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Orthodox Quote of the Week (239)

When the evil conduct of one person begins to affect others, you should not show long-suffering; and instead of your own advantage you should seek that of the others, so that they may be saved. For virtue involving many people is more valuable than virtue involving only one.

St Mark the Ascetic
Philokalia, Vol. 1

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ГОСЭКЗАМЕН
4 КУРС (к 10.06.2022)

В госэкзамен будет включен следующие задания по религиозной лексике:

  • Speak on the patristic quote you particularly liked. (Oral task, 5 credits.)
    Нужно будет сделать небольшой доклад-комментарий на основании одного из ваших эссе по цитатам. Эссе можно брать за 3 и 4 курсы. На госэкзамен нужно принести распечатанный текст выбранной вами цитаты (2 экземпляра) для комиссии.

  • Speak on the Ancient Faith Radio podcast you particularly liked, and be ready to answer questions. (Oral task, 10 credits.)
    Choose an idea or an issue from one of the podcasts we have listened to and speak on it. Guideline questions: Why have you chosen this podcast to speak on? What point/idea has struck you as most interesting/surprising/amusing? Is it something new to you? Does anything in your experience relate to it? Can you add anything to what has been said in the podcast on this issue (some additional information, different approaches to the issue)? Is there anything you do not agree with? Can information from the podcast have any practical application in your life?

    Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook


    • ЭКЗАМЕН
    2 КУРС (к 09.06.2022)

  • Temple and Worship: Translate from Russian into English words and phrases from the book Orthodox Mysteries according to this list (in writing, 10 points)
  • Biblical Studies: Translate from English into Russian the text of the commentary to the Gospel of St. Mark, 1:1-6 (oral task, 10 points).
  • Listening: Choose an idea or an issue from one of the podcasts we have listened to and speak on it.
    You may send in a pre-recorded video presentation of your talk.
    REQUIRED LENGTH: minimum 2 minutes of uninterrupted speech.
    Guideline questions: Why have you chosen this podcast to speak on? What point/idea has struck you as most interesting/surprising/amusing? Is it something new to you? Does anything in your experience relate to it? Can you add anything to what has been said in the podcast on this issue (some additional information, different approaches to the issue)? Is there anything you do not agree with? Can information from the podcast have any practical application in your life?
    (oral task, 10 points)

    • GRADING: in both oral tasks for every lexical (pronunciation, meaning), grammatical and a bad phonetic mistake 1 POINT is reduced.

    TOTAL 30 POINTS

    Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 28.06.2022)

  • Temple and Worship: Translate from Russian into English words and phrases from the Old Orthodox Prayer Book according to this list (in writing, 10 points)
  • Biblical Studies: Translate from English into Russian the text of the commentary to the Gospel of St. Mark, 1:43 - 2:17. (oral task, 5 points).
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    - Translate from Russian into English dogmatic definitions according to this list (written task, 5 points).
    - Give English equivalents of these heresies, and their definitions.(written task, 5 points).
  • Listening: Choose an idea or an issue from one of the podcasts we have listened to and speak on it.
    You may send in a pre-recorded video presentation of your talk.
    REQUIRED LENGTH: minimum 2 minutes of uninterrupted speech.
    Guideline questions: Why have you chosen this podcast to speak on? What point/idea has struck you as most interesting/surprising/amusing? Is it something new to you? Does anything in your experience relate to it? Can you add anything to what has been said in the podcast on this issue (some additional information, different approaches to the issue)? Is there anything you do not agree with? Can information from the podcast have any practical application in your life?
    (oral task, 5 points)

    • GRADING: in both oral tasks for every lexical (pronunciation, meaning), grammatical and a bad phonetic mistake 1 POINT is reduced.

    TOTAL 30 POINTS

    Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 07.06.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3 (verses 1-7). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 6: page 13-14, page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: You may write catch-up tests on the words from the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready for "fill in the blanks" tests on Chapter 2 (sections "The Holy Icons" and "Saints, monks, and emperors") (you will have to fill in the blanks in the text with words and expressions printed in bold type in our website version of the book).

    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the beginning until the words "...they became far more difficult".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "Cut off from Byzantium..." until the words "...the monarchy of the Pope".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Fr. Evan Armatas Q/A Session (Episode 1)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 26.05.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 13-17: pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "Jesus saw Matthew the Publican").
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through Timeline of Major Dates for Orthodox / Roman Catholic Relations. Be ready to comment on the events 417 etc. (what relevance do they have to Roman doctrinal errors?).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5, section "Reformation and Counter-Reformation" from the words "Thus there came into existence..." until the words "...to him we must shortly return").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Why We Need Hell (also here)
    Text version
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 31.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3 (verses 1-7). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Be ready for a test on items 23-27 from the Titles of the Books of the Bible.
  • Church Etiquette: Be ready for a test on items from page 3 of the Titles of the Clergy (from OCA until the end).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 6 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Introduction from the words "Orthodox Church is thus a family..." until the end of the Introduction (the words "...it is part of the aim of this book to explain").
    Be ready to translate Chapter 1 from the beginning until the words "...'the medicine of immortality'").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on What Evangelicals and Orthodox Can Learn From Each Other (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I, Qs 4-7).

  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.

    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 31.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2 (verses 15-25). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 6: page 13-14: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...and you say, he hath a demon".
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from pages 27-28 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II, section "Saints, monks, and emperors" from the words "There are no 'Orders'..." until the end of the chapter (the words "...God's government in Heaven").
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the beginning until the words "...they became far more difficult".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (8) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		 3 КУРС (к 26.05.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 13-17: pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "Jesus saw Matthew the Publican").
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through Timeline of Major Dates for Orthodox / Roman Catholic Relations. Be ready to comment on the events 417 etc. (what relevance do they have to Roman doctrinal errors?).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5, section "Reformation and Counter-Reformation" from the words "Thus there came into existence..." until the words "...to him we must shortly return").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Why We Need Hell (also here)
    Text version
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (238)

    Through our anxiety about worldly things we hinder the soul from enjoying divine blessings and we bestow on the flesh greater care and comfort than are good for it. We nourish it with what is harmful and thus make it an adversary, so that it not only wavers in battle but, because of over-indulgence, it fights vigorously against the soul, seeking honours and rewards.

    Venerable Nilus the Faster of Sinai
    Philokalia, Vol. 1

    Source



    ГОСЭКЗАМЕН
    4 КУРС (к 10.06.2022)

    В госэкзамен будет включен следующие задания по религиозной лексике:

  • Speak on the patristic quote you particularly liked. (Oral task, 5 credits.)
    Нужно будет сделать небольшой доклад-комментарий на основании одного из ваших эссе по цитатам. Эссе можно брать за 3 и 4 курсы.

  • Speak on the Ancient Faith Radio podcast you particularly liked, and be ready to answer questions. (Oral task, 10 credits.)
    Choose an idea or an issue from one of the podcasts we have listened to and speak on it. Guideline questions: Why have you chosen this podcast to speak on? What point/idea has struck you as most interesting/surprising/amusing? Is it something new to you? Does anything in your experience relate to it? Can you add anything to what has been said in the podcast on this issue (some additional information, different approaches to the issue)? Is there anything you do not agree with? Can information from the podcast have any practical application in your life?

    Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook


    • ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 17.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2 (verses 15-25). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 18-22.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on items from pages 2-3, until the Church of America.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from pages 4-5.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Introduction from the words "What is meant by 'the Orthodox Church'?" until the words "...by the majority of other Orthodox Churches".
    Be ready to translate Introduction from the words "Orthodox Church is thus a family..." until the end of the Introduction (the words "...it is part of the aim of this book to explain").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on What Evangelicals and Orthodox Can Learn From Each Other (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I).

  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.

    To make the bulk of everyone's individual contribution more easily seen "at a glance" on the page I intend to mark your texts by different font colours, assigned individually to each one of you. Please visit this html colour generator or this page (alternatively here or here) with a collection of web colours and select the colour you would like your texts to be posted in. Please e-mail me the HEX index (#) of the colour (for example, "F0F8FF", "8A2BE2", "5F9EA0", etc). Only make sure it is dark enough to be discernible on the white page.
    Even though there are obviously more colours available than people in your group, hurry lest the colour you particularly like is reserved by someone else before you! :-) Colours will be distributed according to the order of your incoming e-mails with colour indices.


    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 17.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2 (verses 1-9). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 4-5: page 13-14: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from pages 26-27 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II, section "Saints, monks, and emperors" from the words "Monasticism played..." until the words "...the importance of Athos in Orthodox history".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II, section "Saints, monks, and emperors" from the words "There are no 'Orders'..." until the end of the chapter (the words "...God's government in Heaven").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (8) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 17.05.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 13-17: pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only.
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (5) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through Timeline of Major Dates for Orthodox / Roman Catholic Relations. Be ready to comment on the events 357 etc. (what relevance do they have to Roman doctrinal errors?).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5, section "Reformation and Counter-Reformation" from the beginning until the words "...excommunicating and anathematizing one another").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Charity
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (237)

    Let us walk the straight path of sorrow, that we might become worthy and have God as our protector.

    Venerable Ephraim the Syrian

    Source



    ЭКЗАМЕН
    4 КУРС (к 05.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Translate from English into Russian the text of the commentary to the Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 6-30
    (oral task, 10 points: 5 for pronunciation and 5 for translation. 0,5 grade reduction per one mistake).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words related to English Liturgy according to this list
    (written and oral task, 5 points: 2,5 for pronunciation and 2,5 for translation. 0,5 grade reduction per one mistake).
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Explain what Theosis means and be ready to comment on Bible quotes in support of it (what understanding of salvation do they communicate, and how?)
    (oral task, 5 points)
  • Speaking: Either choose an idea or an issue from one of the podcasts we have listened to in this semester, and speak on it (Why have you chosen this podcast to speak on? What point/idea has struck you as most interesting/surprising/amusing? Is it something new to you? Does anything in your experience relate to it? Can you add anything to what has been said in the podcast on this issue (some additional information, different approaches to the issue)? Is there anything you do not agree with? Can information from the podcast have any practical application in your life?)
    or choose a topic from the "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists" section of the book The Orthodox Church by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), summarize and discuss it (Why have you chosen this historical issue / event to speak on? Have you learnt anything new in this part of the book? Does it have any relevance for us today?)
    (oral task, 10 points: 5 for pronunciation and 5 for vocabulary. 0,5 grade reduction per one mistake).


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 03.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2 (verses 1-9). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 11-17.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on items from page 2, until the Church of Georgia.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from page 3.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Introduction from the words "'A new and unknown world'" until the words "...a beginning has been made".
    Be ready to translate Introduction from the words "What is meant by 'the Orthodox Church'?" until the words "...by the majority of other Orthodox Churches".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Ethnicity and Nationalism in Orthodoxy (Ancient Faith Radio) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Q 6).

    Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on What Evangelicals and Orthodox Can Learn From Each Other (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I).

  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.

    To make the bulk of everyone's individual contribution more easily seen "at a glance" on the page I intend to mark your texts by different font colours, assigned individually to each one of you. Please visit this html colour generator or this page (alternatively here or here) with a collection of web colours and select the colour you would like your texts to be posted in. Please e-mail me the HEX index (#) of the colour (for example, "F0F8FF", "8A2BE2", "5F9EA0", etc). Only make sure it is dark enough to be discernible on the white page.
    Even though there are obviously more colours available than people in your group, hurry lest the colour you particularly like is reserved by someone else before you! :-) Colours will be distributed according to the order of your incoming e-mails with colour indices.


    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 03.05.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1 (verses 20-31). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 1-3: page 13-14: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "John prepared the way of the Lord..." until the end of the section (the words "...had turned and become wayward").
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 25 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II, section "Saints, monks, and emperors" from the beginning until the words "...was charitable work".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II, section "Saints, monks, and emperors" from the words "Monasticism played..." until the words "...the importance of Athos in Orthodox history".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (7) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 5-6).
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 05.05.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "But how can I be brought to Jesus..." until the end of the section.
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (4) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through Timeline of Major Dates for Orthodox / Roman Catholic Relations. Be ready to comment on the events 135 etc. (what relevance do they have to Roman doctrinal errors?).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5 from the words "The Turkish occupation..." until the end of the section (the words "...Reformation and Counter-Reformation").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: The Historical Jesus
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (236)

    Work is a blessing, a gift from God. Work gives vigour to the body and refreshes the mind. If God had not given us work, man would have become mouldy. Those who are diligent continue to work into their old age.

    Saint Paisios of Mount Athos

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 31.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 28-30: page 34-35: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Memorize words related to English Liturgy.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists", section "Official Church-State Relations" from the beginning until the words "...not with military but with spiritual weapons".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Frederica Here and Now: Doing Our Best in the Fast (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 9-13).


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    1 КУРС (к 12.04.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1 (verses 20-31). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 6-10.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on items from the second column.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from pages 1-2.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction (with "About the Author" section). Be ready to retell Introduction from the beginning until the words "...the egg which Rome had laid")..
    Be ready to translate Introduction from the words "'A new and unknown world'" until the words "...a beginning has been made").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Ethnicity and Nationalism in Orthodoxy (Ancient Faith Radio) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Q 6).

  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.

    To make the bulk of everyone's individual contribution more easily seen "at a glance" on the page I intend to mark your texts by different font colours, assigned individually to each one of you. Please visit this html colour generator or this page (alternatively here or here) with a collection of web colours and select the colour you would like your texts to be posted in. Please e-mail me the HEX index (#) of the colour (for example, "F0F8FF", "8A2BE2", "5F9EA0", etc). Only make sure it is dark enough to be discernible on the white page.
    Even though there are obviously more colours available than people in your group, hurry lest the colour you particularly like is reserved by someone else before you! :-) Colours will be distributed according to the order of your incoming e-mails with colour indices.


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    2 КУРС (к 12.04.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1 (verses 11-19). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 1-3: page 13-14: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "...to proclaim the coming of the Christ").
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 24 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church

    Be ready for a "fill in the blanks" test on first part of Chapter 2 (before "The Holy Icons") (you will have to fill in the blanks in the text with words and expressions printed in bold type in our website version of the book).

    Be ready to retell Chapter II, section "The Holy Icons" from the words "We shall consider..." until the end of the section (the words "...arise in every generation").
    Be ready to translate Chapter II, section "Saints, monks, and emperors" from the beginning until the words "...was charitable work".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (7) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 12.04.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "For the Lord does the same..." until the words "...my sins will be forgiven me").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from pages 135-139 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
    Listening. Listen to this piece (3) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Be ready to translate (in writing) from Russian into English names and definitions of Heresies (1-13). You may also want to write phonetic transcription for extra credit.
    Read through Timeline of Major Dates for Orthodox / Roman Catholic Relations. Be ready to comment on the events (what relevance do they have to Roman doctrinal errors?).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:

    Be ready for a "fill in the blanks" test on Chapter 4 (you will have to fill in the blanks in the text with words and expressions printed in bold type in our website version of the book).

    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5 from the words "The millet system..." until the words "...the palmy days of Ottoman suzerainty".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: The Historical Jesus
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (235)

    You can learn much about a person’s spiritual state from what he reads.

    Saint Paisios of Mount Athos

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 31.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 28-30: page 34-35: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Memorize words related to English Liturgy.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists", section "Official Church-State Relations" from the beginning until the words "...not with military but with spiritual weapons".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Frederica Here and Now: Doing Our Best in the Fast (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 9-13).


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 05.04.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1 (verses 14-25). See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 1-5.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on items from the first column.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from the table of Contents.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction (with "About the Author" section). Be ready to retell "About the Author" section.
    Be ready to translate Chapter I from the beginning until the words "...the egg which Rome had laid").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Ethnicity and Nationalism in Orthodoxy (Ancient Faith Radio) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 5-6).

  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.

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    2 КУРС (к 05.04.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1. See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 1-3: page 13-14: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only (including the summary of the chapter).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 23 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II, section "The Holy Icons" from the beginning until the words "...regard them as important?").
    Be ready to translate Chapter II, section "The Holy Icons" from the words "We shall consider..." until the end of the section (the words "...arise in every generation").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (6) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 29.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 24-25, pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "By healing the body..." until the words "...but had filled him with strength").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from pages 135-139 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
    Listening. Listen to this piece (2) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Be ready to translate (in writing) from Russian into English names and definitions of Heresies (1-10). You may also want to write phonetic transcription for extra credit.Be ready to translate (orally) from English into Russian names and explanations of Heresies (11-13). Think if these heresies are still around, and if yes, in what forms and guises.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5 from the beginning until the words "...the death of Archbishop Makarios III (1977)".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Anjali (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part II).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (234)

    Christian perfection consists of holiness—that is, freedom of the soul from enslavement to sin. It stands to reason that all people without exception, not only priests or monastics, are called to this perfection or holiness that consists of freedom from sin.

    Archbishop Averky (Taushev)

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 31.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 28-30: page 34-35: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Memorize words related to English Liturgy.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists", section "Official Church-State Relations" from the beginning until the words "...not with military but with spiritual weapons".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Frederica Here and Now: Doing Our Best in the Fast (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 9-13).


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 29.03.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1. See the opening page of Genesis in the original 1611 edition for your information.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries (the table of Contents and page 1 (The Church)
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction (with "About the Author" section).
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Ethnicity and Nationalism in Orthodoxy (Ancient Faith Radio) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.

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    2 КУРС (к 29.03.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Read the article CAPITALIZATION OF PRONOUNS RElATING TO DEITY from a series on Bible language, and be ready to discuss it.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 22 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II from the words "Ephesus and Chalcedon..." until the end of the section (the words "...yet in the end it succumbed").
    Be ready to translate Chapter II, section "The Holy Icons" from the beginning until the words "...regard them as important?").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (5) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 29.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 24-25, pages 26-27: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "By healing the body..." until the words "...but had filled him with strength").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from pages 135-139 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
    Listening. Listen to this piece (2) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Be ready to translate (in writing) from Russian into English names and definitions of Heresies (1-10). You may also want to write phonetic transcription for extra credit.Be ready to translate (orally) from English into Russian names and explanations of Heresies (11-13). Think if these heresies are still around, and if yes, in what forms and guises.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 5 from the beginning until the words "...the death of Archbishop Makarios III (1977)".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Anjali (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part II).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (233)

    He who restrains his mouth from speech guards his heart from passions.

    Venerable Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 24.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 23-27: page 34-35: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Memorize words related to priest's vestments from Western Rite Glossary. See illustrations.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Read the text Theosis in the Bible and be ready to read and comment upon quotes 16-18. (What understanding of salvation do they communicate, and how?)
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists", section "Official Church-State Relations" from the beginning until the words "...not with military but with spiritual weapons".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Frederica Here and Now: Doing Our Best in the Fast (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 22.03.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Read the article THOSE DREADFUL WORDS IN ITALICS from a series on Bible language, and be ready to discuss it.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 21 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II from the words "But Chalcedon..." until the words "...but he is the first among equals".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II from the words "Ephesus and Chalcedon..." until the end of the section (the words "...yet in the end it succumbed").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (4) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 24.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 24-25: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "...could heal their sins as well").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from pages 135-139 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
    Listening. Listen to this piece (1) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe it or find words on the Internet.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Be ready to translate (in writing) from Russian into English names and definitions of Heresies (1-7). You may also want to write phonetic transcription for extra credit.Be ready to translate (orally) from English into Russian names and explanations of Heresies (8-10). Think if these heresies are still around, and if yes, in what forms and guises.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the words "Sergius of Radonezh..." until the end of the chapter".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Anjali (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (232)

    Without goodness, knowledge is not good.

    St. Paphnutius

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 17.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 19-22: page 32-33, page 34-35: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Memorize words related to the Holy Table from Western Rite Glossary.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Read the text Theosis in the Bible and be ready to read and comment upon quotes 12-15. (What understanding of salvation do they communicate, and how?)
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists", section "Official Church-State Relations" from the beginning until the words "...not with military but with spiritual weapons".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Bishop Robert Barron. How to Keep Our Kids Catholic (YouTube, 35:27).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I, Qs 8-12).


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    2 КУРС (к 15.03.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Read the article THOSE NASTY THEES AND THOUS from a series on Bible language, and be ready to discuss it.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 19-20 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II from the words "Alexandria's second major success..." until the words "...indivisibly, inseparably".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II from the words "But Chalcedon..." until the words "...but he is the first among equals".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (3) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 15.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 24-25: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "...could heal their sins as well").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from page 132-134 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Be ready to translate (orally) from English into Russian names and explanations of Heresies (7-10). Think if these heresies are still around, and if yes, in what forms and guises.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the words "Sergius of Radonezh..." until the end of the chapter".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: The Same God.
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 3-10).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (231)

    One must guard against complaining, as though it were a poisonous snake.

    Abbot Nikon Vorobiev

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 03.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 13-19: page 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "Or, by another interpretation..." until the end of the section.
  • Temple and Worship: Memorize words related to the church layout from Western Rite Glossary.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Read the text Theosis in the Bible and be ready to read and comment upon quotes 8-11. (What understanding of salvation do they communicate, and how?)
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists" from the words "Nor is the teaching of atheism..." until the end of the section (the words "...so many remained faithful").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Bishop Robert Barron. How to Keep Our Kids Catholic (YouTube, 35:27).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I, Qs 5-12).


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 01.03.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Be ready for a test on Titles of the Books of the Bible (the New Testament, items 18-27).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 18 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter II from the words "The Council of Nicaea..." until the words "...whose works are most widely read".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II from the words "Alexandria's second major success..." until the words "...indivisibly, inseparably".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (2) (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 03.03.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 6-12: pages 24-25: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only.
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from page 126-132 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Orthodoxy and Heresy:
    Be ready for a test on formulas from "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": The Church;
    Be ready to translate (orally) from English into Russian names and explanations of Heresies (4-6). Think if these heresies are still around, and if yes, in what forms and guises.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the words "It has been said..." until the words "...but was ahead of it" in the next section "The Russian Church under the Mongols".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: The Same God.
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (230)

    The friendship which can cease has never been real.

    Blessed Jerome

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 24.02.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your graded essays from semesters 5 - 7 (see your Text Bank here and here and quotes 214-225 in the FORUM) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 13-19: page 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...we should attribute that good to God's power".
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to Western Rite Glossary.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Read the text Theosis in the Bible and be ready to read and comment upon quotes 3-9. (What understanding of salvation do they communicate, and how?)
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists" from the beginning until the words "...in any normal sense of the word".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Bishop Robert Barron. How to Keep Our Kids Catholic (YouTube, 35:27).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I).


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 22.02.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Be ready for a test on Titles of the Books of the Bible (the New Testament, items 1-17).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from pages 11-17 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter I from the words "The discussions at the Councils..." until the words "...one in essence with the Father".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II from the words "The Council of Nicaea..." until the words "...whose works are most widely read".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (1)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 7-10).
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 22.02.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 1-5: pages 24-25: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "Many times..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from page 126-132 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Orthodoxy and Heresy:
    Be ready to translate orally from Russian into English "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": The Church;
    Be ready to translate (orally) from English into Russian names and explanations of Heresies (1-3). Think if these heresies are still around, and if yes, in what forms and guises.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the words "In Kievan Russia..." until the end of the section (the words "...the royal way").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: The Same God.
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (229)

    Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips and the world in your heart.

    St. Ignatius of Antioch

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 17.02.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your credited essays from semesters 5 - 6 (see your Text Bank here and here) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 6-12: page 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "So the foreigners came to Jesus..." until the end of the section.
  • Temple and Worship: Watch a video about Western Rite Orthodoxy. (More information here.) Be ready to explain what Western Rite Orthodoxy is, reasons for its existence, and your attitude towards it.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Read the text Theosis in the Bible and be ready to read and comment upon quotes 1-9. (What understanding of salvation do they communicate, and how?)
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 8 "Orthodoxy and the Militant Atheists" from the beginning until the words "...in any normal sense of the word".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Hieromonk Gabriel. Stumbling Blocks in the Orthodox Christian Spiritual Life (YouTube, 13:28).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part II).


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 10.02.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage (writing): Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (above), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Patristic Heritage (speaking): make an audio / video presentation of one of your credited essays from semesters 5 - 6 (see your Text Bank here and here) and e-mail it to me to be posted online. Make sure you indicate quote number as (part of) file name!
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 6-12: page 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "...without kinship of the heart").
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (8) from an Orthodox worship in English. Transcribe the last hymn by ear (the words are not to be found on the Internet).
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Read the text Sola Scriptura and identify each marked group of arguments as belonging to one of the following categories: 1. Biblical; 2. Historical; 3. Logic and common sense. Be ready to comment on the third group.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 6, section The Synodical period (1700-1917) from the words "In the field of theology..." until the end of the chapter.
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.
  • Listening
    Hieromonk Gabriel. Stumbling Blocks in the Orthodox Christian Spiritual Life (YouTube, 13:28).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part II).


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 08.02.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Be ready for a test on Titles of the Books of the Bible (the New Testament, items 7-11).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from pages 13-15 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter I from the beginning until the words "...a fence around the mystery; that was all".
    Be ready to translate Chapter II from the words "The discussions at the Councils..." until the words "...one in essence with the Father".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (1)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 4-10).
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 08.02.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 1-5: pages 24-25: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...that he would be healed").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from page 129-131 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Orthodoxy and Heresy:
    Be ready to translate orally from Russian into English "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": Jesus Christ;
    Be ready to translate orally from English into Russian "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": The Church.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the words "Byzantium conferred..." until the words "...the place of suffering in the Christian life".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Self and Skepticism (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I, Qs 6-10; Part II).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (228)

    He who prays for others prays for himself.

    St. Basil the Great

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 01.02.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Be ready for a test on Titles of the Books of the Bible (the New Testament, items 1-6).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 12 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter I from the words "It was only natural... until the end of the chapter (the words "...The Christian Empire of Byzantium").
    Be ready to translate Chapter II from the beginning until the words "...a fence around the mystery; that was all".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the Jesus Prayer (1)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 01.02.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 43-45: page 22-23: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "Still one must be grateful..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from page 127-129 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Orthodoxy and Heresy:
    Be ready to translate orally from Russian into English "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": The Holy Trinity;
    Be ready to translate orally from English into Russian "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": Jesus Christ.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the words "Cyril died at Rome..." until the words "...is predominantly Latin".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Self and Skepticism (also here).
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (227)

    Don't insist on your own righteousness.

    St. Antony the Great

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 25.01.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Be ready for a test on Titles of the Books of the Bible (Biblical Terms and Names, items 7-14).
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on the words from page 11 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter I from the words "There were many others... until the words "...to undergo martyrdom of blood".
    Be ready to translate Chapter I from the words "It was only natural... until the end of the chapter (the words "...The Christian Empire of Byzantium").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on the State of the Orthodox Church (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    		3 КУРС (к 25.01.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: Read "Orthodox Quote of the Week" (left), write a short essay on it (requirements for the essay can be found below on this page, in Russian). Post your essay in the FORUM for credit. (Do you see its point? Do you agree with it fully, or in part, or not at all? [Think of examples to prove/disprove it.] Does it express something new to you or does it squarely fit your idea of Christianity? Does anything in your experience relate to it? What practical application, if any, can it have in your life?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 43-45: page 22-23: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...teaching us not to boast").
  • Temple and Worship: Learn / revise words from page 126-127 of the Old Orthodox Prayer Book and be ready for a test on them.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology: Orthodoxy and Heresy
    (be ready to translate orally from English into Russian "Orthodoxy Quick Reference": The Holy Trinity).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 4 from the beginning until the words "...the principal churches in the city".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: No Regrets.
    Answer Questions on this episode.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and e-mail them to me. Highlight the words and collocations you use IN CAPITALS ONLY. Your contributions will be deposited in the Text Bank.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (226)

    Our Lord visibly carried Peter on the sea to teach us that He was also invisibly carrying him on dry land.

    St. Ephrem the Syrian

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