Lessons

Study to show thyself approved.

Patristic Writings

• St. Nikolai Velimirovic | #1 | #2
• St. Nektarios
• St. Patrick
• St. Ephraim the Syrian | #1 | #27 | #55 | #57 | #75 | #86 | #120
• Humility (Various)
• Readings on Reading (Various)
• St. Ignatius of Antioch – to: St. Polycarp | Philadelphians | Smyrnaeans | Trallians | Romans
• The Didache
• From Bettenson’s Early Christian Fathers: St. Irenaeus of Lyons, St. Athanasius, St. Justin Martyr
• St. Seraphim of Sarov: Conversation With Nicholas Motovilov
• St. Anthony: Sayings
• St. Gregory Nazianzen: Oration 38

Holy Scripture

Citing the Hebrew Numbering System (for convenient use with [free] 1611 King James texts)

• The Prophet Isaiah ch. 7 | ch. 9 | ch. 49 | ch. 53 | ch. 59 | ch. 61 | ch. 65 (the Incarnation)
• The Prophet Jeremiah Ch. 23 (the Incarnation)
• The Prophet Michah Ch. 5 (the Incarnation)
• The Prophet Malachi Ch. 1 and Ch. 3 (the Incarnation)
• The Psalter: Psalm 2 (the Incarnation)
• The Gospel – St. Luke Ch. 1 (The Annunciation)
• The Gospel – St. John: 1 (1-18) | 6 (3-12) | 6 (24-59) | 7 (12-21) | Ch. 8 | 10 (19-42) | 12 (17-50) | 14 (5-26) | 15 (17-27) | Ch. 16 | Ch. 17 | 18 (19-40)
• The Gospel – St. Matthew Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 (The Sermon on the Mount)
• The Beatitudes: Gospel – St. Matthew 5:2-12 and St. Luke 6:20-26
• The Acts of the Apostles Ch. 3 (the Incarnation)
• The Acts of the Apostles: Ch. 5 1-11
• The 1st Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians Ch. 10 | Ch. 11 (The Mysteries)
• The 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians Ch. 2 (Holy Tradition)
• The Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews Ch. 8 (Recapitulation)
• The 1st Epistle of St. Peter Ch. 3 (Baptism)
• The 2nd Epistle of St. Peter Ch. 1 (Holy Scripture)
• The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians
• Proverbs
• On the Saints in Holy Scripture
• Various Topics in Holy Scripture

Lives of the Saints

• St. Athanasius the Great
• St. Angelina of Serbia
• St. Leo of Rome
• St. Seraphim of Sarov
• St Seraphim of Sarov
• St. Augustine: goarch.org | orthodoxinfo.com
• St. Mark of Ephesus: A True Ecumenist
• New Martyrs Of 20th Century Of The Serbian Orthodox Church In The 1990’s
• St. Petka
• St. Anthony
• Monthly readgins from the Prologue from Ohrid
• Weekly readings from the Prologue from Ohrid

Divine Services & Liturgical Texts

• Prayers at the Making of a Catechumen
• Notes on the Making of a Catechumen
• The Order of Baptism
• The Common Prayers
• The Evening Prayers
• The Creed
• The Synodikon on the Holy Spirit
• SYNODIKON OF ORTHODOXY
• Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos
• Selections from The Liturgical Year as Curriculum (GOA)
• The weekly Vesperal Readings

Books

• The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church – Vladimir Lossky
• The Law of God – Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy
• Diary of a Russian Priest – Fr. Alexander Elchaninov
• The Orthodox Way – Bishop Kallistos Ware
• The Mind of the Orthodox Church – Met. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Ch. 1 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 9

Articles

• Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Supplemental Material: Resources for Great Lent
• Liturgical: Holy Baptism
• Liturgical: Hot dog, it’s Lent!
• Liturgical: The Heavenly Liturgy We Live
• Liturgical: Divine Liturgy
• Liturgical: The Holies for the Holy: An Overview of the Divine Liturgy
• Liturgical: Welcome to the Orthodox Church: A Guided Tour
• Liturgical: First Visit to an Orthodox Church: Twelve Things I Wish I’d Known
• Liturgical: On Fasting A Monk of the Orthodox Church [Mirror] | Supplemental material: Readings on Fasting [PDF] [HTML]
• Liturgical: The Hours During Great Lent
• History: The Sack of Constantinople
• History: Franks, Romans, Feudalism, & Doctrine – Fr. John Romanides (3-parts)
• History: The Filioque Fr. John Romanides
• History: A Pocket Church History – Fr. Aidan Keller
• Pieties: On Taking a Christian Name at Baptism and the Origin of the Celebration of Name Days
• Pieties: What’s in a Name?
• Pieties: Icons: Aids in Spiritual Struggle
• Orthopraxis: Selections from The Way of the Ascetics Tito Colliander
• Orthopraxis: Partakers of the Divine Nature Bishop Kallistos Ware
• Spiritual Warfare: The Orthodox Doctrine of Causality – Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
• Spiritual Warfare: Ecumenism
• Spiritual Warfare: Sacred Monarchy and the Modern Secular State
• Spiritual Warfare: Nationalism, Man and Orthodoxy by Fr. Gibran Ramlaoui
• Spiritual Warfare: Unavoidable Questions – Ecumenism
• Patristics: Fr. Seraphim Rose of Platina: On the Mind of the Fathers</li

Audio

• Holy Matrimony – Bishop Kallistos Ware
• The Gates of Repentance – Byzantine Hymns of Great Lent – Apostolos Hill
• Hymns

Exams

• First Written Exam: [HTML] [DOC]
• Second Written Exam: [HTML] [DOC]
• Oral Exam: [HTML]
• Final Exam: [HTML] [DOC] [Answer Key]