Curriculum Overview

Contained below are both the curriculum outline and expanded lesson/season breakdown per semester. These are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the actual calendar we will follow. Rather, this attempts to provide an overall summary of the content to be covered and structure of the curriculum.

  • Year 1
    • Hymns: Raising of Incense, The Offertory, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of St Basil
    • History, Rites and Theology: Raising of Incense, Veneration, Midnight Praise, Offertory, Liturgy of the Word
    • Coptic Fundamentals
    • Coptic Grammar (Optional)
  • Year 2
    • Hymns: Liturgy of St. Gregory, Nayrouz, Feasts of the Cross, Kiahk, Nativity, Theophany, Lent
    • Psalmody
    • History, Rites and Theology: Liturgy of the Faithful, Nayrouz, Feasts of the Cross, Kiahk, Nativity, Theophany
    • Coptic Grammar (Optional)
  • Year 3
    • Hymns: Pascha Week, Bright Saturday
    • Psalmody
    • History, Rites and Theology: Great Lent, Holy Week of Pascha, Resurrection and Holy Fifty Days, Pentecost, Apostles Fast
    • Coptic Grammar (Optional)
  • Year 4
    • Hymns: Resurrection and Holy Fifty Days, Ascension, Pentecost, Apostles Fast, Minor Feasts, St Mary's Fast, Glorification
    • Psalmody
    • Coptic Grammar (Optional)
    • Canons of the Diaconate
    • Leadership in the Diaconate