An Overview of Orthodox Christianity

During the 2022-2023 Church School Year, our parish High School Class spent the year in an intensive overview of the Orthodox Faith, compiled by their teachers from a variety of Orthodox Sources.  It was so well received that at the request of our students, it has been digitized and uploaded to our parish website for their future reference and to share with their peers both within and outside the Orthodox Faith.

While by no means a detailed and in-depth presentation it does present a meaningful overview to inspire further reading and study.

It also serves as on overview of our entire parish Church School K-12 curriculum

The topics covered include the following: 

• Session 1 - Salvation History
• Session 2 - Private Prayer
• Session 3 - Corporate (Public) Worship
• Session 4 - Old Testament (The Pentateuch)
• Session 5 - Old Testament (History, Prophets, Wisdom)
• Session 6 - New Testament
• Session 7 - Church History (Age of the Apostles & Persecution)
• Session 8 - (Church History - Age of Ecumenical Councils and Great Schism)
• Session 9 - (Church History - Age of the New Persecutions & 20th-21st centuries)
• Session 10 - (Church History - History of American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese)
• Session 11 - Doctrine and Dogma
• Session 12 - Doctrine and Dogma As Outlined in the Creed. Part 1
• Session 13 - Doctrine and Dogma  As Outlined in the Creed. Part 2
• Session 14 - Holy Tradition - Part 1 (Sacred Scripture, Decisions of the Ecumenical Councils and the Canons)
• Session 15 - Holy Tradition - Part 2 (Church Architecture, Interior of Church, Iconography)
• Session 16 - Holy Tradition - Part 3 (Liturgical Life, Calendar, Fasting and Almsgiving)
• Session 17 - Introduction to Issues of Ethics & Morality
• Session 18 - Practicing Christian Morality - Love, Sex, Dating and Marriage
• Session 19 - Practicing Christian Morality - A Case Study
• Session 20 - Discerning One's Vocation in Life