St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary - Events

Extension Program
Fall Semester, 2005

Monday

Religious Education 325 (2 or 3 credits)
Fr Mark Leondis

Understanding youth culture: strategies for ministry. Examination of various aspects of youth culture: music, television, technology, and new media. Implications for Orthodox youth ministry today, with special emphasis on effective use of media.

Class meets Mondays from 7:30-9:30 PM, beginning September 12, 2005.

Tuesday

Choral conducting. Choral rehearsal and conducting techniques are developed through individual and group practice in supervised sessions. In the first semester emphasis is placed on metric beat patterns, musical phrasing, and interpretation of liturgical styles. Settings from the Divine Liturgy are used to give students an opportunity to deal with problems frequently encountered in choral singing.

Class meets Tuesdays from 7:30-9:30 PM, beginning September 20, 2005.

Wednesday

Spirituality 312 (2 or 3 credits)
Professor Peter Bouteneff

Hagiology. This course discusses the place of the saints and their written lives in the life of the Church. Through looking at specific saints' lives, and through examining the categories of sanctity that have emerged in the the life of the Church, this course seeks to cultivate a right relationship with the vitae of the saints, and with the saints themselves.

Thursday

Creating a mission-minded parish. The theology of mission needs to be cultivated in every Orthodox parish. This course will place special emphasis on how the parish can participate in local, national, and global missions, offering practical ideas and methods. It will focus on case studies of dynamic parishes and ministries throughout the country.

Class meets Thursdays from 7:30-9:30 PM,
beginning September 15, 2005.