The Inner Journey: Be Still and Know that I Am God
Dr. Albert Rossi

1. Christian Identity: Be Still and Know Who, Whose, I Am
2. Journey into Stillness: Personal Prayer
3. Stillness Expressed: Vocation
4. Be Still and Know through Relationships
   

Dr. Albert Rossi teaches courses in pastoral theology at Saint Vladimir's Seminary. He is a member of the SCOBA Commission on Contemporary Social and Moral Issues. He has written numerous articles on psychology and religion and published a book through Paulist Press entitled, Can I Make a Difference: Christian Family Life Today. After teaching at Pace University for 24 years, he retired as Associate Professor of Psychology. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of New York.


Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Evangelical Orthodox Church's Reception into the Antiochian Archdiocese
Fr. Gregory Rogers

1. Coming in from the Cold: Campus Crusade, The New Covenant Apostolic Order, and the Church
2. Born to Die: The Formation and Development of the Evangelical Orthodox Church
3. Rebuilding the Ancient Ruins: Life and Aspiration in the Evangelical Orthodox Church
   
4. The Place Where God Dwells: Two Patriarchs, Two Visions, the End, and the Beginning

Fr. Gregory Rogers has taught several subjects at Aiken Technical College, Aiken, SC, where he now serves as Dean of General Education and University Transfer. He is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College and Valparaiso University and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago. He is the Pastor of St. Catherine Antiochian Orthodox Church, Aiken, SC and St. Barnabas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Lexington, SC, as well as the blessed husband of Pamela, proud father of three and grandfather of one.

"We did not know if we were in Heaven or on Earth...":
Themes in Russian Orthodox Church History
Fr. Alexander Rentel

Fr. Alexander Rentel is an Assistant Professor of Canon law and
Byzantine Studies at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, where he lives
with his wife and three small children. He is well known by his
students for his engaging and interesting classes. He received his
Masters in Divinity from St. Vladimir’s in 1995 and has been a priest
in the Orthodox Church in America since 2001.

Living Icons: Persons of Faith from the Orthodox Church in the 20th Century
Fr. Michael Plekon

Fr. Michael Plekon is a priest in the Orthodox Church in America and a
Professor at Baruch College, The City University of New York, where he
teaches courses both in sociology and religion. He has Ph.D. from
Rutgers University and has published many articles and books, two of
the most recent being Living Icons and Tradition Alive, in which he presents the stories and writings of several contemporary, Orthodox luminaries of the last century.

Understanding Our Worship
Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas

1. How the Orthodox Liturgy Came to Us: The Development of the Byzantine Rite
2. The Nature of Liturgical Piety: Rediscovering the Eucharistic Perspective
3. Celebrating Our Salvation in Christ: The Meaning of Christian Feast
4. What are we Doing when we Celebrate the Divine Liturgy?

Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas is the former Dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and taught courses in liturgical and sacramental Theology. He has his masters degree in Theology from St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary, and has his doctorate in Theology from the University of Thessalonike. He has published many books and articles about the sacraments, and has been exploring a range of issues related to the sacraments and to liturgical renewal and reform.

Seeking the Path to the Kingdom of Heaven
Archimandrite Meletios Weber

Fr. Mel has been the pastor of Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Santa Cruz, California since 1994.
He studied Theology at Oxford in England and also at the University in Thessalonika, Greece. He was tonsured a monk at the Community of St. John on the island of Patmos in 1978. He has been a high school teacher and a university professor. His first book, Steps of Transformation, was
published in 2003, and a second book on the Sacraments is due out this year.

Praying with Icons
Jim Forest

Jim and Nancy Forest live in Alkmaaar, Holland and are members of St.Nicholas of Myra Russian Orthodox Church in Amsterdam. Jim has been a prolific writer and lecturer for many years. His most recent book is Praying with Icons.
He has also written books on nonviolence, reconciliation, and religion in Russia., as well as a biography of his friend Thomas Merton. He is the secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship and edits its publication, "In Communion."
Nancy Forest is also a writer, translator, editor, as well as mother and grandmother.

"My Lord and My God" Personal Faith in Christ Our Savior
 Bishop KALLISTOS Ware

Bishop Kallistos is the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Diokleia and a former lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford in England. In addition to being an articulate and authoritative spokesman for Orthodox Christianity in the western world, he is also the author of several well-known books, including The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way.

1. "Perfect God and Perfect Man": The Beyond in our Midst
2. "Tempted in Everything just as we are": Christ our Healing
3. "They Crucified the Lord of Glory": The Transfiguration and the Cross
4. "The Hope of Glory": Christ is Coming Again

 Who Is Jesus Christ? "Yesterday, Today and Forever"
ABOVE ALL HIS FRIENDS: Prophecies about Christ from the Old Testament
Fr. Eugen Pentiuc

Fr. Eugen Pentiuc is a Professor in Old Testament studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Mass. He has his Doctorate in Theology from Bucharest University, Orthodox School of Theology, Romania, and a Doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the author of several books and articles on the Old Testament and is currently a general editor in the Orthodox Study Bible: Old Testament project. 

1. The Protoevangelion: Man's Fate Revealed
2. "And One like the Son of Man is Coming": God's Propensities towards Incarnation
3. Ebed-Yahweh: The Suffering Messiah
4. A Star of Jacob: The Triumphant Messiah

ORTHODOX EVANGELISM:
The Life and Preaching of Saint Paul

"Track 1"
Sixteen Incredible Years with the Apostle Paul from the Book of Acts

Fr. Peter Gillquist

Fr. Peter Gillquist, is the Chairman of the Department of Missions and Evangelism for the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America. He has forty years of ministry as a Bible teacher and Evangelist, fifteen as an Orthodox priest. He is the author of numerous books and was the Project Director for the Orthodox Study Bible, New Testament. While travelling extensively in raising up and overseeing new Orthodox Missions, Fr. Peter and his wife, Marilyn, make their home in Santa Barbara, CA.

4 Sessions
1) The Gospel Spreads through Aisa Minor: the 1st Missionary Journey, AD 46-48
2) The Gospel Reaches Ancient Greece: the 2nd Missionary Journey, AD 49-52
3) Revisiting Asia Minor and Greece: the 3rd Missionary Journey, AD 53-57
4) In Jerusalem, and on to Rome: 2 Years in Jerusalem and the 4th Journey, AD 57-62

"Track 2"
Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans:
God's Righteousness in Christ for the Unrighteous

Fr. Gordon Walker

Fr. Gordon Walker is the Pastor Emeritus of Saint Ignatius Orthodox Church in Nashville, TN, where he lives with his wife, Mary Sue. He has a lifetime of ministry as an Evangelist, Preacher, and Orthodox Priest, and now works with the Department of Missions and Evangelism for the Antiochian Archdiocese. Fr. Gordon is well known as an eloquent and learned teacher of the New Testament.

4 Sessions
1) How We Got to be Unrighteous Sinners: Romans 1-3
2) The Miracle of "by Grace through Faith Righteousness": Romans 4-6
3) God's Mt. McKinley: Romans 7-8
4) The Righteousness that is Expected of Us Romans 12-14

Stages of the Christian Moral Life and Challenges to Orthodox Christian Families

Fr. John Breck - Stages of the Christian Moral Life

Fr. John Breck (Ph.D.) is the author of The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics, SVS Press 1998. He taught New Testament and Ethics at St. Vladimir's Seminary in Crestwood, New York from 1984 to 1996, and presently teaches the same subjects at St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris, France. With his wife he directs the St. Silouan Retreat near Charleston, South Carolina, a pastoral ministry to clergy and wives.

1. Christian Theology of Marriage and Sexuality
2. Assisted Procreation
3. Genetic Manipulation
4. Care for the Dying Person

Lyn Breck - Challenges to Orthodox Christian Families

Lyn Breck (RN, CAC II, LPC) has degrees in Nursing, Psychology, and Addictions. In addition to her private practice, Therapia Counseling Services, she has lead retreats and workshops throughout the United States, Canada and Europe over the past twenty years. She taught Spirituality at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in New Rochelle, New York from 1990 to 1996.

1. Intergenerational Family Legacies
2. Honoring Our Children
3. Addictions and Demonic Oppression
4. The Healing Process: Freedom In Christ

THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME: Cosmic and Personal Dimensions of Orthodox Eschatology

T. L. Frazier - The End of the World: Millenial Mania

Mr. Frazier is a convert to Orthodoxy and has written numerous articles and books aimed at Protestants, arguing the case for the historic Christian Faith. He is also the author of the booklet Holy Relics, and co-author of the book, Understanding the Divine Liturgy. His most recent book is entitled, A Second Look at the Second Coming. Mr. Frazier lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.

1) The History of the End of History
2) An Orthodox Perspective on Israel and the Rapture
3) The Advents of the False Christ and the True Christ
4) Orthodoxy and the End Times

Fr. Theodore Pulcini - When Our End Comes: From Life to Afterlife

Ted is the pastor of St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Mission in Chambersburg, PA and Assistant Professor of Religion at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. He is a convert to Orthodoxy from Catholicism and received his Ph.D. From the University of Pittsburgh. He is a well-known and respected speaker on a variety of Orthodox issues and is the author of numerous writings, including the recent book, Orthodoxy and Catholicism: What are the Differences?

1) Departing this Life: What Happens at Death?
2) Undoing the Outrage: Why Death had to be Overturned
3) When the Books are Opened: Judgment
4) Defeating Death: The Unfolding Victory

ORTHODOXY IN AMERICA AT THE CLOSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Fr. Gregory Rogers - The 20th Century: A Century of Growth and Change

Fr. Gregory Rogers is an instructor at Aiken Technical College and Limestone College in South Carolina. He is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College and Valparaiso University and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago. He is also the Pastor of Saint Catherine Antiochian Mission in Aiken, South Carolina.

1) Immigration, Vision and Hope: The Establishment of Orthodox Identity in America
2) Revolution, Ethnicity and the Rise of Jurisdictionalism in Orthodox America
3) Ethnicity, Unity and Mission: The Changing Face of Orthodoxy in Modern America
4) Tradition and Traditionalism: The Unchanging Faith in a Changing World

Fr. Jon Braun - The Orthodox Christian Church and the Non-Orthodox

Fr. Jon Braun is pastor of Saint Anthony Orthodox Church in San Diego, California. He was a leader of the Evangelical Orthodox movement which joined the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in 1987. He has also been a longtime member of the Academic Community of Saint Athanasius Orthodox Academy in Sacramento, California, an author and a popular Christian speaker on college campuses throughout North America.

1) The Church: a Reality in Life and Being
2) The Stuff of Sects and Schisms
3) No Salvation Outside the Church: So Who is Inside and Who is Outside?
4) A Model for Reunion for Communion

Special Guest Lecture by Juliana Schmemann - "The Legacy of Fr. Alexander Schmemann"

Matushka Juliana Schmeman is a noted educator and speaker on issues relating to the Church and on women's issues. Mrs. Schmemann resides in Crestwood, New York and is the wife of the late Fr. Alexander Schmemann, priest, author and theologian of the Orthodox Church in America and Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary from 1958 to 1983.

WHO AM I? - THE HUMAN PERSON IN ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY

Dr. John Dalack - The Human Person's Struggle with Sin

Dr. Dalack is a member of St. Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn, New York and has a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. In addition to many years of private practice, Dr. Dalack has also written numerous articles and served as Adjunct Lecturer in Practical Theology at St. Vladimir's Seminary in New York.

1) Sin, Oneness of Heart, and Pride
2) Envy, Anger, and Sloth
3) Greed, Lust, and Gluttony
4) Struggle, Oneness of Heart, Prayer

Bishop KALLISTOS Ware - The Human Person at Prayer

Bishop Kallistos is the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Diokleiai and a lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford in England. In addition to being an articulate and authoritative spokesman for Orthodox Christianity in the western world, he is also the author of several well-known books, including The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way.

1) The Inner Kingdom of the Heart
2) Complex Unity: Body, Soul, and Spirit.
3) The Indwelling Christ: Baptism and Eucharist
4) Sacraments of Healing: Confession and Anointing
5) "Not I but Christ in Me:" The Jesus Prayer

 CHURCH, EVANGELISM AND CULTURE

Professor Veselin Kesich -The Church in the New Testament

Professor Kesich taught New Testament studies at Saint Vladimir's Seminary in New York for many years, where his warmth and love for the Gospel endeared many students to him. He has also written several books, including, The First Day of the New Creation and The Gospel Image of Christ.

1) Unity and Diversity in the New Testament Church
2) Life and Organization of the Early Christian Community in Jerusalem: "Hellenists" and "Hebrews"
3) Expansion outside Jerusalem: "House Churches," the Church as Family and as the Body of Christ
4) Diversity and Equality in the Church, the Prominence of Women and their Ministry in the Church
5) Charisma and Order in the Church, Structure as a Unifying Element

Fr. Michael Oleksa - The Orthodox Church in Alaska

The Rev. Dr. Michael Oleksa is Dean of St. Herman of Alaska Theological Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, and has served as an Orthodox Priest in Alaska for many years. He has taught Cross-Cultural Communication at the University in Alaska and more recently was a guest professor at St. Tikhon's Theological Institute in Russia. He has written several books, including, Orthodox Alaska: A Theology of Mission and Alaskan Missionary Spirituality.

1) The Diverse Cultures of Siberia and Alaska as New Fields for the Seed of the Gospel.
2) The Exploration of Alaska and the Lay Foundation of the Church, 1741-1794.
3) The Monastic Mission to Kodiak and the First Fruits of the Harvest: St. Herman, St. Peter the Aleut, Others
4) Missionary Expansion across Alaska: St. Innocent Veniaminov and St. Jacob Netsvetov
5) Alaskan Orthodoxy Today, Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century, Another Canonization?

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD

Sister Magdalen - Life in the Family and in the Monastery

Sister Magdalen is a monastic at the Orthodox Monastery of Saint John the Baptist in Essex, England, and author of Children in the Church Today, an Orthodox Perspective, published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

1) Finding and Doing the Will of God in Daily Life
2) Monastic Vocation in the Orthodox Church
3) Marriage and the Orthodox Christian Home
4) Children in the Orthodox Church Today
5) Helping our Teenagers and Young Adults

Dr. Andrew Walker - The Orthodox Church and Contemporary Life

Dr. Andrew Walker is a lay preacher and diocesan missioner in the Russian Patriarchal Church in Great Britain. He is head of theological education at King's College, London, was the director of the C. S. Lewis Center and is now director of Gospel and Culture. He is also visiting professor in evangelism at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Texas. He is the author of many books, the latest being, Telling the Story: Gospel, Mission and Culture.

1) The Holy Trinity and Community
2) An Orthodox Approach to Ecology
3) Asceticism and the Consumer Society
4) The Prophetic Role of the Orthodox Church in the Modern World
5) An Orthodox Approach to Inter-Church Relations - from International to Local
* Dr. Walker also gave an additional lecture on "Reaching the Children: C. S. Lewis and the Success of the Narnia Chronicles."

FOUNDATIONS OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

Dr. John Boojamra - Pivotal Moments in Early Church History

Dr. Boojamra received his Ph.D. in Church History from Fordham University and is currently a professor at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Crestwood, New York. He is also the head of Christian Education for the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese and has written numerous books and articles on education and church history.

1) The Movement of the Church from the New Testament to the 2nd Century
2) The Period of Persecution to the Reign of Constantine the Great
3) The Emperor Theodosius: The Establishment of the Church in the Late 4th Century
4) The Struggle of the Church to Define the Person of Jesus Christ: The Councils
5) Church - State Relations and the Emperor Justinian

Rev. Jason DelVitto - A Sacramental View of Life

Fr. DelVitto received his Masters of Divinity Degree from St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York and is completing his Doctoral studies at Duquesnes University in Pittsburgh. He currently teaches at St. Vincent College in Latrobe and Christ the Savior Orthodox Seminary in Johnstown, and is pastor of St. George Orthodox Church in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.

1) Sacramental Structure of the New Testament Church
2) Sacramental Imagery in the Gospel of Saint John
3) Holy Time and Holy Space
4) Living the Sacramental Life in the World
5) Eucharistic Nature of the Christian Life – the Legacy of Fr. Schmemann