From November 3rd through the 6th, 2011, the Department of Christian Education of the Orthodox Church in America hosted the Orthodox Institute at Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The title of the event was “Scripture Through the Lens of the Holy Land,” and the primary lecturer was Fr. Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary. Fr. Thomas begins with an examination of Luke 24:45: “He opened their minds to understand the scriptures.”