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Russia's New Martyrs & The Catacomb Church: A Type of the End Times
By The Orthodox Ethos
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Spring-Summer Course 2: May 25 - July 27, 2021
Outline of Course
General Description
This course will introduce and examine the witness and stance of the new martyrs under the atheist yoke, as well as the life, witness and stance of the Church in Russia during the first two decades of Bolshevik rule (1918-1938).
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to present the ecclesiological and spiritual stance and witness of the confessors and martyrs of the Church under militant atheism, for the purpose of learning valuable lessons for the faithful today, who face the rise of authoritarianism and Caesaropapism in the post-Covid world.
Further Aims of the Course
- To better understand the historical conditions to which the Church of Russia was subjected from 1918-1938.
- To encounter and be edified by the witness of the confessors and martyrs during this period.
- To glean spiritual and ecclesiastical insights from the stance of the new martyrs for application to our own situation today.
- To discern the errors of Caesaropapism (and “Sergianism”) and how the saints understood and countered this error.
Lecture Times and Dates:
Meets: Tuesday evenings, 9 PM (EST), 6 PM (PST).
Lectures are held: May 25; June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; July 6, 13, 20, 27.
Viewable through Crowdcast, Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook pages.
Q&A sessions are held exclusively through Crowdcast on Thursday evenings 9 PM (EST), 6 PM (PST).
Lecture Topics:
Lesson 1: May 25th: Introduction: Russia’s Golgotha, A Type of the End Times
Lesson 2: June 1st: The Onslaught of Persecution and Resistance under St. Tikhon
Lesson 3: June 8th: The Renovationists and the Orthodox Response
Lesson 4: June 15th: The Satanic Bolshevik Mentality and Methodology
Lesson 5: June 22nd: The Lives and Witness of the New Martyrs (1918-1928)
Lesson 6: June 29th: The Declaration & Stance of Metropolitan Sergius (“Sergianism”)
Lesson 7: July 6th: Consequences of the Declaration and the Orthodox Response
Lesson 8: July 13th The Catacomb Church
Lesson 9: July 20th: The Lives and Witness of the New Martyrs (1928-1938)
Lesson 10: July 27th: Conclusion: Lessons for the Last Christians
Please submit your questions ahead of each lesson. Questions can be submitted directly to the Crowdcast page of the particular lesson, which is preferable, or under the announcement in Patreon for each lesson. All questions submitted during the lecture will be answered at the Question and Answer session on Thursday evening.
Join The Orthodox Ethos Patreon Page to participate in the class (access to the Q&A sessions and discussion, PDFs and other material): patreon.com/frpeterheers
Course Texts:
Russia’s Catacomb Saints by Ivan Andreyev and Fr. Seraphim Rose
The Course text is available online: http://russiascatacombsaints.blogspot.com
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