February 8, 2012

Homiletics News at St. Vladimir Seminary

  
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Fr. Sergius Halvorsen was an early supporter of Preachers Institute, and we are very happy that St. Vlad's is taking homiletics seriously. We hope that the new hybrid D.Min. will also include a 'Homiletics' major, but this remains to be seen. Congratulations, Fr. Serge! Fr. Sergius Halvorsen Joins Faculty, Institutes Homiletics Course and D.Min. Hybrid Program February 18, 2011 • Deborah (Malacky) Belonick “Renewing St. Vladimir’s … [Read more...]

Plotting The Course

  
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by Fr. Sergius Halvorsen Professor of rhetoric and homiletics at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, CT, Fr. Sergius is a founding member of the Preachers Institute. In this article, he gives some effective guidelines for sermon preparation in this article on the function of Orthodox Christian preaching. The sermon that is preached in the context of the Divine Liturgy should lead the hearer on the path of sanctification and theosis. … [Read more...]