Meets: Tuesday evenings, 9 PM EST (2100), 6 PM (PST) (1800), 11 AM (Wed.) (AEDT) (1100).

Ideal for: Catechumens, Newly-Illumined, Un-catechized adults or young adults.

Text: The Truth of our Faith: Discourses from Holy Scripture on the Tenets of Christian Orthodoxy

Description: This lecture series aims to provide an introduction to those points of the Orthodox Faith which are both foundational and challenged by heterodox critics. The subjects covered will be the same, and in the same order, as laid out in the course text, The Truth of our Faith by Elder Cleopa*, but with additional supporting texts and observations from other Fathers, saints and ecclesiastical writers.

Lesson 1: October 6th: Introduction, On the Church

Lesson 2: October 13th: On Holy Scripture

Lesson 3: October 20th: On Holy Tradition

Lesson 4: October 27th: On the Veneration of the Theotokos, Saints and Angels

Lesson 5: November 3rd: On the Veneration of the Holy Relics and Holy Icons

Lesson 6: November 10th: On the Veneration of the Precious Cross and the Sign of the Cross

Lesson 7: November 17th: On Praying for the Reposed

Lesson 8: November 23rd**: On Divine Services, Symbols and On Fasting

Lesson 9: December 1st: On the Presuppositions of our Personal Salvation

Lesson 10: December 8th: On the Second Coming of Christ and On Chiliasm

Lesson 11: December 15th: On the Eternal Torments of Hell

Lesson 12: December 21st**: On "Speaking in Tongues" and On Magic

* The text for the course will be distributed electronically to participants at the first lesson.

**These lessons are held on Monday evening.

- Please submit your questions ahead of time, either as comments to the post announcing the next lesson ( on Patreon) or directly here on the Crowdcast page.

We thank you for joining us, ask your prayers and look forward to seeing you soon!

Course 001: The Truth of our Faith