Adult Education
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Studies in the Faith
Led by: Fr. Paul Paris
Father covers various topics of Christianity for adults via Zoom. Each session is approximately one hour.
We meet on Wednesdays via Zoom starting at 1:00 pm.
Catechumens Class
Led by Fr. Christos Kalaitzis
Dear all, welcome to Holy Trinity’s catechism class.
Our class is for anyone who would like to learn more about Orthodoxy whether he is already Orthodox, a catechumen or just inquiring. In our meetings we hope to help explain how the Eastern Orthodox Church understands God, human, the Church and the universe and our place in relationship with all of them. The content of the catechism will be adapted to the needs and level of the participants, starting from the simplest courses to the theological and scientific ones. The content consists of the basic truths that stem from the: Scripture, Creed, Revelation of the Triune God, saving work of Christ, the Fathers, the Divine Liturgy, Holy Mysteries, ecclesiastical hymns.
Our meetings will be on zoom on Tuesday nights at 7pm, starting sometime between mid and late October 2025. An email, with the zoom link, will be sent out in time. More details will be given at our first meeting. Don’t hesitate to send an email at frchristos@goholytrinity.org to add your name to the attending list or for any question.
Everyone is welcome to the wonderful life of the Church!
Fr. Christos
Lectures on Orthodoxy (in English)
Led by Fr. Christos Kalaitzis and Koula Fkiaras via Zoom Only
Please note: This class will resume in October 2025
The courses will be held in Greek and will cover, among other things, topics such as feasts, sacred mysteries, saints, architecture, and structure of the church. The meetings will take place in person and at the same time will be streamed online.
We meet on select Wednesdays via Zoom starting at 7:00 pm.
Μαθήματα για την Ορθόδοξη πίστη (στα ελληνικά)
Please note: This class will resume in October 2025
Τα μαθήματα θα διεξάγονται στα ελληνικά και θα καλύπτουν, μεταξύ άλλων, θέματα όπως εορτές, ιερά μυστήρια, αγίους, αρχιτεκτονική και δομή του ναού. Οι συναντήσεις θα γίνονται με φυσική παρουσία και ταυτόχρονα θα μεταδίδονται διαδικτυακά. Η πρώτη συνάντηση έχει οριστεί για τις 11 Οκτωβρίου 2022 και οι λεπτομέρειες θα ανακοινωθούν στα τέλη του Σεπτέμβρη.
We meet on select Tuesdays via Zoom starting at 11:00 am.
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Ask the Fathers /
Adult Sunday School
Led by: Fr. Christos Kalaitzis via Zoom Only
Please note: This class will resume in October 2025
We meet on Thursdays via Zoom starting at 7:00 pm.
This class will repeat in October 2025
Life In The Kingdom
The History of Eastern Orthodox Christianity from the Incarnation to the Present.
Led by Fr. Deacon David Cole
This annual fall course is designed for Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike: inquirer, catechumen, newly-chrismated, Sunday school teacher, adult leader, or interested parishioner. Its purpose is to introduce the historic development of the Orthodox Christian Church from the First to the Twenty-First Century.
When: Monday, 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Where: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral small hall - 3131 NE Glisan, Portland
Class Text: The Orthodox Church (1997) - Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
Course of Study:
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Date: |
Topic |
Reading: |
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TBA |
Apostolic-Byzantine Christianity, Monasticism, and Great Councils (7 BC-AD 800) |
Chapters: 1 - 2 |
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TBA |
Schisms Great and Small (325-1204) |
Chapters: 2 - 3 |
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TBA |
Byzantine Missions to the Slavs (800-1400) |
Chapter 4 |
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TBA |
The Greek Church under Islam (1400-1900) |
Chapter 5 |
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TBA |
Moscow and St. Petersburg: Russian Orthodoxy (1400-1917) |
Chapter 6 |
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TBA |
The Failed War on God: Orthodoxy, Militant Atheism, 21st Century Survival, and Renewed Mission (1917 - Present) |
Chapters 7, 8, 9 |
This class will repeat in October 2025
From Christ to Gnosticism
the Formation of the New Testament Church, A.D. 25 to 200
Led by Fr. Deacon David Cole
This new fall class will look at the Jewish-Roman-Hellenistic world into which Jesus Christ was born, and the Primitive Church grew. After examining the life and mission of Christ, we will study the struggles of the Jerusalem Church, the Judea-Christians, the life and journeys of the Apostle Paul, and the first martyrs. The class will conclude with the end of the beginning--- the Christian apologists, the formation of the New Testament, the first creeds, conflict with Gnostics, and heresy. Sounds just like the present, no?
When: Wednesday, 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Where: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral Conference Room - 3131 NE Glisan, Portland
Class Text: Formation and Struggles: The Birth of the Church, AD 33-200, by Veselin Kesich, St Vladimir's Press, 2007
Additional Books: When God Spoke Greek: the Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible, by T M. Law, Oxford, 2013;
Whose Bible Is It? A Sharl History of the Scriptures, by Jaroslav Pelikan, Penguin, 2005; The Orthodox Study Bible NKJV, Nelson, 2008
Course of Study:
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Date: |
Topic |
Reading in Kesich |
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TBA |
Maccabeans, Herodians, and Jesus Christ |
Intro & Chapter 1 |
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TBA |
Birth of the Apostolic Church in Jerusalem |
Chapters 2, 3, 4 |
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TBA |
Apostle Paul: Missionary to the Gentiles |
Chapters 5, 6 |
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TBA |
Demise of Judea-Christianity |
Chapters 7, 8 |
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TBA |
Persecution and Martyrdom |
Chapter 9 |
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TBA |
Christian Apologists and Gnosticism |
Chapter 10, 11 |
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TBA |
Christian Apologists and Gnosticism |
Chapter 10, 11 |