A Synaxarion of Daily Saints Part 1 | Fall

This course is broken up into two parts which can be taken and stand alone as semesters with unrepeatable content.

Fr. Lawrence Farley says in the introduction to his book A Daily Calendar of Saints:

Living as a disciple of Jesus means never living alone. That is, while we may sometimes (or often) experience life as a social solitary, we always have the company of the saints. God has saved us by setting us in the Body of His Son, His holy Church, and working out our salvation means that we find eternal life as part of that Body. (5)

While we often hear talk in Christian communities about being a body or even a family, it is all too common, even amongst those same Christians, to think very narrowly about this reality and to not give much thought to those members of the Church who have reposed in the body but are alive in Christ. The Church provides us with a calendar that reminds us about the continuing presence of many of these brothers and sisters in Christ, but how well do we really know them?

In this course, we will endeavor to grow closer to these fellow members of the Body of Christ through the short readings about the daily saints for each week as we progress through the semester. We will also work to grow closer to those saints who are closest to us: those whose names we bear, or those who have impacted our lives in significant ways. We will discuss our thoughts about the lives of the saints presented in our weekly readings, share with each other what we know about our patron saints or other saints who are significant in our lives, and learn the most important prayers and hymns of the Church connected to them.

Required Materials:
A Daily Calendar of Saints by Fr. Lawrence R. Farley (ISBN: 978-1-944-967-41-3). It can be purchased through the Ancient Faith store, AbeBooks, or from Amazon.
Other materials that will be provided by the instructor as downloads on Canvas.
Required materials are not included in the purchase of the course.

Alexander Titus

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Dr. Alexander Titus is a learner, educator, translator, and Church historian, specializing in the Byzantine and medieval Western periods. He holds a BA (2011) in Classics from the University of Oregon, an MA (2015) and ThM (2016) from St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary, and a PhD (2022) in Church History from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he wrote his dissertation on St. Gregory Palamas. His English translation of Palamas’ Triads is also forthcoming from St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. Dr. Titus has come to believe strongly in the salvific value of classical education, not only for the soul of the individual Christian, but for the building up of the whole Church. Dr. Titus currently lives in Western Oregon, with his wife and two sons. His other interests include cooking, literature, visual arts (e.g., film, animation, games), and volunteering in his local Orthodox community.

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