Liturgical practicum for Deacons and Diaconal Candidates in June - OCA
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CRESTWOOD, NY [SVS] – Intense liturgical training is the focus of a 4-day training program to be held June 3-6, 2008, on the campus of St Vladimir’s Seminary.
Practical liturgical training will be supported by daily celebration of the Divine Liturgy and other divine services by participants with seminary clergy. In addition to practicums, focused presentations by faculty will augment the deacon’s understanding of his place in the liturgical life of the Church and the deacon’s broader vocation as a symbol to the faithful of the diakonia of Christ our Lord. Instruction in public speaking and vocal technique will also be offered.
Participants are invited to arrive the afternoon of Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The program begins with the celebration of Vespers for the Leavetaking of Pascha. Sessions conclude in the late morning of Friday, June 6, following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. Participants are invited to register for the St Sergius and St Alban Fellowship Conference that will take place in the later part of the week. The conference will feature noted speakers such as Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), Metropolitan Philip (Saliba), and Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) among others.
Fr John Behr, Dean of the Seminary, explains the purpose of this concentrated liturgical training for deacons and diaconal students: “Our former dean, Fr Alexander Schmemann, taught us that everything in worship concerns us as the Church of God, makes us the living body of Christ, and concerns me, as a living member of that body. The deacon’s prominent role in worship requires that he studies and learns the rubrics of the services. The training we provide offers just such an opportunity for learning.”
Intensive workshops led by Protodeacon Kirill Sokolov, Lecturer in Liturgics at St Vladimir’s Seminary, will aim to provide participants with the skills needed to serve effectively in the Orthodox Church as an attentive server, deacon, or priest. Particular focus will be given to the typical celebration of the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom by one priest and one deacon. Attention will be given to the liturgical patterns of movement that inform the entire rite of the Church. Participants will also receive guidance on concelebrations and hierarchical celebrations so that they can effectively prepare for such occasions.
Fr Alexander Rentel, the seminary’s Coordinator of Liturgical Instruction, will offer presentations on the Liturgy of the Church and the place of the received Typikon and other liturgical guides in ministry.
This practicum, which is being offered for the second consecutive summer, is held in conjunction with the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Vocations Program and is highly recommended for participants in the Church’s program by the Holy Synod.
Further information, including the program, online registration, and travel information, is available on the seminary web site at a special event home page: http://www.svots.edu/2008diaconal
Participants are invited to arrive the afternoon of Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The program begins with the celebration of Vespers for the Leavetaking of Pascha. Sessions conclude in the late morning of Friday, June 6, following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. Participants are invited to register for the St Sergius and St Alban Fellowship Conference that will take place in the later part of the week. The conference will feature noted speakers such as Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), Metropolitan Philip (Saliba), and Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) among others.
Fr John Behr, Dean of the Seminary, explains the purpose of this concentrated liturgical training for deacons and diaconal students: “Our former dean, Fr Alexander Schmemann, taught us that everything in worship concerns us as the Church of God, makes us the living body of Christ, and concerns me, as a living member of that body. The deacon’s prominent role in worship requires that he studies and learns the rubrics of the services. The training we provide offers just such an opportunity for learning.”
Intensive workshops led by Protodeacon Kirill Sokolov, Lecturer in Liturgics at St Vladimir’s Seminary, will aim to provide participants with the skills needed to serve effectively in the Orthodox Church as an attentive server, deacon, or priest. Particular focus will be given to the typical celebration of the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom by one priest and one deacon. Attention will be given to the liturgical patterns of movement that inform the entire rite of the Church. Participants will also receive guidance on concelebrations and hierarchical celebrations so that they can effectively prepare for such occasions.
Fr Alexander Rentel, the seminary’s Coordinator of Liturgical Instruction, will offer presentations on the Liturgy of the Church and the place of the received Typikon and other liturgical guides in ministry.
This practicum, which is being offered for the second consecutive summer, is held in conjunction with the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Vocations Program and is highly recommended for participants in the Church’s program by the Holy Synod.
Further information, including the program, online registration, and travel information, is available on the seminary web site at a special event home page: http://www.svots.edu/2008diaconal
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