at the Upwey Market. Main Street, Upwey.

Service Sunday 16th October - Belgrave Heights (18.06.2011)
Divine Liturgy at 11am. 109 Colby Drive, Belgrave Heights The little cream church next to the Historical Society.

The Festival of Pentecost (12.06.2011)
The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ.

Pentecost Festival - June 12 (10.06.2011)
Divine Liturgy, fire, story telling and dinner. Gembrook Retreat, 215 Beenak East Road, Gembrook

Easter Gatherings (13.04.2011)
WEDNESDAY day, 20/4 Decorating Easter Eggs - 10.30am Time to start getting those eggs ready. We'll be using a tradtional method which uses onion skins and food dye to colour the eggs in striking patterns.

Sunday 27th Feb, 11am at Belgrave (23.02.2011)
Old St Martin's Church, 109 Colby Drive, Belgrave Heights If you've been wanting to come and see what an Orthodox service is like, here's your chance Come along and say hello We'd love to see you Click the date above for more info.

Bible Study (04.02.2011)
First Saturday of the month, 4pm, followed by dinner. Email contact at holytransfiguration.com.au for more details.

New meeting dates at Gembrook (22.01.2011)
Hi all, We will be having services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at St Silas Anglican Church, Gembrook (92 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd).

Christmas Greetings (24.12.2010)
Christmas Greetings to you on this day when we celebrate the birth of Jesus.

You are invited to our Christmas Eve Celebrations (19.12.2010)
Please join us for our Christmas Eve Celebrations. 5.30pm join us as we tell the Christmas Story through word and Christmas Carols.

HT now meeting at St. Silas', Gembrook (19.12.2010)
We're now meeting at the beautiful and historic St. Silas' Anglican Church in Main Street, Gembrook. Next service is our Christmas Eve service, 5.30pm

Sunday 17th October (15.10.2010)
Divine Liturgy - 11am at 101 Colby Drive, Belgrave Heights. The old St Martin's church - the little cream one with a stained glass window.

Happy 50th Birthday Father John! :-) (30.07.2010)

Transfiguration Festival: August 4th and 8th. (30.07.2010)
Please join us to celebrate our parish's Transfiguration Festival next Sunday 8th August. We will be having a liturgy at The Mindstream Centre, Emerald, followed by a bit of a festival for lunch, music and games.

Holy Transfiguration of Christ (19.07.2010)
Folks, our travelers have returned, and we're nearly back into the swing of things at HT The Holy Transfiguration festival is coming up in early Au

Meetings at Emerald (10.04.2010)
Meeting at The Mindstream Centre, 345 Main Street, Emerald. We will be having services less frequently at Belgrave Heights, and more often at Emerald, to make things a bit easier for our Gembrook and Cockatoo friends.

Welcome. Please check our meeting times. (20.02.2010)
We meet together for morning prayers and Divine Liturgy two Sundays a month. Once a month we meet for bible study and prayer on Saturday afternoon, followed by dinner. Festivals and events are held to celebrate important times of the year. With our move to St.

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)
Click on the title to view larger images.

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.