After a general introduction to the course and information about the practical 
arrangements, the following subjects will be treated:
- The early church and the Eastern Orthodox Church 
- The Roman Empire and Byzantium 
- The Old (Church) Slavic language and Russian  
- Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets 
- The texts initially translated from Greek into Old Slavic 
- Some samples of Slavic writing: inscriptions on icons

After a general introduction to the course and information about the practical arrangements, the following subjects will be treated: - The early church and the Eastern Orthodox Church - The Roman Empire and Byzantium - The Old (Church) Slavic language and Russian - Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets - The texts initially translated from Greek into Old Slavic - Some samples of Slavic writing: inscriptions on icons

General Introduction 1

On the occasion of the exhibition Splendour and Glory: Art of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hermitage Amsterdam (19 March – 16 September 2011) a special lecture series was held in the museum. The Amsterdam Centre for  Orthodox Theology (ACOT) of VU University Amsterdam organized this series of four times two academic lectures. The lectures were given on the following dates:

26 March: Revd. Dr. Michael Bakker and Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth (general introduction and introduction to Russian Orthodox tradition)
16 April: Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth and Aidan Hart, BA (images and icons)
21 May: Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth and Revd. Dr. Ivan Moody (liturgy and music)
18 June: Revd. Dr. Cyril Hovorun and Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth (monasticism and spirituality).

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On the occasion of the exhibition Splendour and Glory: Art of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hermitage Amsterdam (19 March – 16 September 2011) a special lecture series was held in the museum. The Amsterdam Centre for Orthodox Theology (ACOT) of VU University Amsterdam organized this series of four times two academic lectures. The lectures were given on the following dates: 26 March: Revd. Dr. Michael Bakker and Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth (general introduction and introduction to Russian Orthodox tradition) 16 April: Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth and Aidan Hart, BA (images and icons) 21 May: Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth and Revd. Dr. Ivan Moody (liturgy and music) 18 June: Revd. Dr. Cyril Hovorun and Revd. Prof. Andrew Louth (monasticism and spirituality).

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