Metropolitan John

Archbishop: His Eminence, Metropolitan John		 Antiochian Orthodox Deanery
of the United Kingdom and Ireland
 Registered Charity No. 1057533

 Committed to Mission in the West
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe

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St. Theodore of Tarsus
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 “the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” 
[Acts 11:26] 

 

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User Guide - Course Registration and Lecture Access

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  1. This 3 year course is organised and hosted by our parish in Manchester, St. Aidan's.

  2. There are 3 classes of participants ... STUDENTS, VISITORS and SUBSCRIBERS.  STUDENTS must be Orthodox Christians or family members of attending Orthodox Christians.  Discretion lies with the Course Director.

  3. Those living within visiting range of the church may register here and take the Diploma as a STUDENT provided that it proves possible to attend the lectures at least once a month. Other STUDENTS living more locally are expected to attend weekly on a Tuesday night from 29th September 2009, 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm. STUDENTS not living within reasonable reach of Manchester and International Students may apply for the Distance Learning Program.  The qualification for attaining the Diploma is simply the satisfactory completion of all Assignments to the required standard.  Full support will be given either locally or by Distance Learning.

  4. Registration takes place in the 8 weeks before the start of the first term. Those wishing to join as students part way through the year MAY be able to do so but in this case they should apply to the Course Director.

  5. By 2010 there will be 3 cohorts of students working at different year stages concurrently.

  6. Diplomas are only awarded to those who successfully complete the 3 year course as STUDENTS.  Here is the syllabus.

  7. VISITORS [see (8)] will receive appropriate Certificates of Attendance.

  8. Those attending occasional lectures (VISITORS) but not intending to complete the assignments (two per term) together with those not able to travel into the parish (SUBSCRIBERS) may pay to receive their chosen lectures by email or subscribe to the whole 3 year set by online access.  Diploma STUDENTS will gain access to lectures online once payment has been made.  Students, please use the registration form here.

    The lecture order form for VISITORS and SUBSCRIBERS may be printed, completed, scanned and emailed back to frgregory@antiochian-orthodox.co.uk or posted to Revd. Fr. Gregory Hallam, 29 Willis Road, Stockport, Cheshire  SK3 8HQ.

    Lectures currently available are being linked week by week on the download page.  Year 1 will be available by the Summer of 2009, Year 2 by the Summer of 2010 and Year 3 by the Summer of 2011.

  9. Lecture access is offered on a trust basis. No one may redistribute, edit or in any way reproduce these lectures for anything other than their own private use, (see the copyright notice).

  10. STUDENTS will be advised of their login details once payment has been received.  These log-ins MUST NOT be shared with anyone else.  Infringement will lead to the cancellation of the log-in.

Fee Structure                        Fees

  1. There is a tripartite fee structure for Students, Visitors and Subscribers.

  2. Each category has a concessionary rate for the unwaged and retired senior citizens.

  3. In case of financial difficulty, please contact the Course Directory, Fr. Gregory Hallam at orthodox@clara.net

  4. Payment is by Paypal (preferred) but other options are available.

 

Specimen of the beginning of the Lecture for Year 1 Term 1

UNIT 1A:1 ORTHODOX FAITH AND LIFE
Orthodox Faith and Life - Theology, Experience, and Practice

"Theology" is a word that discourages many people, especially perhaps in the west where it has, sadly, become the prerogative of the specialist, an academic pursuit. It is frequently associated with abstraction, a lack of usefulness to Christian faith and life. If this was the true nature of Theology then it would deserve to be rejected as a worthy Christian endeavour. Happily, this is not the case with theologising in the Orthodox Church. The often quoted remark of the 4th century Evagrius of Ponticus is relevant here:-

"The one who has purity in prayer is a true theologian, and the one who is a true theologian has purity in prayer." [Treatise on Prayer, 61]

And yet, it is by no means self evident what the relationship is between theology and prayer. "Theology" from the Greek "Theos" and "Logos" means "words about God." "Prayer" is not merely saying the words of theology or else every lecture hall would be an oratory. Prayer is an act or state of communion with God in which words must often give way to silence and attentive listening. Here though is perhaps the key to resolving this connection. God speaks, we hear, we talk. However this Word of God, first uttered in Creation, is also the Word become incarnate as the God-Man Jesus Christ.  .......... CONTD ...........

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All material on the site http://www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk pertaining to the "E-Quip" course and its materials is copyright © 2010 to Revd. Fr. Gregory Hallam, except where otherwise indicated.  All rights reserved.  This copyright takes precedence over the Creative Commons Licence otherwise applying to this site.