Orthodox Talks

By Priestmonk Kosmas

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These talks and sermons were given by Priestmonk Kosmas of the Orthodox Monastery of the Archangel Michael, Sydney, Australia. The Monstery is under the Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). Topics include: basics in Orthodoxy, Ecumenism and Covidism, reading the lives of the saints, married life, the upbringing of children, death and the afterlife, spiritual life in the world, advice on prayer, saints and elders, magic and sorcery, and miracles and deception. For more details, go to www.OrthodoxTalks.com

Episode Date
Who Should We Listen to Regarding Contraceptives and the Avoidance of Having Children?
Mar 04, 2025
Talk 83: The Importance of Reading the Lives of Saints when Dealing with the Heresies of Ecumenism and Covidism - Part 2
Dec 13, 2022
Talk 82: The Importance of Reading the Lives of Saints when Dealing with the Heresies of Ecumenism and Covidism - Part 1
Dec 13, 2022
Talk 81: How to Overcome Doubt or Unbelief When Reading the Lives of the Saints
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 80: Is the Veneration of Saints and Belief in Their Prayers Essential?
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 79: Why Are the Lives of Saints Considered the Encyclopedia of Orthodoxy?
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 78: Why Do the Demons Tremble When We Read the Lives of the Saints?
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 77: How Can Clergy and Monasteries Help Parents Who Have Problems with their Young and Adult Children?
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 76: Speak Less to Your Children, and More to God About Your Children!
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 75: To Praise or Not to Praise Children: What Should Parents Do?
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 74: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 5
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 73: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 4
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 72: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 3
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 71: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 2
Dec 11, 2022
Talk 70: On the Upbringing of Children According to Saints Paisios and Porphyrios - Part 1
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 69: Married Couples: Do Not Deprive One Another so That Satan May Not Tempt You Because of Your Lack of Self-control
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 68: How Refraining From Marital Relations Can be Both Beneficial and Harmful
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 67: Does Christianity Repress Women, Especially in Marriage?
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 66: "Wives, Submit to Your Husbands, for the Husband is the Head of the Wife": From God or From Man?
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 65: Feminism's War on Men, Marriage, Family and Even Women
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 64: Why Are There So Many Sexual Problems in Orthodox Marriages?
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 63: Sexual Relations in an Orthodox Marriage
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 62: Adultery: Which is Better, Divorce or Forgiveness?
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 61: Physical, Mental and Spiritual Illness: Orthodoxy vs. New Age Healing
Dec 10, 2022
Talk 60: Exposing Psychics, Clairvoyants, Mediums, Fortune-tellers and Astrologers in the Light of Orthodoxy
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 59: Magic and Demonic Influence - Part 2
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 58: Magic and Demonic Influence - Part 1
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 57: Pray, and Exert Every Effort to Prevent a Divorce!
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 56: What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 55: Married Life: A Journey Through Joys and Sorrows
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 54: The Saints and Elders on Married Life
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 53: The Teachings and Writings of Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 52: The Relics, Miracles and Canonization of Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 51: The Life of Saint Nektarios, Part 3: His Final Years and Blessed Repose
Dec 09, 2022
Talk 50: The Life of Saint Nektarios, Part 2: His Trials and Persecutions
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 49: The Life of Saint Nektarios, Part 1: His Upbringing and Development
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 48: Blessed Are the Merciful, For They Shall Obtain Mercy!
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 47: The Aerial Toll-houses: Myth or Reality?
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 46: The Aerial Toll-houses: Fearful yet Hopeful
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 45: Are We Leading a Balanced Spiritual Life?
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 44: What is the Aim of Our Christian Life?
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 43: Examining the Pharisee Within Us
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 42: Type 2 Deception: Striving for Exalted Spiritual Feelings
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 41: Type 1 Deception: Striving for a High Spiritual State
Dec 07, 2022
Talk 40: Advice on Prayer: Does it Have to Be So Complicated?
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 39: Why Do Many Orthodox Christians Refuse or Do Not Know How to Pray?
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 38: Pride and Vainglory: A Spiritual Cancer
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 37: What is the True Purpose of Signs and Miracles?
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 36: Unless You See Signs and Wonders You Will Not Believe!
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 35: Seeking Signs and Miracles: Beneficial or Harmful?
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 34: What Do We Need to Know to Understand the Deceptions of Our Times?
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 33: And No Wonder, for Even Satan Disguises Himself as an Angel of Light
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 32: O Child, You Have Massacred The Demon!
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 31: Does Christianity Really Cause Guilt, Depression and Despair?
Dec 06, 2022
Talk 30: Did You Know That the Souls in Hades are in Urgent Need of Help?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 29: If Only the Saints are Saved, What Happens to the Faithful Who Die Struggling With Sins and Passions?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 28: Do the Dead Need Our Help or Do We Need Theirs?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 27: How Does One Overcome Coldness and Deadness in the Spiritual Life?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 26: Holy Communion Without Spiritual Struggle: A Heresy in Our Times
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 25: Why Logic and Reason in Spiritual Matters Can Lead to a Loss of Grace
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 24: Elders vs. Religious Intellectuals: Whom to Follow?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 23: Mental, Physical and Spiritual Disasters: The Lack of Discernment
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 22: An Elder's Advice to Parents on Children
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 21: Encounters with a Clairvoyant Elder
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 20: Elder Porphyrios of Greece as Spiritual Father
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 19: The Life of Elder Porphyrios of Greece
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 18: More Counsels of Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 17: Counsels of Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 16: Encounters with Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 15: The Life of Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 14: Are We Seeking Salvation or Are We Deceiving Ourselves and Others?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 13: Marriage: Agony or Blessedness?
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 12: Whom to Marry and Whom Not to Marry
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 11: Better to Marry Than to Burn with Passion
Dec 04, 2022
Talk 10: The Struggle of Saint Xenia the Fool-for-Christ for Her Unrepentant Departed Husband
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 09: The Sexual Revolution: Are We Better Off?
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 08: Let’s Not Forget About Spiritual Abuse
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 07: Sorcery: Fact or Fiction?
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 06: Can Ignorance be an Excuse at the Last Judgment?
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 05: Are We Confessing Our Faith or Our Ego?
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 04: Is the Desire for Martyrdom a Sign of Madness, Evil, or Love?
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 03: Can We Be Called Orthodox Christians Without Reading the Lives of the Saints?
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 02: The Truth About Death and Dying
Dec 03, 2022
Talk 01: Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences
Dec 03, 2022
Sermon 14: Fasting - Abstinence From Food But What About Abstinence From Sin?
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 13: On Spiritual Deadness
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 12: The Power of Holy Unction
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 11: Ignorance Causes Spiritual Death
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 10: Holy Protection
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 09: Do We Really Know Our Faith?
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 08: Saint Xenia the Fool-for-Christ
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 07: Are We Fighting Our Ego?
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 06: Are We Fasting in the Correct Way?
Dec 02, 2022
Sermon 05: Zeal that Comes From Pride
Dec 01, 2022
Sermon 04: On Spiritual Hunger
Dec 01, 2022
Sermon 03: Do We Think About Our Soul?
Dec 01, 2022
Sermon 02: Without Humility and Repentance There is No Salvation
Dec 01, 2022
Sermon 01: The Healing of Physical, Mental and Spiritual Sicknesses
Dec 01, 2022