Pastoral and Liturgical Life

The program aims:
- to highlight the importance of the disciplines of Liturgical Theology, Canonical Law, Dogmatic Theology, in the context of other theological disciplines in the systematic chair;
- to relief of the theoretical and practical aspects of the Christian mission in contemporary society;
- to present the Orthodox specificity of the mission, its offensive and defensive aspects;
- to relief the aspects of Eastern spirituality as a concrete response to social issues and private life;
- to explain the place of Orthodoxy in the Christian ecumenical dialogue, debating the main doctrinal and cult themes under discussion;
- to inform the students about the heretical teachings, deviant practices and sectarian objections in general, widespread in our day and the formulation of the Orthodox answer to them;
- to provide the students the optimal skills and knowledge for an authentic Orthodox Christian missionary;
- to show the ecumenical message and activity of Jesus Christ, Son of God incarnate, of the Church and the of Holy Mysteries;
- to provide a good orientation in the missionary bibliography, especially from the Orthodox Theology area, but also secular;