ADVANCED ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Course Description This supplemental course will be taken by those seeking to advance their understanding of the Orthodox Christian Faith. Having already been catechized in the Orthodox Christian Faith, participants in this course will become equipped to defend and teach the Orthodox Christian Faith themselves. Course Objectives 1) To learn about the lives of various Saints 2) To understand the writings of Orthodox Christian Saints 3) To understand how the articulation of Orthodox Christian theology historically developed through the writings of Saints, especially in their rebuttal of various heresies Saints to be Studied: 1) Saint Augustine of Hippo 2) Saint Athenagoras of Athens 3) Saint Basil of Caesarea 4) Saint Gregory of Nyssa 5) Saint Dionysius of Athens 6) Saint John Chrysostom 7) Saint Cyril of Alexandria 8) Saint Justinian the Roman Emperor 9) Saint Leo the Great 10) Saint Irenaeus of Lyons 11) Saint John of Thessaloniki 12) Saint Justin the Martyr 13) Saint Athanasius of Alexandria 14) Saint Maximus the Confessor 15) Saint Gregory the Theologian 16) Saint Photius Equal-to-the-Apostles 17) Saint John Damascene 18) Saint Cyprian of Carthage 19) Saint Cyril of Jerusalem 20) Saint Gerasimus of Constantinople 21) Holy Apostles