Seeking Wisdom: Orthodox Education and the Right Relationship of Human and Divine Wisdom According to St. Gregory Palamas
Fr. Matthew Penney, Ph.D.
SAINT KOSMAS CONFERENCE
CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 2018
Thank you, everyone. I’m glad to be here with you. I’m Fr. Matthew Penney, and I have had the great blessing over the last few years to do my doctoral research on one of the greatest saints of our Church, a great saint and theologian, Saint Gregory Palamas.
What I want to do today is to try to take this great learning and the great life of Saint Gregory and try to pull out some principles for you, some guidelines, in order to think about our topic today. I am a very strong believer, strong advocate, that the theology of our church, even in the most complicated ways, is actually really, really practical, if we can make those connections and if we can understand the repercussions of these theological principles, which is why they’re so important, which is why one Greek letter, an iota, can mean the difference between Christ being God and Christ being a creature.
So, hopefully, today, I’ll be able to give you some principles from the wisdom of Saint Gregory that will help you in how you approach choosing your curricula and how you approach teaching it.
Illustrated Synaxarion — November 14
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Hymnography — November 14
Sheet Music
SAINT ANTHONY’S MONASTERY DIVINE MUSIC PROJECT
Sheet music for hymns in ENGLISH, western or byzantine notation.
Hymnography Scores & Audios
AGES INITIATIVES DIGITAL CHANT STAND
Service texts for the entire year in ENGLISH (as pdfs), with hymnography audios and scores in western notation or byzantine neum.
Scripture — November 14
Books for Children — November 14
The Illustrated Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church (PDF)
compiled by Antonios Markou
published by St. Symeon the Translator's Centre for Hagiographical Studies
The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints: November (Volume 3)
written/compiled by St. Demetrius of Rostov
published by Chrysostom Press
distributed by Saint Herman Press
handwriting/penmanship copywork:
Saints of the Church: Lives of Seventy Saints by St. Nikolai of Zhicha Arranged Chronologically with Copywork Made from the Hymns of the Orthodox Church
[copywork options include manuscript or cursive, Getty Dubay or Zaner Bloser; format options include hard copy or digital download]
published by Paidea Classics
[includes Apostle Philip]
The Disciples of Christ
Book 4 (in a series of 8)
by Spiritual Fragrance Publishing (2012)
distributed in the US by Archangels Books
[includes Apostle Philip]
My Synaxarion of the Holy Apostles (English, Greek)
My Synaxarion: November (English, Greek)
Egle-Ekaterine Potamitis
Potamitis Publishing
[includes Apostle Philip]
My Synaxarion of Holy New Martyrs #1 (English, Greek)
Egle-Ekaterine Potamitis
Potamitis Publishing
[includes New-Martyr Constantine of Hydra]
Saints for All Ages: Volume 4: Rulers of Nations, Servants of Christ
Department of Religious Education, Orthodox Church in America (1981)
[includes St. Justinian and St. Theodora - Nov.14]
This series is out of print. It can sometimes be found on Amazon or eBay. Saint Kosmas Orthodox Education Association will be providing digital images of this out-of-print series in the near future.
Audios — November 14
Audio Synaxarion
PATRISTIC NECTAR SYNAXARION PROJECT
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