These classes cover the singing of special services throughout the church year. Register for 2022.



The Great Fast and Holy Week

This 8-week online class covers the liturgical services of the Great Fast and Holy Week (through Holy Saturday), as well as the pre-Lenten Sundays.


From Pascha to All Saints

This 8-week online class covers the liturgical services of Pascha and the Paschal season, through Pentecost and the Sunday of All Saints.

Services for the Living

An 8-week course that covers the Byzantine Rite services for the living: the baptismal and wedding services, the anointing of the sick, and the supplicatory services (molebens and akathists).

Hierarchical Services and Reader Services

This 6-week online class covers the services that are celebrated by a bishop, and those which can be celebrated without a priest.

Services for the Departed

An 8-week course that covers the Byzantine Rite services for the dead: the memorial services (Divine Liturgy, Panachida, and Parastas) and the burial service (funeral). Both our current funeral book and proposed new books are used.

Services of Christmas and Theophany

This 8-week online class covers the special services for the feasts of the Nativity of the Lord (December 25) and Theophany (January 6).