An online introduction to Byzantine Christian Faith, Worship, and Life based upon the teachings of the Ukrainian Catholic Catechism, "Christ Our Pascha." There are 10 recorded webinars introducing the topics and themes from the Catechism, as well as thirty-six lessons for individual, group, or parish study. If you would like to support and be a partner with Becoming Byzantine, please consider making a tax-deductible donation. God bless and be with you!
Co-sponsored by the (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix and the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute.
Introduction to the Byzantine Catechumenate & Review of Concluding Section (COP §§ 1; 9-11; 53-54; 63-66; pp. 309-317)
This is a recording of the first Lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha
This is a recording of the first webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Symbol of Faith (COP §§ 2-5)
This is a recording of the second lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Anaphora of Saint Basil the Great (COP §§ 6-8)
This is a recording of the third Lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
This is a recording of the second webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
God’s Revelation (COP §§ 12-29)
This is a recording of the fourth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Holy Tradition (COP §§ 30-37; 55-62;67-70)
This is a recording of the fifth Lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
The Holy Scriptures (COP §§ 38-52)
This is a recording of the sixth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
FAITH OF THE CHURCH: We Believe in God the Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth (COP §§ 71-177)
This is a recording of the third webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 7: We Believe in the Trinity (COP §§ 71-98)
This is a recording of the seventh lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 8: The Creator and Creation (COP §§ 99-140)
This is a recording of the eighth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 9: The Ancestral Fall and Promise of the Messiah (COP §§ 141-177)
This is a recording of the ninth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
FAITH OF THE CHURCH: We Believe in God our Savior Jesus Christ
(COP §§ 178-254)
This is a recording of the fourth webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 10: The Incarnation of the Son of God (COP §§ 178-202)
This is a recording of the tenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 11: Proclamation of the Kingdom of God (COP §§ 203-214)
This is a recording of the eleventh lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 12: Pascha and the Second Coming in Glory (COP §§ 215-254)
This is a recording of the twelfth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
FAITH OF THE CHURCH: We Believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the Giver of Life & We Believe in the Church (COP §§ 255-326)
This is a recording of the fifth webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 13: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (COP §§ 255-270)
This is a recording of the thirteenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 14: The Church – An Icon of the Holy Trinity (COP §§ 271-308)
This is a recording of the fourteenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 15: The Church – A New Creation (COP §§ 309-326)
This is a recording of the fifteenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Divine Liturgy & the Holy Mysteries of Christian Initiation (COP §§ 327-446)
This is a recording of the sixth webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 16: Created for Communion & The Divine Liturgy (COP §§ 327-402)
This is a recording of the sixteenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 17: The Holy Mysteries of Baptism and Chrismation (COP §§ 403-430)
This is a recording of the seventeenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 18: The Holy Mystery of the Eucharist (COP §§ 431-446)
This is a recording of the eighteenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Holy Mysteries of Healing (COP §§ 447-469; pp. 313-316)
This is a recording of the seventh webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 19: The Holy Mystery of Repentance – Part 1 (COP §§ 447-455; pp. 313-316)
This is a recording of the nineteenth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 20: The Holy Mystery of Repentance – Part 2 (COP §§ 456-461)
This is a recording of the twentieth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 21: The Holy Mystery of Anointing (COP §§ 462-469)
This is a recording of the twenty-first lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Holy Mysteries of Service & Additional Prayers and Services (COP §§ 470-532)
This is a recording of the eighth webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 22: The Holy Mystery of Marriage (COP §§ 470-484)
This is a recording of the twenty-sencond esson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 23: The Holy Mystery of Orders (COP §§ 485-499)
This is a recording of the twenty-third lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 24: Additional Prayers and Services (COP §§ 500-532)
This is a recording of the twenty-fourth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH: The Time and Space of the Church’s Prayer and Personal Christian Prayer (COP §§ 533-703)
This is a recording of the ninth webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 25: Visible and Invisible Life of the Church’s Prayer and the Liturgical Year (COP §§ 533-578)
This is a recording of the twenty-seventh lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 26: The Byzantine Christian Temple and Domestic Church (COP §§ 579-667)
This is a recording of the twenty-sixth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 27: Personal Prayer of the Byzantine Christian (COP §§ 668-703)
This is a recording of the twenty-seventh lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
LIFE OF THE CHURCH: The Life in the Spirit (COP §§ 704-855)
This is a recording of the tenth webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 28: The Spiritual Life of the Byzantine Christian (COP §§ 704-746)
This is a recording of the twenty-eighth in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 29: The Heart, Purification, and Spiritual Combat (COP §§ 747-798)
This is a recording of the twenty-ninth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 30: Prayer in the Spiritual Life and Theosis (COP §§ 799-855)
This is a recording of the thirtieth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
LIFE OF THE CHURCH: Christian Family as a New Creation (COP §§ 856-910)
This is a recording of the eleventh webinar in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 31: Christian Marriage (COP §§ 856-873)
This is a recording of the thirty-first lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 32: Dignity of the Human Being at the Beginning of Life (COP §§ 874-896)
This is a recording of the thirty-second lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 33: Dignity of the Human Being at the End of Life (COP §§ 898-910)
This is a recording of the thirty-third lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
LIFE OF THE CHURCH: Society and the Universe Transfigured in the Church (COP §§ 911-1001)
Lesson 34: The Christian View of the World and the Church as the Model of the Human Community (COP §§ 911-926)
This is a recording of the thirty-fourth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 35: The Social Dimensions of the Church (COP §§ 927-953)
This is a recording of the thirty-fifth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.
Lesson 36: The Christian View of the State, the Economy, and the World (COP §§ 954-1001)
This is a recording of the thirty-sixth lesson in the Becoming Byzantine series on the Faith, Worship, and Life of the Byzantine Catholic Church according to the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha.