Two Classes: Tradition & Prayer

Fr. Mark Leondis gives two lessons—one on developing a prayer life, and the other on Orthodox Tradition.

At Saint Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton, FL, we recently held a teaching series focused on the Wisdom of Sirach, Tradition, and prayer. I led discussions on the Wisdom of Sirach over two evenings (night one here, night two forthcoming), while Fr. Mark Leondis addressed Tradition, and prayer (with relevant connections to Sirach once or twice) on two other evenings.

In this post, I’m sharing videos of his sessions. Sessions were held after services of the Dormition fast, so you may hear references to the our August fast.

Here is Fr. Mark on developing a prayer life, starting at 59:00:

In this next session, Fr. Mark uses the idea of “capital-T Tradition” and “Little-t tradition” as a way to explain how to understand Tradition in the life of the Church, beginning at 58:14:

For more on the catechism ministry of our local church, visit the Saint Mark website.