Study weekend, 26-27 Feb 2021: ‘The Psalms: Prayerbook of the Church’(via Zoom)
Hosted by the Parish of St John the Theologian, Cambridge
(The Zoom link for the study weekend will be sent to registered participants by email nearer the date.)
Programme
Friday 6.30 – 8.00 p.m.
Introduction and opening prayers: Fr Dragos Herescu (Parish of St John the Theologian/IOCS, Cambridge)
Fr Ian Graham (Holy Trinity Parish, Oxford): Introduction to the Book of Psalms
8.00-9.00 Open conversation – groups. Evening prayers
Saturday
9.30-11.00 a.m. Fr Raphael Armour (Parish of St Ephraim, Cambridge): The Psalms in liturgical life
11.30-1.00 p.m. Dr Elizabeth Theokritoff (IOCS, Cambridge): 'The Lord has sent deliverance to His people': reading Christ's work through the Psalms
1.45-2.30 p.m. Round Table: Meeting the Orthodox community in Cambridge
2.45 - 4.15p.m. Fr Maximos Constas (Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Spirituality and Interim Dean, Holy Cross School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts): Praying the Psalms in monastic life, and the commentaries of Elder Aemilianos of Simonopetra*
Saturday 5.00 p.m. Vespers from St Clement's church (Orthodox parish of St Ephraim)
Sunday 11.00 a.m. Divine Liturgy from St Giles Church, Cambridge (Orthodox Parish of St John the Theologian)
* Elder Aimilianos, Psalms and the Life of Faith, tr. Fr Maximos (Constas), can be read on line at: https://www.academia.edu/10981780/Elder_Aimilianos_Psalms_and_the_Life_of_Faith
There is no participation fee, but donations are welcome to support the work of OFSJB and can be made here: https://rebrand.ly/Support-the-OFSJB
