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Orthodox Christian Education

There are several different types of education in the Orthodox Church, including:

• Instruction of Children (Reading and Singing, Practical Instruction, "The Law of God")
• Catechetical Instruction
• Advanced Education for Adults (laity, often in the form of Sunday Schools and Lenten Programs)
• Training for Liturgical Service and Minor Orders (Choir Directors, Readers, Canonarchs, Ecclesiarchs, Altar Servers, Subdiaconate, etc.)
• Training for Major Orders (Diaconate and Priesthood)
• Training for Monastics (Spiritual and Practical Instruction)
• Training for Teachers (Homiletics, Rhetoric, Theology, Patristics, Ecclesiastical Law, etc.)
• Training for Iconographers

While it is not feasable to provide a complete course of education in any one of these types of education on this web site, I have attempted to provide the student with some of the foundational materials for pursuing a course of studies, as well as to direct the student to various other resources available elsewhere on the Internet.