Contact Us

Services

We meet for services in the Religious Centre at Monash University's Clayton Campus. Come visit us here:

Religious Centre
38 Exhibition Walk
Monash University
Clayton VIC 3168

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Map showing location of the Religious Centre at 38 Exhibition Walk, Monash University, Clayton Campus

Public transport

From Huntingdale Train Station, walk to the Huntingdale Bus Station and catch routes 601 or 900 to Monash University, Wellington Road. After alighting from the bus, use the red dotted line on the map to find your way to the Religious Centre.

Parking at Monash Uni

Parking is free on weekends, weeknights and public holidays. Use the red dotted line on the map to find your way to the Religious Centre.

Postal Address

Please send all postal mail to:

PO Box 8061
Monash University VIC 3800
Australia

Administrative and Clerical Contacts

Fr. Geoff and the other clergy can be contacted via The Good Shepherd Orthodox Church's Office Secretary, Cheryl.

Office hours are 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday.

Mobile: 0493 758 443

Email Fr. Geoff

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Blog

Take Up Your Cross: Giving Without Calculation

Daniel McInnes

September 20, 2026 10:00 AM

On the Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross, Daniel McInnes asks what it actually means to take up your cross and follow Christ. Our whole life — not just the Sunday part of it — is the cross we are given to bear, and bearing it well means giving to the people around us without calculating the cost or the return. Drawing on his work as a mathematician and on his days at the Defence Academy, he shows how the modern instinct to optimise everything fails in the places that matter most, and how even involuntary suffering trains us to give with our whole heart.

The Tree of Life: Why We Glory in the Cross

Fr. Nicholas Frazer

September 13, 2026 10:00 AM

Ahead of the feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Fr. Nicholas Frazer preaches on why the cross stands at the very centre of the Orthodox faith. Drawing on Christ's words to Nicodemus and on Ss. John Chrysostom, Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria, he traces the pattern of salvation history: death came through a tree in paradise, and life comes through the tree of the cross. The cross is shown as the revelation of God's love, the throne of the King and the defeat of death — and each of us is called to take it up daily in forgiveness, humility and repentance.

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