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Fr Michael's Adult Education Class

Fr Michael teaches an class for adults at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings before Liturgy during the school year. Everyone is invited to attend. The class is live-streamed with the day's Liturgy on YouTube, so you can watch the class live or see previous classes.

Current Adult Ed classes

(under construction)

Adult Education Class Archives

Class Date	Lesson	Handouts / Notes
1/07/18	On the Church Calendar
1/14/18	On the Orthodox Study Bible	New Testament reading plan Old Testament reading plan
1/21/18	On the Structure of Great Lent & Paschaltide	Great Lent Handout
1/28/18	On Orthodox Devotional Items in the Home
2/04/18	On Fr Michael's Conversion, & the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of Orthodox Spirituality & Great Lent
2/11/18	On Fr Michael's interview with Fr Justin, the librarian of the Monastery of St Catherine's on Mount Sinai	Note: The actual interview, which was broadcast on DOOR radio, can be found here, episode #143, airing on 2/19/18
2/18/18	On Great Lent, Forgiveness Vespers, The Great Canon, the Presanctified Liturgy, and how to keep the first week of Great Lent well
2/25/18	On Icons, their History and Theory
3/04/18	On St Gregory Palamas and the Hesychast Controversy
3/11/18	On the Holy Cross, its Types and its Power	Note: Also hear Fr Thomas Hopko's excellent presentation, on The Word of the Cross, part 1 and part 2
3/18/18	On St John Climacus, the Icon of the Ladder of Divine Ascent, and some selections from the book
3/25/18	On the Life of St Mary of Egypt
4/01/18	On the prophecy of Zechariah about the entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

Passion Narrative series

Class date	Lesson	Handout/Notes
1/13/19	Intro to the Passion Narratives	Passion Narratives class 1
1/20/19	Lazarus Saturday (partial)	Passion Narratives class 2
1/27/19	Entrance into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)	Passion Narratives class 3
2/3/19	Cleansing the Temple, cursing the fig tree, Jesus' authority.	Passion Narratives class 4
2/10/19	Three parables, Disputes with opponents	Passion Narratives class 5
2/17/19	Lament over Jerusalem, plot to kill Jesus, Mary's anointing, Judas' betrayal, preparing the Passover	Passion Narratives class 6
2/24/19	The Last Supper (fragment)	Passion Narrative class 7
2/24/19	Foot washing, Gethsemane	Passion Narrative class 8
3/3/19	Betrayal & Arrest of Jesus	Passion Narrative class 9
3/10/19	Trial before Caiaphas, Peter's denial, Judas' repentance	Passion Narrative class 10
3/17/19	Trials before Pilate & Herod, what scourging and crucifixion were	Passion Narrative class 11
3/24/19	The Crucifixion	Passion Narrative class 12
3/31/19	The Crucifixion (cont'd)	Passion Narrative class 13
4/7/19	Taking down from the Cross & Burial	Passion Narrative class 14
4/14/19	Sealing the tomb	Passion Narrative class 15