St. Vasilios: Learn about the Orthodox Christian Faith

<body bgcolor="white" link="navy" vlink="maroon"> <font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">  </font> <center> <ul> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="5" color="navy"><b>LEARN ABOUT THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH</b></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="red">"He has shown you, O mortal what is good; and what does the LORD require of you? but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God." <i> Micah 6:8</i></font></p> </ul> <p> </p> </center> <div align="left"> <ul> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <table cool width="273" height="282" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" gridx="8" showgridx usegridx gridy="8" showgridy usegridy> <tr height="281"> <td width="8" height="281"></td> <td width="264" height="281" valign="top" align="left" xpos="8"> <table border="0" cellpadding="9" cellspacing="8" frame="" width="261" align="left"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f5f5f5" valign="top"><a href="http://www.goarch.org/access/orthodoxy" target="_parent"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Learn about the Orthodox Faith via the Internet </font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f0ffff"> <div align="left"> <a href="http://www.goarch.org/en/multimedia/video/" target="_parent"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Online Videos on the Orthodox Christian Faith</font></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#f5f5f5"><a href="html/on_becoming_orthodox.htm" target="_parent"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">On Becoming Orthodox</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#f0ffff"><a href="html/church_school.htm" target="_parent"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">St. Vasilios Church School</font></a> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2" color="#0a046a">Religious Resource Center</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#f5f5f5"><a href="html/adult_religious_study.htm" target="_parent"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2">Adult Religious Study</font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2"> </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="1" height="281"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="281"></td> </tr> <tr height="1" cntrlrow> <td width="8" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="8" height="1"></td> <td width="264" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="264" height="1"></td> <td width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">From its earliest days, the church placed great emphasis on a program of nurture, edification, and catechesis, or instruction in the faith. </font></p> </div> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Before baptism, converts participate in a year-long process of daily, intense instruction. The process continued for a year thereafter, to insure that each member of the church was a knowledgeable and articulate missionary of the Gospel. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">In addition, the church remained ever-mindful of the scriptural admonition to "train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6). </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">In fidelity to this ancient tradition of the Christian community, our parish endeavors to provide a complete program of religious and cultural instruction for both children and adults.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <hr> </font></p> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Related Links</b></font></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://goarch.org/goa/departments/religioused" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Religious Education</font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> </font> <li><a href="http://ww2.goarch.org/scripts/chat.dll" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Orthodox Christian Message Boards and Discussion Rooms</font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> </font> <li><a href="http://www.goarch.org/access" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Orthodox Ministry ACCESS</font></a> <li><a href="http://www.goholycross.org/studies/studies_content.html" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Studies in the Faith from Holy Cross in Belmont, CA</font></a> <li><a href="http://www.goarch.org/live.html" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Live broadcast of the Divine Liturgy</font></a> <li><a href="http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The Lives of the Saints</font></a> <li><a href="http://www.goarch.org/access/devotional/" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Devotional and Spiritual Reading</font></a> <li><a href="http://www.patriarchate.org/ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_4/index.html" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Holy Sites, Churches, and Monasteries in Constantinople</font></a> <li><a href="http://www.goarch.org/access/organizations/" target="_self"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Orthodox Christian Organizations<csobj w="500" h="128" t="Component" csref="../St.%20Vasilios%20Web%20site.data/Components/footer.html" occur="0"> <div align="center"> <font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <hr width="85%"> </font> <form method="get" action="http://ss566.logika.net/cgi-bin/ss_query" target="_self"> <font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><input type="hidden" name="Cmp008A468F00pos" value="1"></font> <font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><input type="hidden" name="Cmp008A468F00sitenbr" value="25952934"></font> <font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><input type="hidden" name="Cmp008A468F00siteurl" value="www.stvasilios.org"></font> <font 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