The Law of God: For Study at Home and School

Chapters

• I. 1 The World
• I. 2 About God
• I. 3 The Attributes of God
• I. 4 Prayer
• I. 5 Sin
• I. 6 The Sign of the Cross
• I. 7 Standing and Bows During Prayer
• I. 8 Different Types of Prayer
• I. 9 When God Hears Our Prayer
• I. 10 Where and How We Can Pray to God
• I. 11 The Church Building
• I. 12 The Priest's Blessing
• I. 13 Icons
• I. 14 Why We Call Ourselves Orthodox Christians
• II. 1 Short Prayers
• III. Introduction to the Sacred History of the Old and New Testaments
• III. 1 The Creation of Heaven, the Invisible World
• III. 2 The Creation of the Earth, the Visible World
• III. 3 How God Created the First People
• III. 4 The Life of the First People in Paradise
• III. 5 The Fall into Sin
• III. 6 The Results of the Fall into Sin and the Promise of a Saviour
• III. 7 Discussion of the Fall into Sin
• III. 8 Cain and Abel
• III. 9 The Flood
• III. 10 The Life of Noah and His Children
• III. 11 The Building of the Tower of Babel and the Scattering of the Peoples
• III. 12 The Appearance of Idolatry
• III. 13 Abraham
• III. 14 The Appearance of God to Abraham in the Form of Three Strangers
• III. 15 The Destruction of Sodom and Gommorah
• III. 16 The Offering of Isaac as a Sacrifice
• III. 17 The Marriage of Isaac
• III. 18 Esau and Jacob
• III. 19 Jacob's Vision of the Mystical Ladder
• III. 20 Joseph
• III. 21 Joseph in Egypt
• III. 22 Joseph's Meeting with His Brothers and the Moving of Jacob into Egypt with His Family
• III. 23 The Story of Job the Long-Suffering
• III. 24 Moses
• III. 25 Pascha (Passover) and the Exodus of the Hebrew People from Egypt
• III. 26 The Hebrews Pass Through the Red Sea and other Miracles
• III. 27 God Gives the Law on Mt. Sinai
• III. 28 The Tabernacle
• III. 29 The Forty-Year Wandering of the Hebrew People, the Bronze Serpent
• III. 30 The Entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land
• III. 31 Judges
• III. 32 The Story of Ruth
• III. 33 Saul, First King of the Israelites
• III. 34 King David
• III. 35 King Solomon
• III. 36 The Division of the Israelite Kingdom into Two: Judah and Israel
• III. 37 The Prophets
• III. 38 The Downfall of the Israelite Kingdom
• III. 39 The Fall of the Babylonian Kingdom
• III. 40 The Median-Persian Empire. Prophet Daniel in the Lion's Den
• III. 41 The Return of the Jews from Captivity in Babylon and the Construction of the Second Temple
• III. 42 The Greek Empire. The Translation of the Books of the Old Testament into Greek
• III. 43 The Roman Empire. The Universal Expectation of the Messiah
• III.A.1 The Nativity of the Virgin Mary
• III.A.2 The Entry into the Temple of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary
• III.A.3 The Announcement of the Angel about the Birth of the Forerunner
• III.A.4 The Annunication to the Holy Virgin Mary
• III.A.5 The Visit of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary to the Righteous Elizabeth
• III.A.6 The Nativity of John the Baptist
• III.A.7 The Nativity of Christ the Saviour
• III.A.8 The Meeting of the Lord
• III.A.9 The Flight into Egypt and the Slaying of the Innocents. The Return to Nazareth
• III.A.10 The Saviour in the Temple as a Youth
• III.A.11 The Preaching of St. John the Baptist
• III.A.12 The Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ
• III.A.13 The Lord Jesus Christ in the Wilderness and His Temptation by the Devil
• III.A.14 The Lord Jesus Christ Appears to the People. His First Disciples
• III.A.15 The First Miracle of Jesus Christ
• III.A.16 The Merchants are Banished from the Temple
• III.A.17 The Conversation of Jesus Christ with Nicodemus
• III.A.18 The Conversation of Jesus Christ with the Woman of Samaria
• III.A.19 The Healing of the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda
• III.A.20 The Lord Chooses Twelve Apostles
• III.A.21 The Sermon on the Mount
• III.A.22 The Power of Faith and Prayer for Others-- The Healing of the Paralytic in Capernaum
• III.A.23 Parables/ The Parable of the Sower
• III.A.24 The Stilling of the Storm
• III.A.25 Raising of the Daughter of Jairus
• III.A.26 The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
• III.A.27 The Miraculous Feeding of the People with Five Loaves
• III.A.28 Christ Walking on the Water
• III.A.29 The Healing of the Daughter of the Canaanite Woman
• III.A.30 The Confession of Peter. The First Prediction of the Lord about His Forthcoming Suffering, Death and Resurrection
• III.A.31 The Transfiguration of the Lord
• III.A.32 The Parable of the Good Samaritan
• III.A.33 Jesus Christ with Martha and Mary
• III.A.34 The Saviour Accuses the Pharisees of Sin-- Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit. Glorification by Christ of the Mother of God
• III.A.35 Healing of the Man Born Blind
• III.A.36 The Parable of the Rich Fool
• III.A.37 The Parable of the Prodigal Son
• III.A.38 The Raising of Lazarus
• III.A.39 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
• III.A.40 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
• III.A.41 The Betrayal by Judas
• III.A.42 The Mystical (Last) Supper
• III.A.43 The Prayer of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and His Being Taken Captive
• III.A.44 The Sanhedrin's Judgement of Jesus Christ
• III.A.45 The Apostle Peter's Denial
• III.A.46 The Trial of Jesus Christ Before Pilate
• III.A.47 Pilate's Last Judgement over Jesus Christ
• III.A.48 The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ
• III.A.49 The Taking Down from the Cross and Burial of the Saviour
• III.A.50 The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
• III.A.51 The Appearance of the Risen Jesus Christ to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus
• III.A.52 The Appearance of the Lord to All the Apostles and the other Disciples, except the Apostle Thomas
• III.A.53 The Appearance of the Lord to the Apostle Thomas and the Other Apostles
• III.A.54 The Ascension of the Lord
• III.A.55 The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
• III.A.56 The Life of the First Christians
• III.A.57 Persecution of the Christians by the Jews-- The First Martyr St. Stephen
• III.A.58 The Dormition of the Mother of God
• III.A.59 The Apostolic Council in Jerusalem
• III.A.60 A Short Summary of the Preaching and Lives of the Holy Apostles
• III.A.61 The Worldwide Persecution of Christians. The Destruction of the Jerusalem
• III.A.62 The End of Persecution. The Elevation of the Cross of the Lord
• III.A.63 New Enemies of Christianity
• III.A.64 The Ecumenical Councils
• III.A.65 The Fall of the Roman Church. The Enlightenment of the Slavs
• IV. 1 The Purpose of Man
• IV. 2 Supernatural Divine Revelation. Holy Tradition and Holy Scripture
• IV. 3 Short Summaries of the Ecumenical Councils
• IV. 4 The Christian Faith
• IV. 5 Christian Life
• IV. 6 The Ten Commandments of God's Law
• IV. 7 The Nine Beatitudes
• IV. 8 Contemporary Teachings and Faith in God
• V. 1 The Concept of Serving God, Divine Services
• V. 2 The Church Building and its Arrangement
• V. 3 The Clergy and Their Sacred Vestments
• V. 4 The Order of Divine Services
• V. 5 Divine Service Books
• V. 6 Reflections on the Major Services. The Various Liturgies and Their Basic Rubrics
• V. 7 The Divine Liturgy
• V. 8 The Most Important Actions During the Serving of the Mysteries, and Reflections on Their Significance
• V. 9 Great Lent
• V. 10 The Sundays of Great Lent, Their Significance and Basic Rubrics
• V. 11 The Feast of Pascha, the Radiant Resurrection of Christ
• V. 12 Concerning Monasticism and Monasteries
• V. 13 Bells and Russian Orthodox Peals