INTRODUCTION TO ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
Mondays 7:00-9:00PM, Winter 2013

DATE

TOPIC

INSTRUCTOR

January 14 Introduction Fr. Richard Andrews
January 21

God- Holy Trinity

Fr. Paul Wesche

January 28

Mankind- Creation, The Fall, The Messiah

Dcn. Jason Ketz

February 4

Christ I - Incarnation, Theotokos and Saints

Fr. Jonathan Proctor

February 11

Christ II - His Work and Teachings

Fr. Thomas Begley
February 18

Church I - Birth, Mission, Structure

Fr. Thaddeus Wojcik

February 25

Church II - Councils, Creeds, Bible, Tradition

Fr. Paul Wesche

March 4 Sacraments I - Baptism, Chrismation, Confession, Unction

Fr. Jonathan Proctor

March 11 Sacraments II - Eucharist, Liturgy, Worship, Prayer Fr. Thomas Begley
March 18 NO CLASS - Great and Holy Lent Begins  
March 25 Sacraments III - Marriage and Monasticism Fr. Andrew Morbey
April 1

The Goal - Second Coming & Living the Christian Life

Fr. Richard Andrews
April 8 Conclusion - Orthodox in America, Jurisdiction, Q&A Fr. Andrew Morbey
May 5 GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA  
     
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Fr. Richard Andrews is pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox Christian Church in St. Paul, MN and a volunteer chaplain with the St. Paul Police Department. He is a graduate of University of Minnesota (BS 1988) Minneapolis, MN and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (MDiv 1994) Boston, MA.

Fr. Thomas Begley is priest/pastor of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in West St. Paul, MN and Dean of the Midwest Deanery of the Diocese of Toledo, of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese. He is a graduate of Hope College in Holland, MI, (BA 1974) and Oral Robets Seminary, (MDiv. 1984). He attended St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary, Crestwood, NY (1983-84).

Deacon Paul Gavrilyuk serves at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (OCA) in St Paul. He holds a Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Southern Methodist University (2001) and a B. S. in Theoretical Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1993). He is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at the University of St Thomas specializing in Early Church History and Modern Russian Theology. His books include The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought (Oxford, 2004) and A History of the Catechumenate in the Early Church (Cerf, 2008; in French; Russian edn. 2001).

Dcn. Jason Ketz serves as a deacon at St Mary's Cathedral in Northeast Minneapolis, MN, where he teaches history in the church school. He is also the editor of the OCA Youth Department's blog Wonder, www.ocawonder.com. His full time work is Quality Assurance coordinator for Medtronic. He is a graduate of Arizona State University (BS Microbiology 2003) and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary in Crestwood, NY (MDiv 2012).

Fr. Nathan Kroll is priest/pastor of the Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Christian Mission parish of St. Cloud, MN. He is a graduate of Augsburg College (BA) Minneapolis, MN and of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary (Masters of Divinity).

Fr John Magram is priest/pastor of Resurrection of Christ Russian Orthodox Church and Abbot of the men's monastic community in Minneapolis. He is a graduate of St. John's University (Secondary Education), St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY (BA, English) St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary (M.Div.), St. Clare's Medical Center, NYC (R.N.)

Fr Andrew Morbey is Dean of St Mary's Orthodox Cathedral in northeast Minneapolis. His degrees are in English (BA, MA, and PhD course work; Carleton University and University of Ottawa) and Theology (MDiv, ThM, and PhD course work; St Vladimir's Seminary, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and at the University of Birmingham, UK). He taught various subjects in Theology at the University of St Paul in Ottawa, Canada 1998 - 2003 prior to moving to Minneapolis.

Fr. Jonathan Proctor is priest/pastor of Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church in Saint Paul. He is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand (BA) and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary (MDiv 1990), New York, NY, and studied theology at the University of Athens, Greece.

Fr. Paul Wesche is priest/pastor of St. Herman’s Orthodox Christian Church in South Minneapolis. He is a graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity), Kansas City, MO and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary (Masters of Theology), Crestwood, NY, and Fordham University (Ph.D in Patristics 1986), New York, NY.

Fr. Thaddeus Wojcik is a retired priest who serves at various parishes including Holy Assumption Orthodox Church in Lublin, WI, St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Stanley, WI., and St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Cornucopia, WI. He is Dean Emeritus of the Minneapolis Deanery in the Midwest Diocese of the Orthodox Church of America. Currently, an Adjunct Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN (2005-2008). He is a graduate of University of Minnesota (BA, 1964) and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary (M.Div. 1968).

 

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