Does your mind wander in church? This course will help you better to appreciate the meaning and significance of the main worship service of the Armenian Church, the Badarak. Lectures and related electronic materials will address such questions as: What are the Biblical roots of the Badarak? How did the service develop? In what ways is the Armenian Divine Liturgy similar to, and different from the Sunday service of Protestant, Catholic and other churches? How do Armenian theologians and church fathers understand Holy Communion? Can or should the Badarak be reformed? Introduction to the writings of the great fourth-century hymnographer and biblical commentator, Ephrem the Syrian. The course will concentrate on a careful reading of a selection of his writings; these will include not only translations from his Syriac works but will also include a representative sample of those works that survive only in Armenian translation.
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