This course invites participants into The Didache, the Church’s earliest handbook for forming Christian life, worship, and community. In this “first universal catechism,” participants uncover a fresh and practical vision of discipleship that continues to inspire our faith today.

About Fr. Gregory Hrynkiw

Fr. Gregory Hrynkiw, ASTH, has been a Byzantine-Catholic monk since 1989. While serving as Protohegumen of the Most Holy Saviour Province of the Basilian Order from February 2004 to July 2007, he fought on the front lines against systemic corruption in Ukraine. After suffering threats to his life, he was ordered to return to Rome, and in 2010 made his solemn profession of monastic vows into the Hermitage of the Three Holy Hierarchs. The Hermitage is a form of consecrated life under the jurisdiction of Bishop Bryan Bayda (the Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon), which follows the “middle path” of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, uniting both the contemplative (theoria) and active (praxis) aspects of monastic life. In 2014, hieromonk Gregory completed his doctoral dissertation on Cajetan on Sacred Doctrine (In ST, I, q. 1): An Original Contribution towards a Theology of “Light from Light” by a Renaissance Cardinal and Theologian in via Thomae under the direction of Mons. Charles Morerod, O.P. At present, hieromonk Gregory is in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, preaching and teaching. His book Cajetan on Sacred Doctrine is published by The Catholic University of America Press in October 2020.