JOIN US FOR A FREE WEBINAR SERIES ON THE LIGHT OF THE BYZANTINE EAST!

• Are you a Western Christian (Catholic or Protestant) who is interested in exploring the Byzantine Catholic faith for your own development in faith?
• Are you contemplating joining or have you recently joined a Byzantine or Greek Catholic parish?
• Are you a Byzantine Christian who wants to learn more about your own rich tradition?

Join us for a series of Free 90-Minute Webinars on BECOMING BYZANTINE: An Introduction to Byzantine Catholic Faith, Worship, and Life Based on the Christ our Pascha Catechism offered through a free webinar series and pre-recorded video lessons. (See the Topic and Reading Plan below!)

Join our webinar presenters who will share their own thoughts and insights on the teachings of Christ Our Pascha:

• Fr. Deacon Anthony Dragani, PhD (Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Theology Professor, Author, Blog: east2west.org)
• Robert Klesko, MA (Byzantine Catholic, EWTN Theology Advisor, Deacon Candidate)
• Fr. Daniel Dozier, MA, MATS (Byzantine Catholic, author of 20 Answers on Eastern Catholicism)

Additionally, we will have three free, 20-minute video lessons each month on the topics listed below! Our presenters will be:

• Fr. Joseph Matlak, STL (Ukrainian Greek Catholic, High School Chaplain, Speaker)
  
• Fr. Michael Winn, STL (Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Former Seminary Rector, English Language Editor of the Christ Our Pascha Catechism, Blog: royaldoors.net)
• Robert Klesko, MA (Byzantine Catholic, EWTN Theology Advisor, Deacon Candidate)
  

A free online version of Christ Our Pascha Catechism is available here.

An additional resource that would be very beneficial is the book, The Face of God, by + Archbishop Joseph Raya.

Please note: A Zoom link will be sent to you a day prior to the first event.

Becoming Byzantine: Christ Our Pascha Topic and Reading Plan

Welcome to Becoming Byzantine! This series is intended to be an online introduction to Byzantine Catholic Faith, Worship, and Life based upon the teachings of the Christ Our Pascha (COP) Catechism. Each month, we will sponsor a 90-minute webinar which will serve as a conversation introducing the topics and themes from the catechism which can be read afterwards (paragraph numbers identified below), as well as from the recorded videos that will be available for free on our YouTube Channel. This can be used for individual, group, or parish study.

WEBINAR 1 - Sun, Sept 26, 4-530pm PST

Introduction to the Byzantine Catechumenate: Faith, Prayer, and Life of the Church (COP §§ 1-11; 53-54; 63-66; pp. 309-317)

• Lesson 1: Introduction to the Byzantine Catechumenate & Review of Concluding Section (COP §§ 1; 9-11; 53-54; 63-66; pp. 309-317)
• Lesson 2: Symbol of Faith (COP §§ 2-5)
• Lesson 3: Anaphora of Saint Basil the Great (COP §§ 6-8)

WEBINAR 2 - Sun, Oct 24, 4-530pm PST

FAITH OF THE CHURCH: Revelation of the Most Holy Trinity
(COP §§ 12-70)

• Lesson 4: God’s Revelation Holy Tradition (COP §§ 12-29)
• Lesson 5: Holy Tradition (COP §§ 30-37; 55-62;67-70)
• Lesson 6: The Holy Scriptures (COP §§ 38-52)

WEBINAR 3 - Sun, Nov 28, 4-530pm PST

FAITH OF THE CHURCH: We Believe in God the Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth (COP §§ 71-177)

• Lesson 7: We Believe in the Trinity (COP §§ 71-98)
• Lesson 8: The Creator and Creation (COP §§ 99-140)
• Lesson 9: The Ancestral Fall and Promise of the Messiah (COP §§ 141-177)

WEBINAR 4 - Sun, Dec 26, 4-530pm PST

FAITH OF THE CHURCH: We Believe in God our Savior Jesus Christ
(COP §§ 178-254)

• Lesson 10: The Incarnation of the Son of God (COP §§ 178-202)
• Lesson 11: Proclamation of the Kingdom of God (COP §§ 203-214)
• Lesson 12: Pascha and the Second Coming in Glory (COP §§ 215-254)

WEBINAR 5 - Sun, Jan 23, 4-530pm PST

FAITH OF THE CHURCH: We Believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the Giver of Life & We Believe in the Church (COP §§ 255-326)

• Lesson 13: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (COP §§ 255-270)
• Lesson 14: The Church – An Icon of the Holy Trinity (COP §§ 271-308)
• Lesson 15: The Church – A New Creation (COP §§ 309-326)

WEBINAR 6 - Sun, Feb 27, 4-530pm PST

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Divine Liturgy & the Holy Mysteries of Christian Initiation (COP §§ 327-446)

• q Lesson 16: Created for Communion & The Divine Liturgy (COP §§ 327-402)
• q Lesson 17: The Holy Mysteries of Baptism and Chrismation (COP §§ 403-430)
• q Lesson 18: The Holy Mystery of the Eucharist (COP §§ 431-446­­­­­)

WEBINAR 7 - Sun, Mar 27, 4-530pm PST

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Holy Mysteries of Healing
(COP §§ 447-469; pp. 313-316)

• Lesson 19: The Holy Mystery of Repentance – Part 1 (COP §§ 447-455; pp. 313-316)
• Lesson 20: The Holy Mystery of Repentance – Part 2 (COP §§ 456-461)
• Lesson 21: The Holy Mystery of Anointing (COP §§ 462-469)

WEBINAR 8 - Sun, Apr 24, 4-530pm PST

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Holy Mysteries of Service & Additional Prayers and Services (COP §§ 470-532)

• Lesson 22: The Holy Mystery of Marriage (COP §§ 470-484)
• Lesson 23: The Holy Mystery of Orders (COP §§ 485-499)
• Lesson 24: Additional Prayers and Services (COP §§ 500-532)

WEBINAR 9 - Sun, May 22, 4-530pm PST

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Time and Space of the Church’s Prayer and Personal Christian Prayer (COP §§ 533-703)

• Lesson 25: Visible and Invisible Life of the Church’s Prayer and the Liturgical Year (COP §§ 533-578)
• Lesson 26: The Byzantine Christian Temple and Domestic Church (COP §§ 579-667)
• Lesson 27: Personal Prayer of the Byzantine Christian (COP §§ 668-703)

WEBINAR 10 - Sun, Jun 26, 4-530pm PST

LIFE OF THE CHURCH: The Life in the Spirit
(COP §§ 704-855)

• q Lesson 28: The Spiritual Life of the Byzantine Christian (COP §§ 704-746)
• q Lesson 29: The Heart, Purification, and Spiritual Combat (COP §§ 747-798)
• q Lesson 30: Prayer in the Spiritual Life and Theosis (COP §§ 799-855)

WEBINAR 11 - Sun, Jul 24, 4-530pm PST

LIFE OF THE CHURCH: Christian Family as a New Creation
(COP §§ 856-910)

• Lesson 31: Christian Marriage (COP §§ 856-873)
• Lesson 32: Dignity of the Human Being at the Beginning of Life (COP §§ 874-896)
• Lesson 33: Dignity of the Human Being at the End of Life (COP §§ 898-910)

WEBINAR 12 - Sun, Aug 28, 4-530pm PST

LIFE OF THE CHURCH: Society and the Universe Transfigured in the Church
(COP §§ 911-1001)

• Lesson 34: The Christian View of the World and the Church as the Model of the Human Community (COP §§ 911-926)
• Lesson 35: The Social Dimensions of the Church (COP §§ 927-953)
• Lesson 36: The Christian View of the State, the Economy, and the World (COP §§ 954-1001)