Gala Ball

Fundraiser Dinner

St George's Spiritual Day Retreat

St Georges Trivia Night

MOYG is organising a table at St. Georges Trivia Night on the 16th May, 2014

Location: St. George's Reception Centre (70 Stott St, Thornbury)

Lots of questions to be answered, loads of fun to be had and lots of friends to be made. Come and participate in this massive trivia night among your Orthodox brothers and sisters. 

If you want to be on the MOYG table, please contact us at:

melbourneorthodoxyouthgroup@yahoo.com.au.

MOYG Moonlight Ball!!

Book Your Tickets Here

5th Sunday of Great Lent: St. Mary of Egypt

The fifth Sunday of great lent is dedicated to St Mary of Egypt and is an example of repentance for all of us as we approach Pascha.

Please find a link below.

St. Mary of Egypt

4th Sunday of Great Lent: St. John Climacus

The fourth week of great lent is dedicated to St John Climacus, Abbot of Sinai and author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent. Today focuses on St John’s witness to the real spiritual struggle needed for entrance into God's Kingdom and is also an encouragement for the faithful to keep the goal of their Lenten efforts.Please find two links below, one on St John's life and the other a homily on the significance of fasting.

Link 1

St. John Climacus

Link 2
St. John Climacus

3rd Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

On the third Sunday of Great Lent we venerate the most Holy and life giving Cross of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This Sunday marks the mid point through Great Lent and is set as a reminder for each and every one of us to take up our own Cross and to follow Christ through death and Resurrection.
As man's fall occurred through eating of the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, let us now continue our journey through lent and graft ourselves onto the Tree of Life, which is through the Cross of the Crucifixion of our Lord and Saviour.
Please find a links below for those interested in reading more about it.

Link 1

Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

Link 2

Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

2nd Sunday of Great Lent: St. Gregory of Palamas

For those interested in reading about the second week of great lent which is dedicated to St Gregory of Palamas please find the link below. St Gregory was a pillar of orthodoxy who opposed the heretic Barlamas and defended the Athonite monks during this persecution, later becoming a Bishop of Thessaloniki to lead his flock. I apologize for the late post, I was away this weekend and did not have access to the internet.

St. Gregory of Palamas

1st Sunday of Great Lent - Sunday of Orthodoxy

The first Sunday of Great Lent is known as the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Why you ask? How did Orthodoxy become Triumphant? Find out here:

The Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

MOYG ELECTION

Voting took place last Saturday (22/02/2014) to elect our president, treasurer and secretary.
Your elected candidates are as follows:

President- Nicholas Kocyan voted in by 84%

Treasurer- Dimitri Metlenko also voted in by 84%

Secretary- Rostislav Karipoff voted in by 67%

We will try to fulfill all your requests (within reason), and please do not hesitate to give us input and feedback.

***News Update***

Hello all.

If you have been attending our meetings you will be aware that we were thinking of organising a day out to go pick some tasty berries while they are in season. Many of us remember the days when we used to go with our parents and run around like crazy children in the fields while our parents picked the majority of the berries. Well, now it's our turn to pick our fair share!

With the blessing of Fr Nicholas Karipoff we are going to a berry farm

Newsletter, Volume 1, 2014

A new newsletter is out! Check it out here: Newsletter, Volume 1, 2014

The fortnightly MOYG youth meetings are back!

Greetings all MOYG members.


The fortnightly MOYG youth meetings are back!


Our next youth meeting will be held on the 8th of February at 4:30pm at the brunswick church hall where Fr Nicholas Karipoff will give a short talk and where youth can get together to socialise, play a little table tennis or billiards and discuss more ideas for upcoming events and activities.

This first meeting will also be used as a building block for discussions on future activities, and we will endeavour to make the most of the warmer weather while it lasts.

A group of about 5-6 members of MOYG have been active in these last few months and we have managed to make further progress with community involvement that we will fill you in on. We encourage more of you to join as within this involvement.

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!


Regards


Your MOYG representatives

Professional Choir from Odessa!

There is going to be a professional choir from Odessa (Ukraine) singing in Brusnwick Church Saturday night 1st February. This will be after Maslenitsa so it is only a few minutes drive. This group sings in Kievan chant which is an olden style chant and is very beautiful. We recommend everyone to attend the saturday night vigil in order to hear this choir sing!

News

Hi all,

Just a general email for those that don't have facebook of what is happening in the next few weeks.

For those that are interested in joining the facebook group, please look up MOYG (Melbourne Orthodox Youth Group) 

Maslenitsa Slavic Pancake Festival

As some of you know the Maslenitsa festival is fast approaching on the 1st of February, and MOYG is coordinating with RERC to have youth involvement in the festival.