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PREACHING, LITURGY, & RITUAL
School
Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry
TMPS7054
Introduction to Liturgy
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
To introduce the basics of liturgical theology, the course is divided into three parts: liturgical history and sources; ritual studies including art, music and environment; and liturgical practice, planning and celebration.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Ganir, Phillip A, SJ, Baldovin, John, Sj
MW
08:30AM-09:50AM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTC 825
Preaching and Protest
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course examines the ways that preaching has helped to galvanize and sustain social movements, shape the public discourse of pressing social issues, and serve as a practice of protest. The course will attend to the history of the relationship between preaching and protest and the theologies undergirding its practice in various sociocultural contexts. Consideration will also be given to the praxis of preaching during protests and rhetorical analysis of the speeches that emerge in protest moments. Students will have the opportunity to craft sermons for protest and analyze them using the tools that are developed in class.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Adkins-Jones, Tim
W
5:30-8:15 pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2038
Liturgical Theology
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
"Liturgy is the faith of the Church in motion." - Aidan Kavanagh. In this course, students will learn to think theologically about worship and liturgy in the Christian tradition. We will read classic texts by Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Reformed Protestant authors (Schmemann, Lathrop, Wainwright, Kavanagh, and others), alongside recent theological work in response to the liturgical upheaval of COVID-19. We will also consider topics such as the worship of the early church, the profound impact of the liturgical movement of the twentieth century across Christian traditions, and liturgy as Christian formation. Final projects will engage students’ specific research interests, traditions, and professional aspirations. This course counts as Anglican/Episcopal polity.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Walton
TBD
TBD
Grading Option
HDS Student Option (LG/SUS/AUD)
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
DOGM 5002 Z1
Dogmatics I
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
The Orthodox doctrine of the knowledge of God and of the doctrines of the Trinity, Pneumatology, cosmology, anthropology, and eschatology. Emphasis will be placed on the ancient Fathers and on contemporary Orthodox dogmaticians.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Fr. Demetrios Bathrellos
ASYNC
ASYNC
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
Y
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
LITG 5324
Teleturgics I for Antiochians
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
A liturgical practicum designed primarily to help the candidate for ordination develop a liturgical ethos, style, and presence. The course offers an analysis of the structural elements of the divine services and instruction on the use of the liturgical books of the Orthodox Church. The course is especially concerned to help the student develop skills for the proper conduct and celebration of the divine services. The class allows for role-playing and analysis.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Elie Estephan
W
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
2.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 5011 Z1
Ecclesiastical Chant II in English
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
The sacraments and services found in the Great Euchologion are studied for practical use. Prereq: Byzantine Music I and Ecclesiastical Chant in English.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Mr. Georgios Theodoridis
F
12:20-2:20 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
Y
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Byzantine Music I and Ecclesiastical Chant I in English
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 5402
Byzantine Music IV
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a systematic study of the theoretical and practical aspects of the Second, Plagal Second abd Varys Modes of the Psaltic Art within the context of the Anastasimatarion. By the end of the semester, students will be able to perform the resurrectional hymns of the liturgical book of Octoechos or Parakletike of the aforementioned modes in both parallage (solmization) and melos (melody).
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Odisseys Drossos
MW
11-11:50 AM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Byzantine Music I
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 6551
Service Rubrics
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a study of service rubrics, in accordance with the Typikon of the Great Church of Christ. Students will familiarize themselves with the liturgical books and study the services of the Orthodox Church with an emphasis on weekday Vespers and Orthos for Sundays. We will also study how the yearly cycles of movable and immovable feasts work in parallel with the weekly cyclical system of the Octoechos and how their co-existence affects the structure and individual components of liturgical services.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
R
1-2:20 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 6802
Byzantine Music VIII
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a systematic study of the papadic genus of the Psaltic Art in all eight modes with a great emphasis on hymns for the Divine Liturgy (trisagion, cherubic hymn,communion hymn, etc.). We will also briefly study slow doxologies, Triodion hymns and kalophonic heitmoi. Prerequisites: Byzantine Music I-V
Professor
Class Day & Time
Mr. Georgios Theodoridis
T
1-3 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
Y
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Byzantine Music I-IV
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSW 5350
Beginning Voice: Matching & Interval Matching
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
The class aims to provide the fundamental foundations of vocal coordination, which include: ear
training, pitch matching, octave matching, and interval matching. All skills will be worked using the
latest methodologies in voice science to coordinate the efforts of hearing, voice production, recall,
and feedback interpretation. Syllables such as Parallagi, Solfeggio or Numerals will also be used as
tools. Testing out of this class is optional with an individual assessment to be arranged with the
Professor, prior to the start of semester [Testing time TBD]. It is recommended that seminarians take
the course during their first year of studies before they take the Voice Class (.5 credits).
Professor
Class Day & Time
Ms. Brooke Wilcox
R
10:40 AM - 12 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
PAST 7201
Preaching: Proclaiming the Kingdom
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a preparation for the ministry of proclaim¬ing the word of the kingdom. Students are exposed to the theology of preaching, and methods of interpretation, preparation, and production of sermons. Lectures examine the listening assembly and the listening pulpit, the Liturgy and the homily, experiencing and expressing the word. The emphasis is on the prophetic, as well as on the practi¬cal, dimension of preaching. While this course is taught in the fall semester, the practical segment continues in the spring semester.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Luke A. Veronis
TR
2:10-3:30 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Preaching Proclaiming the I-V
School
St John's Seminary
ST501
An Introduction to the Sacred Liturgy
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course provides the student with a systematic introduction to the Western liturgical patrimony of the Catholic Church. It examines the historical, theological, canonical, and pastoral realities which undergird the celebration of the liturgy. In the first part of the course, the student will come to understand the origins of the liturgy and its major eras of development and reform. In the second part, the principal liturgical books of the Roman Rite are examined in detail, since these are the texts which a candidate for Holy Orders will encounter most frequently in the work of ministry. In the third part, pastoral considerations for the contemporary celebration of the liturgy are discussed.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Fr. Stamm
TR
T 10:30-11:45 AM; R 1:15-2:30 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTC 817
Introduction to Christian Worship
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
An introduction to the spirit and structure of Christian worship. Word, sacraments, calendar, music, and pastoral offices are analyzed and described in terms of their relevance to congregational life, spirituality, catechesis, and mission.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Tucker, Karen
TR
9:30-10:45 am, meets twice a week
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTC 826
Let the Church say Amen: Communal Preaching Methodologies
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
Who is the preacher and who does the preacher preach with? What difference would it make to think through a sermon with someone who is homeless? Or a victim of racial violence? Or in prison? Or someone of a different faith? Or a lay person or persons within the congregation? Or someone from another congregation? Or? Or? Or? This course will explore preaching methodologies that not only consider the congregation in sermon construction but those that include the congregation explicitly in the preaching process. Students will learn and utilize dialogical and collaborative forms of preaching and wrestle with their theological implications.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Adkins-Jones, Tim
R
12:30-3:15 pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
DOGM 5002
Dogmatics I
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
The Orthodox doctrine of the knowledge of God and of the doctrines of the Trinity, Pneumatology, cosmology, anthropology, and eschatology. Emphasis will be placed on the ancient Fathers and on contemporary Orthodox dogmaticians.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Fr. Demetrios Bathrellos
MW
10:40 AM - 12 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
LITG 5301
Teleturgics I
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
A liturgical practicum designed to help the candidate for ordination develop a liturgical ethos, style, and presence. The course offers an analysis of the structural elements of the divine services and instruction on the use of the liturgical books of the Orthodox Church. The course is especially concerned to help the student develop skills for the proper conduct and celebration of the divine services. The class allows for role-playing and analysis. Teleturgics I deals specifically with vespers, orthros the preparatory rites for the Divine Liturgy, i.e., Kairos, vesting and proskomide. The development, care and meaning of vestments is also dealt with. Prerequisite: Biblical or Ancient Greek
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris
R
2:20-4:20 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
2.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
LITG 7521 Z1
Sacrament of Marriage
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a theological, historical, and liturgical examination of selected texts on the holy sacrament of marriage. This course is for REMOTE students. Instructor's permission is needed for all other students.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris
ASYNC
ASYNC
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
Y
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
REMOTE ONLY
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 5202
Byzantine Music II
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a systematic study of the theoretical and practical aspects of the First and Plagal Fourth Modes of the Psaltic Art within the context of the Anastasimatarion. We will study the resurrectional hymns of the liturgical book of Octoechos or Parakletike of the aforementioned modes in both parallage (solmization) and melos (melody). Additionally, we will examine the characteristics of the diatonic genus and the heirmologic and sticheraric styles of chant. Prerequisite: Byzantine Music I.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
TR
12-12:50 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Byzantine Music I
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 5502
Byzantine Music Chorus
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
The St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir is a vocal ensemble that performs faithful and spiritually uplifting renditions of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine sacred musical works in the traditional style created and preserved at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. The choir regularly performs in liturgical services as well as at concerts, conferences, lectures, fundraising events, state and national holiday celebrations, and school cermonies both in Boston and throughout the United States. In addition to Byzantine chant, it performs Greek folk music, poular and arts songs, as well as modern English adaptations and original settings of sacred texts. The choir meets weekly to study and rehearse the repertoire for upcoming performances.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
R
7-9 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
0.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 6602
Byzantine Music VI
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
This course is a systematic study of the hymns chanted during the Great and Holy Week and the Feast of Pascha in the Orthodox Chutch. The tepettoite includeshymns in all eight modes and in all three melodic styles (heitmologic, stichetatic and papadic). Additionally, we will study the structute and rubrics of Holy Week and Pascha services .
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Odisseys Drossos
MW
3:30-4:20 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
1.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSB 6881
Byzantine Music X
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
The material taught in this course is equivalent to the material taught in the 5th year of Greek conservatories and provides comprehensive preparation for the final examination required for a Holy Ctoss Certificate in Byzantine Music. Students are expected to become competent in perfoming more technically demanding repertoire, including Petros Bereketis' eight-mode composition Theotoke Parthene, the Athenian funeral
Trisagion, kalophonic heirmoi and kratimata in all eight modes, and a selection of verses from Koukouzelis' Anoixantaria.
Prerequisites: Byzantine Music I-V
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
TBA
TBA
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Byzantine Music I-V
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
MUSW 5351
Voice Class
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
Although open to all students, this semester-long course is required of all seminarians. The class aims to improve individual voices while working with a class. The fundamentals of chanting/singing will be used, which include: attitude, posture, control of breath, attacks and releases, the jaw (neck and throat), registers, resonance, enunciation, etc. It is recommended that seminarians take the course during their first year.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Ms. Brooke Wilcox
R
2:30-3:20 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
0.5
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
PAST 7212
Preaching Practicum
BTI Category
Semester
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
FA26
A required practicum for those enrolled in PAST 7201 in the current/previous semester.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Luke A. Veronis
TBA
TBA
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
0
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Preaching I-V
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