San Francisco, January 17, 2012
With
the blessing of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and His
Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western
America, the Saints Cyril & Athanasius Institute
for Orthodox Studies is being established in the Bay
Area. It aims to become a new centre for the
higher-level study of Orthodox theology, history,
thought and practice throughout western North America.
The Institute will concentrate its activities around
provision of a Licentiate Certificate in Orthodox
Christian Studies, offered as a blend of in-class and
distance learning instruction, the latter provided
through a professionally-designed web site that
provides access to video lectures, live chat with
lecturers and fellow students, audio interaction,
on-line assignment submission and marking, and more.
Next month (February 17-18) the Institute's first
regional symposium will take place in San Francisco:
"Living Symbol: Exploring the Inner Meaning of the
Divine Liturgy" and will feature principal speakers
Archimandrite Meletios (Webber), Archimandrite Irenei
(Steenberg) and Archpriest Josiah Trenham. For more
information on the Institute and to register for the
symposium, please visit the Institute's web page.
ROCOR,
Western-American Diocese
