Introduction to the Theology and Practice of Contemplative Prayer

Dip your feet into the ocean of contemplative practice in the classical Christian tradition. Through an engagement of scriptural, patristic, and liturgical texts, participants gain a solid theological and historical foundation in traditional Orthodox Christian spirituality, put to work through a guided immersion in contemplative prayer. Learn the essentials of Christian prayer, and deepen your practice of it. Learn how to chant the daily prayer offices in morning, noon, and evening services, how the Christian sacramental and communal life supports and deepens contemplative practice, and how to maintain prayer in activity and to make your activity prayer. Participants have the opportunity to avail themselves of individual spiritual direction during this retreat.