Liturgical Studies
Overview
In the Liturgical courses, students explore an historical journey, from when our Lord Jesus gave us the sacramental mystery of the Divine Eucharist until our current practice. In tracing this developmental progress over the centuries, we come to appreciate the various worshiping elements – through being introduced to church architecture, liturgical items, sacred vestments, books and prayers, hymnology, ecclesial services and rites – all within a pastoral context of transforming and sanctifying our daily lives into an eternal living sacrifice before our Lord Jesus Christ.
Undergraduate Units
L7101A Introduction to Christian Worship
This course unit introduces students to concepts that provide a foundation for the study of Christian worship
L7232A Orthodox Christian Hymnology
This course unit explores the theology and liturgical practices of hymnody in Orthodox worship.
L7250A Liturgical Rites
This course unit builds on the Introduction to Worship with a particular focus on rites other than those of Christian initiation. It enables sacramental and non-sacramental Christian traditions to study the role of rites in their ecclesial life.
L7291A Iconography: The Art of Seeing
This course unit explores the spiritual, liturgical and theological significance of icons and their sacred spaces. It will investigate the relationship between iconography, architecture and the Orthodox Liturgy in the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods, inviting students to engage with and interpret the symbolic language and theological meaning of icons and sacred space in Orthodox worship today.
Postgraduate Units
L8101A Introducing Christian Worship
This course unit introduces students to concepts that provide a foundation for the study of Christian worship.
L9291A Iconography: The Art of Seeing
This course unit explores the spiritual, liturgical and theological significance of icons and their sacred spaces. It will investigate the relationship between iconography, architecture and the Orthodox Liturgy in the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods, inviting students to engage with and interpret the symbolic language and theological meaning of icons and sacred space in Orthodox worship today.
L8195A Studies in Liturgical Rites
This course unit builds on the Introduction to Worship with a particular focus on rites other than those of Christian initiation. It enables sacramental and non-sacramental Christian traditions to study the role of rites in their ecclesial life.