SUMMARY LESSONS FOR ORTHODOX PERSONAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE LOCAL AND NATIONAL CHURCH

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SUMMARY LESSONSFOR ORTHODOX PERSONAL, FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY LIFE - LOCAL AND NATIONAL CHURCH
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Fr. Andrew Part I The Holy Personal and Family
Life

• Theology of the Trinity and Incarnation/Mankind
• Purpose of Human Existence and Human Sexuality
• Role of Images both True and False

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SOME LESSONS

• Casual relations versus living in and through
  others impact of hooking up
• Trend to remove theology out of the individual
  and sexuality
• Love versus self-love
• Image of God the Holy Trinity
• Ability to give and to receive

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SOME MORE LESSONS

• Sacraments, Holy Spirit, relationships
• Disconnect between view of sex and sexuality in
  todays world and our earlier experience

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Fr. Andrew Part II Theology
Transforming Culture redemption of image,
language and culture of human sexuality

• Nature of Priesthood
• Marriage According to Orthodox Theology
• Sexuality outside of marriage

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SOME LESSONS

• Christ as the Bridegroom obedience, submission,
  humility
• Theotokos receiving God as Savior
• Marriage death sex dying to self versus
  giving receiving
• Orthodox view of marriage going beyond
  procreation
• Ecstasy orgasm of the soul

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SOME MORE LESSONS

• Question roles of Bishops, clergy and issue of
  married bishops? Understanding the historical
  context and the modern context
• Historically proving oneself in his/her family
  context before higher order of service
• Reference to the whatever generation and need
  to deal with
• Underlying theme of giver-receiver throughout
• The iconic imagery of Orthodoxy use of icons
  to teach what happens of us in life as result of
  receiving God

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Dr. Valerie Karras Lessons of Past How the
Gospel changedpre-Christian views of
gender,sexuality and family life
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SOME LESSONS

• On distinction between sex and gender
• Sources of early understanding and Biblical
  references
• Image and growing into Gods likeness
• St. John Chrysostom on sex and gender
  fellowship and communion
• Emphasis on sex beyond procreation
• Divorce and Orthodoxy

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SOME MORE LESSONS

• Patristic idea that God did not initially create
  humanity with sexual differentiation gender is
  a social construct and will not continue into the
  Resurrection
• St. Gregory of Nyssa teachings on sex and what
  God intended for humanity
• God and image in terms of gender metaphoric
  depiction of the Holy Spirit and God the Father

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Fr. Roman Bozyk How the Christian Gospel
influenced Morality and Life in Kyivan-Rus
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SOME LESSONS

• The big bundle transfer
• St. Illarion of Kyiv on St. Volodymyr as the new
  Paul or the new Constantine
• Metropolitan Illarion (Ohienko) on positive
  understanding of family and gradation of
  commitment in marriage relationships
• Teachings of Volydymyr Monomakh in his
  instructions to his children
• Salvation by serving others

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SOME MORE LESSONS

• Passion bearing in Slavic experience Stts.
  Boris and Hlib

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Dr. Peter Kondra Challenges to Leading a Holy
Personal and Family life insights of an
Orthodox Psychiatrist
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SOME LESSONS

• Context of an Orthodox believer sin, virtue,
  stages of Christian life (St. Theophan the
  Recluse)
• Human sexuality
• The power of gay politics
• What approach should Orthodoxy take?
• Fr. Andrew how much have Canons been studied
  concerning the sexual malady?

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SOME MORE LESSONS

• Inconclusive science on homosexuality
• Dangers of inappropriate conclusions
• How with humility and love to approach gays and
  lesbians
• Access to counseling
• Homosexuality as sin ? i.e. the acts and the
  behaviour

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The Panel Presenters some challenges

• Role of prayer
• Forgiveness
• Vigilance
• Watchfulness
• Worship
• Role modeling
• Ecclesial oneness
• Serving, giving and receiving
• Necessity of an open heart

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SOME MORE LESSONS

• An example no God ads on city buses
• Impact of high profile scandal and contribution
  to disbelief