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INTRODUCTION TO
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH SERIES
OUTLINE OF THE SERIES
Seven sessions on the 2000 years of Eastern Orthodox Christian
History,
Beliefs and Practices
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1.
Introduction: Method / Exposition, Not Polemics,
Nor Proselytism.
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HISTORY: Two thousand years in a
little over an hour! 33 A.D. to 2002.
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Question and Answer Time.
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2.
BELIEFS – A:
Religious Knowing; God, the Holy Trinity; Creation; Humanity;
Sin; the Incarnation; Jesus Christ, Savior and Redeemer.
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Question
and Answer Time.
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3.
BELIEFS – B:
Salvation; Church-Mission, Make up, Organization;
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Christian
Life; Death & the End Times.
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Question
and Answer Time.
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4.
SACRAMENTAL LIFE:
Incarnational Worship; Liturgy; Baptism;
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Chrismation; Eucharist; Marriage; Unction; Confession;
Ordination.
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Occasional Services the Bless Life’s Experiences.
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Question and Answer Time.
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5.
WORSHIP:
Daily, Yearly Cycle of Worship; Great Lent; Holy Week;
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Services for the Living and the Deceased. Major
Feasts.
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Question
and Answer Time.
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6.
SPIRITUAL LIFE:
The Goal: God-Likeness; The Method-Spiritual Struggle;
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Spiritual Exercise; Forms of Prayer Life. The Jesus
Prayer.
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Question and Answer Time.
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7.
ETHICAL LIVING:
The Good, the Right; & the Fitting in the Christian
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Life; Some Ethical Issues in Bioethics.
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Question and Answer Time.
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CONCLUSION AND ASSESSMENT
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RECOMMENDED
READING:
Theodora D. Argue, Practicing Daily Prayer
in the Orthodox Christian Life.
Anthony Coniaris, Introducing the Orthodox Church: Its
Faith and Life.
Anthony Coniaris, Making God Real in the Orthodox Home.
Rachel Hale, Praying With the
Church Through the Christian Year: The
Twelve Major Feast Days.
Stanley S. Harakas, Living the Liturgy.
George Nicozisin, Orthodox Church: A
Well-Kept Secret.
Christoforos Stavropoulos, Partakers of Divine Nature.
Gabrielle Winkler, Prayer Attitude in the Eastern Church.
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