What is the history and the Creed of Orthodoxy? RESERVE YOUR SEATS OR BECOME A SPONSOR
6 May 2022What is the history and the Creed of Orthodoxy? RESERVE YOUR SEATS OR BECOME A SPONSOR
SEMINAR IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
MONDAY 9 MAY. TIME: 6 PM – 8:30 PM EST (US TIME)
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GETTING TO KNOW THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH May 3- July 4 2022
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About the Seminar
Since our true life is to be found only in relation and reference to God, we must return to our natural position, which is in Paradise, in communion with God. After the fall of Adam and Eve and then the restoration of our relationship and communion with God through Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross and His Resurrection, this communion takes place in the Church, which is Paradise on earth.
The purpose of this unit is: the broadening of ecclesiastical history over time, the presentation of events, with particular emphasis on developments in the Church from its foundation until today, and the presentation of the fundamental principles of Orthodox Dogma.
A description of the historical and ecclesiastical context of the first eight centuries and of the interpretation of Holy Scripture, the texts of the Ecumenical Synods, and the theology of the Fathers of the Church.
This course is for…
The times in which we live aren’t normal. It’s an era of great changes and realignments. We’re living in a world which is in a state of flux. Ideologies and religions are amalgamating and there’s certainly an overall atmosphere of confusion and questioning. So it would not be strange or unexpected if we were to raise the question: ‘Why should I want to become an Orthodox Christian?’.
This question has to do with the heterodox or those of others religions, since it’s what they always ask when anyone talks to them about the Orthodox faith. But this is a question which is related to all baptized Orthodox Christians who vacillate between doubt and disbelief, as well as those who have consciously renounced the Orthodox baptism their parents once gave them and have relinquished their membership of the Orthodox Church of Christ. The question also has to do with those who are Christians in name only, but who never think about Christ in their lives.
Instructor profile
The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his bachelor’s degree in religious studies at Brown University. After completing a master’s degree in New Testament and early Christianity at Florida State University, he conducted doctoral studies in Greece at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating summa cum laude in 2012. Ordained in 2007, he served parishes in Thessaloniki and Volos for nine years.
Fr. Gregory and his wife, Presvytera Pelagia, lived in Greece from 2006 to 2016, where their four children were born.
Since March 2019, Fr. Gregory has served as Dean of Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Birmingham, Alabama.
CURRICULUM
- WHAT IS THE CHURCH?
- THE CHURCH AS THE BODY OF CHRIST
- WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH?
- HOLY SCRIPTURE AND SACRED TRADITION
- STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH IN THE EARLY CENTURIES
- THE INSTITUTION OF THE ECUMENICAL SYNODS
- THE DOGMA AND TEACHING OF THE CHURCH
- THE SCHISM BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Course Details
- Date: Monday 9 May 2022
- Time: 6.00pm-8.30pm (EST)
- Price: Single Seminar Ticket: € 37, 12 Seminars Tickets Bundle : € 310 (SAVE 30%)
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