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Orthodox Quote of the Week (253)

Christians ought to perseveringly study their religion; they ought to read the Gospel more frequently, to study the Divine Service, to fulfil the commandments and the rules of the Church; to read the writings of the Holy Fathers, religious publications, in order to become imbued with the spirit of Christianity, and to live in a Christian manner. Such should be your occupations and recreations.

Righteous John, Wonderworker of Kronstadt

Source



АТТЕСТАЦИЯ
4 КУРС (ЗАЧЕТ - к 13.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Translate from English into Russian the text of the commentary to the Gospel of St. Mark, 2:13 (from the words "Therefore neither should we be ashamed..." - 3:19 (until the words "...attribute that good to God's power"). (oral task, 10 points).
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    The Grounds of Union (p.3): comment upon an obstacle to Orthodox-Catholic communion (the essence of the Roman error, the Orthodox view on the matter.) (oral task, 5 points)
    Analize a cluster of events from the history of East-West church relations. What development in the life of the Roman Catholic Church do they illustrate? What is the Orthodox response to this development? (oral 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, 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 gradebook
    Your roll book

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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 08.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 6, verses 1-7.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on the New Testament, items 13-27.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 16-17 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church

    Be ready for "fill in the blanks" tests on Introduction (together with "About the Author" section; 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 / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 1 from the words "'Suddenly there came from heaven..." until the words "...the medicine of immortality'".
    Be ready to read and translate Chapter 1 from the words "People today..." until the words "...but only one episcopate".
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ / АТТЕСТАЦИЯ
    2 КУРС (к 08.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 8, verses 1-12.
    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 words from page 18 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "But Chalcedon..." until the words "...he is the first among equals".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the words "Ephesus and Chalcedon..." until the end of the section (the words "...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 (1)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (ЗАЧЕТ - к 13.12.2022)

  • Temple and Worship: Translate from Russian into English words and phrases from the book Orthodox Mysteries according to this list (in writing, 4 points)
    Translate from Russian into English words and phrases from the book Old Orthodox Prayer book according to this list (in writing, 6 points)
  • Biblical Studies: Translate from English into Russian the text of the commentary to the Gospel of St. Mark, 1:6-22 (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 gradebook
    Your roll book

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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (253)

    Christians ought to perseveringly study their religion; they ought to read the Gospel more frequently, to study the Divine Service, to fulfil the commandments and the rules of the Church; to read the writings of the Holy Fathers, religious publications, in order to become imbued with the spirit of Christianity, and to live in a Christian manner. Such should be your occupations and recreations.

    Righteous John, Wonderworker of Kronstadt

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 06.12.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 13-19: pages 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...attribute that good to God's power").
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to Western Rite Glossary.
    Be ready for a test on words from page 2.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through The Grounds of Union (page 3). Be ready to comment on the obstacles to the union (8-9). If you have problems, search the Internet or listen to two lectures on the subject: Lecture 1 and Lecture 2.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 6 from the words "Seraphim had no teacher..." until the words "...as one of their chief 'Apostles'".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Breaking in the Habit: Saving a Dying, Shrinking Church (YouTube, 9:48)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 5-10).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 08.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 6, verses 1-7.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on the New Testament, items 13-27.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 16-17 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.

    Be ready for "fill in the blanks" tests on Introduction (together with "About the Author" section; 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 / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 1 from the words "'Suddenly there came from heaven..." until the words "...the medicine of immortality'".
    Be ready to read and translate Chapter 1 from the words "People today..." until the words "...but only one episcopate".
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 08.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 8, verses 1-12.
    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 words from page 18 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "But Chalcedon..." until the words "...he is the first among equals".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the words "Ephesus and Chalcedon..." until the end of the section (the words "...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 (1)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 06.12.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates and post it in the Forum to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to the KJV of the Bible, Chapter 9, verses 8-17.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 23-28: page 18-19: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from pages 114-116.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "Gregory began..." until the words "...and the Seventh Ecumenical Council".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "Among the contemporaries..." 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: Native Americans and Orthodoxy
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 9-11).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

    ПРИНЕСТИ ЖУРНАЛ ПОСЕЩАЕМОСТИ



    Orthodox Quote of the Week (252)

    Evil inclinations cannot be peaceful, calm and joyful. The only way to pacify the soul is by suppressing and eradicating bad habits through asceticism, an ascetic way of life.

    Archbishop Averky (Taushev)

    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 29.11.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 6-12: pages 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "The foreigners came to Jesus..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to Western Rite Glossary.
    Be ready for a test on words from page 1.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through The Grounds of Union (page 3). Be ready to comment on the obstacles to the union (6-8). If you have problems, search the Internet or listen to two lectures on the subject: Lecture 1 and Lecture 2.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 6 from the words "Paissy himself..." until the words "...the light of the age to come".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Breaking in the Habit: Saving a Dying, Shrinking Church (YouTube, 9:48)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 2 ff.).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

    ПРИНЕСТИ ЖУРНАЛ ПОСЕЩАЕМОСТИ



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 01.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 4, verses 9-17.
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on the New Testament, items 9-12.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 14-15 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to retell / discuss / answer questions on Introduction from the words "Such are the Churches..." until the end of the Introduction
    and on Chapter 1 from the beginning until the words "...for contemporary Orthodoxy".

    Be ready for "fill in the blanks" tests on Introduction (together with "About the Author" section; 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 read and translate Chapter 1 from the words "'Suddenly there came from heaven..." until the words "...the medicine of immortality'".
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 01.12.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 7, verses 11-24.
    Be ready for a test on items 20-27 from the New Testament.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 16-17 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "Alexandria's second major success..." until the words "...indivisibly, inseparably'"..
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the words "But Chalcedon..." until the words "...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 State of the Orthodox Church (also here)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Qs 4-5).

  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 29.11.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to the KJV of the Bible, Chapter 9, verses 1-7.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 21-22: page 18-19: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from pages 113-114.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "When Orthodox writers..." until the words "...accept the theology of Palamas".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "Gregory began..." until the words "...and the Seventh Ecumenical Council".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: Native Americans and Orthodoxy
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

    ПРИНЕСТИ ЖУРНАЛ ПОСЕЩАЕМОСТИ



    Orthodox Quote of the Week (251)

    A chatterbox may meet with success in this world, but he will not do so in the next.

    St. John of Karpathos



    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 22.11.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 6-12: pages 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "...without kinship of heart").
  • Temple and Worship: Watch a video about Western Rite Orthodoxy (YouTube, 21:02). (More information here.) Be ready to explain what Western Rite Orthodoxy is, reasons for its existence, and your attitude towards it.
    Have access to Western Rite Glossary.
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through The Grounds of Union (page 3). Be ready to comment on the obstacles to the union (4-6). If you have problems, search the Internet or listen to two lectures on the subject: Lecture 1 and Lecture 2.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 6 from the words "The system of Church government..." until the words "...social aspect of the monastic life".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Breaking in the Habit: Saving a Dying, Shrinking Church (YouTube, 9:48)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

    ПРИНЕСТИ ЖУРНАЛ ПОСЕЩАЕМОСТИ



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 24.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 4, verses 1-8. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on the New Testament, items 1-8.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 11-13 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to retell / discuss / answer questions on Introduction from the words "Among the various Churches..." until the words "...in 1951".Be ready to read and translate Introduction from the words "Such are the Churches..." until the end of the Introduction.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK


    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 24.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 7 (verses 1-10). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 11-19 from the New Testament.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 14-15 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "The main work of the Council of Nicaea..." until the words "...whose works are most widely read".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 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 State of the Orthodox Church (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your roll book
    		3 КУРС (к 22.11.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 8, verses 13-22. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 16-20: page 18-19: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "They immediately put down what was in their hands..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from pages 111-112.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "Negative theology reaches its classic expression..." until the words "...a gift conferred by the grace of God".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "When Orthodox writers..." until the words "...accept the theology of Palamas".
    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 10)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

    ПРИНЕСТИ ЖУРНАЛ ПОСЕЩАЕМОСТИ



    Orthodox Quote of the Week (250)

    God of course knows the condition of each person, but because we do not know this condition, He allows that we be tested, so that we come to know ourselves, to find the passions hidden within us, and not have unreasonable expectations on the Day of Judgement.

    Saint Paisios of Mount Athos



    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 15.11.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 6-12: pages 32-33: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only.
  • Temple and Worship: Watch a video about Western Rite Orthodoxy (YouTube, 21:02). (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 through The Grounds of Union (page 3). Be ready to comment on the obstacles to the union (1-3). If you have problems, search the Internet or listen to two lectures on the subject: Lecture 1 and Lecture 2.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church:
    Be ready to translate / retell / discuss / answer questions on Chapter 6 from the words "Peter was determined..." until the words "...the constitution of the Holy Synod").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part II, Q 8.).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

    ПРИНЕСТИ ЖУРНАЛ ПОСЕЩАЕМОСТИ



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 17.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3, verses 20-24. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on Terms and Names, items 7-14.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 10 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to retell / discuss / answer questions on Introduction from the words "This decentralized system of independent local Churches..." until the words "...the political principle of the State Church".Be ready to read and translate Introduction from the words "Among the various Churches..." until the end of the Introduction.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 24.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 7 (verses 1-10). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 11-19 from the New Testament.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 14-15 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "The main work of the Council of Nicaea..." until the words "...whose works are most widely read".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 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 State of the Orthodox Church (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 15.11.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 8, verses 1-12. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 16-20: page 18-19: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...to become Christ's first disciples").
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from pages 109-111.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "In 1204 the Crusaders..." until the words "...the darkness of incomprehensibility'".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "Negative theology reaches its classic expression..." until the words "...a gift conferred by the grace of God".
    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 9)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (249)

    The heart is the eye of the human being. The purer it is, the quicker, farther, and clearer it can see.

    Righteous John, Wonderworker of Kronstadt



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    4 КУРС (к 08.11.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 1-5: pages 30-31: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "The right hand is withered..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the last hymn. (You hear this hymn once every eight weeks at Sunday Vigil.)
  • Dogmatic and Comparative Theology:
    Read through Timeline of Major Dates for Orthodox / Roman Catholic Relations. Be ready to comment on the events 1995 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 6 from the words "There is much to admire..." until the words "...so ambitiously striven to aggrandize").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part II, Qs 3 ff.).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 10.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3, verses 8-19. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on Terms and Names, items 1-6.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to retell / discuss / answer questions on Introduction from the words "The Orthodox Church is thus..." until the words "...the worldwide Anglican communion".Be ready to read and translate Introduction from the words "The Orthodox Church is thus..." until the end of the Introduction.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 10.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 17-22). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-10 from the New Testament.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 11-13 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "The life of the Church..." until the words "...and with man's salvation".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the words "The main work of 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 Music and Hymnology in the Church (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 08.11.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 7, verses 11-24. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 14-15: page 15-17, page 18-19: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "For he who is about to believe..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from the Preface (page vii-viii).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "But even after 1054..." until the end of the section (the words "...has proved a great tragedy)".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "In 1204 the Crusaders..." until the words "...the darkness of incomprehensibility'".
    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 8)
    Answer Questions on this episode. Get some glimpses of church life in Turkana here, here and here.
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (248)

    When you think that you do not need tears for your sins during prayer, reflect on this: you should always be in God, and yet you are still far from Him. Then you will weep with greater feeling.

    Evagrios the Solitary



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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 01.11.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 1-5: pages 30-31: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (until the words "...for hindering Him from doing good").
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the ninth stichera ("O wondrous elders of Optina..."). The words are not to be found 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 1962 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 6 from the words "In 1652-3 there began a fatal quarrel..." until the words "...who have no priests").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 03.11.2022)

  • 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 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on the books called Apocrypha, items 6-10.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from page 8.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to retell / discuss / answer questions on Introduction from the words "While the Orthodox Church became bounded..." until the words "...by the majority of other Orthodox Churches".Be ready to read and translate Introduction from the words "The Orthodox Church is thus..." until the end of the Introduction.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 10.11.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 17-22). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-10 from the New Testament.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 11-13 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 2 from the words "The life of the Church..." until the words "...and with man's salvation".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the words "The main work of 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 Music and Hymnology in the Church (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK
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    		3 КУРС (к 01.11.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 7, verses 1-10. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 14-15: page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until footnote 12 incl.).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from the Preface (page vi).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "At the beginning of the eleventh century..." until the words "...left matters worse than before".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "But even after 1054..." until the end of the section (the words "...has proved a great tragedy)".
    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 7)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (247)

    It is important for us to understand that all temptations in general are sent or allowed by God for our benefit.

    Fr. Jack Sparks



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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 25.10.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 3: 1-5: pages 30-31: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only.
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the eighth stichera ("Oh heavenly treasure hidden in an earthly vessel..."). The words are not to be found 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 1950 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 6 from the words "The schism of the Old Believers" until the words "...seemed to consist largely in bell-ringing").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 27.10.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2, verses 21 ff. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on the books called Apocrypha, items 1-5.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from page 7.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to read and translate Introduction from the words "While the Orthodox Church became bounded..." until the words "...by the majority of other Orthodox Churches".
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 27.10.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 8-16). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-10 from the New Testament.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 11 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready for "fill in the blanks" tests on Chapter 1 (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 2 from the beginning until the words "...the Church's coming of age".
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the words "The life of the Church..." until the words "...and with man's salvation".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Gender Issues in the Church (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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 25.10.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 17-22). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 12-13: page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (incl. footnote 10).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from the Preface (page v-vi).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "At the beginning of the eleventh century..." until the words "...left matters worse than before".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "But even after 1054..." until the end of the section (the words "...has proved a great tragedy)".
    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 7)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (246)

    As medicines purge the body from the impurity of bad humours, so grievous afflictions purify the heart from evil passions.

    Venerable Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh



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    4 КУРС (к 18.10.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 23-28: pages 28-29, pages 30-31: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "Understand this also..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the seventh stichera ("Rejoice, humble disciple..."). The words are not to be found 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 1854 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 6 from the words "One of the most interesting..." until the end of the section (the words "...for little more than a century").
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I, Qs 10-12).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 20.10.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2, verses 16 ff. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 34-39.
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from page 6.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Revise and be ready to answer questions on Introduction from the words "When Khomiakov wrote his letter in 1846..." until the words "...is not here our direct concern".
    Be ready to read and translate Introduction from the words "It is interesting to note..." until the words "...by the majority of other Orthodox Churches".
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 20.10.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 1-7). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-14 from the Terms and Names.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 10 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 1 from the words "It was only natural..." until the end of the chapter.
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the beginning until the words "...the Church's coming of age".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Gender Issues in the Church (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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

    • Your TEXT BANK
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    		3 КУРС (к 18.10.2022)

  • 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?)
    Think of a question you might ask your classmates to initiate a discussion related to the content of the quote.
  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 8-16). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 9-11: page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (footnote 9).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from the Preface (page iv).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "Photius was naturally alarmed..." until the words "...the verdict on Saint Photius".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "At the beginning of the eleventh century..." until the words "...left matters worse than before".
    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 6)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (245)

    It is a problem when a child wants this and that and when his parents cater to his every whim. Then, when the children grow up, they still expect everyone to comply with their wishes. Have you ever seen anything like that? Not even kings and queens get this kind of treatment!

    Elder Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica



    Source



    Orthodox Quote of the Week (244)

    When people praise you, be very circumspect, because then you are in a dangerous situation.

    Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov) of St. Petersburg



    Source



    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 06.10.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 6 (verses 1-7). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-14 from the Terms and Names.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 10 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 1 from the words "It was only natural..." until the end of the chapter.
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the beginning until the words "...the Church's coming of age".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on Gender Issues in the Church (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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 04.10.2022)

  • 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: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 4 (verses 9-17). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 9-11: page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...all might witness Who He is").
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from the book Orthodox Mysteries, pages 29-30.
    Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from the Table of Contents.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "It was not until after 850..." until the end of the section (words "...and the Crusades").
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "In 858..." until the words "...was now neutral no longer").
    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 4)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    4 КУРС (к 04.10.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 23-28: pages 28-29: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel only.
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the fifth stichera ("Having broken the chains of earthly reasoning..."). The words are not to be found 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 1287 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 6 from the words "Now that the dream..." until the words "...respect for human freedom".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    Answer Questions on this episode (Part I, Qs 6-12).
  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    2 КУРС (к 29.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 4 (verses 9-17). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-10 from the Books called Apocrypha.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 8-9 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 1 from the words "It was only natural..." until the end of the chapter.
    Be ready to translate Chapter 2 from the beginning until the words "...the Church's coming of age".
    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 II, Qs 13-15).

  • Write two-five original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 04.10.2022)

  • 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: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 4 (verses 9-17). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 9-11: page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...all might witness Who He is").
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from the book Orthodox Mysteries, pages 29-30.
    Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
    Be ready for a test on words from the Table of Contents.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "It was not until after 850..." until the end of the section (words "...and the Crusades").
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "In 858..." until the words "...was now neutral no longer").
    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 4)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 29.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 2, verses 1 ff. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 16-26.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on the Churches and Church Primates' titles (until the Church of Greece incl.).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access in class to the book Orthodox Mysteries. Be ready for a test on words from pages 3-4.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
    Be ready to answer questions on the part of the Introduction from the beginning until the words "...as Greece and Christian Russia are today".
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (243)

    Take care to distinguish between your thoughts, as the Fathers teach. Stop and look, decide which ones are good and which ones are bad. Then, disassociate from any that you find to be bad, believe nothing they tell you, do not believe for an instant that they are a part of who you are. This is of the utmost importance, because if we accept bad thoughts, then they will stay with us and make us believe that they are actually a part of us.

    Elder Sergei of Vanves



    Source



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    4 КУРС (к 20.09.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 21-22: pages 28-29: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary.
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the fourth stichera ("Rejoice, ye lovers of the wilderness..."). The words are not to be found 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 1182 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 6 from the beginning until the words "...the ends of Russian secular imperialism".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Watch Word on Fire: How to Keep Our Kids Catholic? (YouTube, 35:27)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 22.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1, verses 26 ff. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 16-21.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on the Churches and Church Primates' titles (until the Church of Georgia incl.).
  • 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
    Have access in class to the Introduction.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 22.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 4 (verses 1-8). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 1-10 from the Books called Apocrypha.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 8 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 1 from the words "People today..." until the words "...to undergo martyrdom of blood").
    Be ready to translate Chapter 1 from the words "It was only natural..." 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 Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) on What Evangelicals and Orthodox Can Learn From Each Other (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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 20.09.2022)

  • 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: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 4 (verses 1-8). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 7-8: 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: Be ready for a test on words from the book Orthodox Mysteries, pages 29-30.
    Have access to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "We have already had occasion..." until the words "...between Germany and Byzantium".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "It was not until after 850..." until the end of the section (words "...and the Crusades").
    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 3)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (242)

    We are not mightier than Samson, wiser than Solomon, more knowledgeable about God than David, and we do not love God better than did Peter, prince of the apostles. So let us not have confidence in ourselves; for he who has confidence in himself will fall headlong.

    St. Hesychius the Theologian of Jerusalem
    Philokalia, Vol. 1.


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    4 КУРС (к 13.09.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 18-22: pages 28-29: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "He calls Himself the Bridegroom..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the third stichera ("Come, oh ye faithful..."). The words are not to be found 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 1059 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 6 from the beginning until the words "...the ends of Russian secular imperialism".
    Make sure you know the meaning of words and phrases in bold, and how to pronounce them.
  • Listening
    Listen to Frederica Here and Now: What Is Worship For?: Part One (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 15.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1, verses 20 ff. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 8-15.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on the second column (plus Archpriest).
  • 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.
  • Write three original sentences (not necessarily interconnected) that are true for you using any words and collocations from your study material (above) and post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 15.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3 (verses 20-24). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 28-39 from the Titles of the Books of the Bible.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 7 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter 1 from the beginning until the words "...'the medicine of immortality'").
    Be ready to translate Chapter 1 from the words "People today..." until the words "...to undergo martyrdom of blood").
    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 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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 13.09.2022)

  • 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: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3 (verses 20-24). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Gospel of St. Mark, 1: 6: page 15-17: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the commentary (from the words "The food that John ate..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the book Orthodox Mysteries (page 30).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "This initial divergence..." until the words "...date back considerably earlier".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "We have already had occasion..." until the words "...between Germany and Byzantium".
    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 3)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (241)

    If one understands the mysteries of spiritual life and the mystical way in which God works, he ceases worrying over what happens to him, because he accepts joyfully the bitter medicines that God gives him for the health of his soul. Such a person considers everything to be the result of his prayer, since he constantly asks from God to purify his soul.

    Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
    Spiritual Councils IV: Family Life


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    4 КУРС (к 08.09.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • Biblical Studies: Gospel of St. Mark, 2: 18-22: pages 26-27, pages 28-29: be ready to translate orally from English into Russian and backwards the text of the Gospel and the commentary (until the words "...they will fast and struggle").
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and transcribe the second stichera ("Rejoice shepherds of rational sheep..."). The words are not to be found 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 869 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 "The Orthodox of the seventeenth century..." 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: Escalator (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


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    ДОМАШНЕЕ ЗАДАНИЕ
    1 КУРС (к 08.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 1, verses 9 ff. See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    Have access in class to the Titles of the Books of the Bible. Be ready for a test on items 1-8.
  • Church Etiquette: Have access in class to the Titles of the Clergy. Be ready for a test on the first column (except for Archpriest).
  • 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.
  • 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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    2 КУРС (к 06.09.2022)

  • Biblical Studies: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3 (verses 8-19). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    Be ready for a test on items 28-32 from the Titles of the Books of the Bible.
  • Temple and Worship: Be ready for a test on words from page 7 of the book Orthodox Mysteries.
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church

    Be ready for "fill in the blanks" tests on Introduction (together with "About the Author" section; 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 1 from the beginning until the words "...'the medicine of immortality'").
    Be ready to translate Chapter 1 from the words "People today..." until the words "...to undergo martyrdom of blood").
    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 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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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    		3 КУРС (к 06.09.2022)

  • 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: Download and have access in class to The KJV of the Bible. Be ready to read Chapter 3 (verses 8-19). See the opening page of Genesis in the 1611 edition for the way it looked when first published.
    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 (until the words "...he hath a demon", incl. footnote 6).
  • Temple and Worship: Have access to the book Orthodox Mysteries (pages 29-30).
  • Church History: Met. Kallistos (Ware) The Orthodox Church
    Be ready to retell Chapter III from the words "Cut off from Byzantium..." until the words "...the monarchy of the Pope".
    Be ready to translate Chapter III from the words "This initial divergence..." until the words "...date back considerably earlier".
    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 2)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    Orthodox Quote of the Week (240)

    Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in monasteries, mountains and caves can achieve salvation. Solely because of their faith in Him God bestows great blessings on them. Hence those who because of their laziness have failed to attain salvation will have no excuse to offer on the day of judgment. For He who promised to grant us salvation simply on account of our faith in Him is not a liar.

    Venerable Symeon the New Theologian


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    4 КУРС (к 01.09.2022)

  • Patristic Heritage: 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?)
  • 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 (from the words "Therefore neither should we be ashamed..." until the end of the section).
  • Temple and Worship: Listen to this piece (6) from an Orthodox worship in English and tell what part of what service this is. Transcribe the first stichera ("Rejoice, oh ye lovers of Optina..."). The words are not to be found 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 710 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 "One of the representatives..." until the words "...they have not normally done so").
    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 Cost of Independence (also here)
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.


    • Your TEXT BANK
    Your gradebook
    Your roll book

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    1 КУРС (к 01.09.2022)

  • 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 1611 edition for your information (the way it looked originally).
    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 post them in the TEXT BANK forum. Highlight the words and collocations you use in CAPITALS or bold type.

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