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Coffee Hour Schedule
Vestment
making
on
Saturdays beginning at 11 am:
For more information,
contact Nevine Nassif.
Choir
rehearsals on Sundays after the Coffee Hour.
Adult
Education class on the history of Orthodox Church in America begins on Sunday, August 1st, after Divine Liturgy. We will be meeting every other week for four sessions:
1. History of Alaskan mission 1794-1917
2. Moscow Council of 1917/18 and its significance for the American Metropolia
3. Orthodox jurisdictions in America
4. Autocephaly
Recommended readings for the class:
Alexander Bogolepov, "Toward an American Orthodox Church" and "Church Reforms in Russia 1905-1918"
Autocephaly: The Orthodox Church in America. (articles and documents first published in ST. VLADIMIR'S THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY Vol. 15, Numbers 1/2, 1971.)
Regarding the availability of reading materials:
"Toward an American Orthodox Church" is in print from SVS Press and will be available from our Church bookstore at a discounted price.
"Church Reforms in Russia" is out of print. There is limited availability on used book sites.
"Autocephaly" as well as back issues of The Quarterly are out of print. However, some of its contents are available on various websites. Links are below:
Tomos of Autocephaly and corresponding documents;
"A Meaningful Storm" by Fr. Alexander Schmemann;
"The Autocephalous Church" by Fr. John Erickson;
"What Is Autocephaly?" by Fr. John Meyendorff;
In addition, "The Problems of Orthodoxy in America", a series of articles by Fr. Alexander Schmemann, are available here:
The Canonical Problem
The Liturgical Problem
The Spiritual Problem |
15th All-American Council 