The programme of this year’s series is as follows. The first lecture has been delivered already. We note that there may be minute changes, which will be announced on time.
This year's series (February-June 2023) will revolve, among other things, around the current theological and ecclesiastical challenges posed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine for the unity and future of global Orthodoxy, while examining the role of Orthodox Christians in modern ever-changing world in the field of mission
The third series of online lectures “Time for Action” of the Volos Academy of Theological Studies will start next Wednesday, February 15, at 7.00 pm Greek time. The speaker will be His Eminence Grigorios (Stergiou), Metropolitan of Cameroon, and the topic of the lecture will be “Orthodoxy in Africa: Problems, Challenges, Prospects”. The lecture will be given with interpretation into English and will be accessible via Zoom.
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82201847277
His Eminence
International Conference
ORTHODOX CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE EAST
June 16-19, 2022
“Thessalia” Conference Center
Melissatika, Volos, Greece
Since the time of the conflict between East and West, Eastern and Western Church, the idea of the East and the adjective “eastern” began to gradually replace the concept of the catholicity of the Church. The Orthodox Church is now called “Eastern”, its faithful live mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, and this status as an element of