May 24, 2013

Orthodox Bible Study and Orthodox Enrichment Classes to Resume this Week

With great joy, the parish announces the return of the Ortho­dox Bible Study and Ortho­dox Enrich­ment classes after a long hia­tus due to the parish’s sum­mer activ­i­ties. God will­ing, the Ortho­dox Bible Study will return this Tues­day, August 28, 2012 from 7:30–8:30p after the Rais­ing of Incense at 7:00p. The class will pick up at Genesis […]

New Schedule for Orthodox Enrichment Class

Last August, we announced the begin­ning of the Ortho­dox Enrich­ment Class, a new ser­vice aimed at enrich­ing the ser­vant, youth, and cat­e­chu­mens of the church with an in-depth study of Early Church his­tory, patris­tics, and liturgy. Since that time, the class has thrived on Fri­day evenings with the grace of God. Today, we announce that the Orthodox […]

Lecture 7 Material — Persecution in the Second Century (con.) and the Apologists

St. Justin Martyr

St. Justin Mar­tyr Our best guess is that he was born around 114 in Shechem, which cor­re­sponds to Nablus, Pales­tine. His par­ents were pagan Greeks. As he grew up, it was clear that St. Justin loved knowl­edge and con­stantly searched for the truth. This love led him to the var­i­ous schools of Greek phi­los­o­phy, but […]