It has been said that "doctors make the worst patients." Similarly, educators can make the worst students. What happens when scholars and teachers who are members of the Orthodox Church presume to teach theology without being good students of theology? How can educators embody the solution instead of perpetuating the problem? This episode is a sequel to "The Way of Orthodox Theological Education" (S2 E3).
Beginning with the poem "The Summit Temple" by the great Chinese poet, Li Bai, we take an Eastern Orthodox approach to silence.
Five Constant Virtues developed within Confucianism: Benevolence, Righteousness, Wisdom/Knowledge, Propriety, and Fidelity. In this episode, Father Symeon explains how both catechumens undergoing training in...
Li Bai, the great Chinese poet, reflected on mortal existence and the inevitability of death. Within the Orthodox Church, the most ancient Church in...