My Syllabus

As I've had to occasion to mention a number of times, I taught for several years at Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, NY. I taught a variety of subjects: Principles of Orthodoxy, English, ESL, New Testament Greek, and Russian History. The subject that I was most excited to teach was always Principles of Orthodoxy, a two-semester sequence that I envisioned as a sort of introduction to theology. Here, for your interest, is the basic syllabus I used:

First Semester

• Genesis, 1-11;
• Genesis, 12-50;
• Exodus;
• Prophetic texts (handout -- the 12 Holy Saturday readings from Vespers);
• St. Matthew;
• St. Mark;
• St. Luke and Acts;
• St John and Epistles;
• Romans;
• Ephesians and Colossians;
• Revelation.
  

Second semester

• The Didache;
• The Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch;
• St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against the Heresies (selections);
• St. Athanasius, Against the Heathen, chapters 1-8;
• St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation;
• St. Athanasius, Life of St. Anthony the Great;
• St. Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit;
• St. Gregory the Theologian, Theological Orations;
• St. Gregory of Nyssa, Epistle to Peter [aka St Basil, Epistle 38];
  
• St. Gregory of Nyssa, That There Are Not Three Gods;
• St. Cyril of Alexandria, Second and Third Epistles to Nestorius; The Formula of Reunion
• The Chalcedonion Definition;
• St. John of Damascus, Homilies on the Dormition;
• St John of Damascus, First Treatise on the Holy Images;
• St. Gregory Palamas, Hagioritic Tome;
• St. Seraphim of Sarov, Conversation with Motovilov.
  

I really love to read the Scriptures and Holy Fathers!