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As the Discernment and Radical Engagement (DARE) Global Forum concluded on 16 September in Bangkok, Thailand, 120 participants from 30 different countries began to return home, bringing new ideas, actions, and inspirations with them. Volos Academy for Theological Studies was represented by its deputy director, Dr. Nikolaos Asproulis, who delivered a short paper on the topic: «“For the life of the …animals”: Christian anthropology revisited in light of the climate crisis».

The forum—convening under the theme “Liberation quest(ion)s”—was a platform for scholars and activists from different parts of the world to address critical concerns radically, creatively, and justly, and to create resources that can shape the future of biblical and

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The Estonian President, Alar Karis, made a special reference to the cooperation of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies with the University of Tartu and the Apostolic Orthodox Church in Estonia, in his address to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who visited Estonia at his invitation, the previous week. The president thanked the Patriarch for his personal contribution to the development of the Orthodox Church in Estonia, which celebrates 100 years since its foundation. "Estonia itself

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International Conference

“Thessalia” Conference Centre, Melissatika, Volos, Greece
October 19-22, 2023

Links for attending online:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83162144590 (Oct. 20)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85000795101 (Oct. 21)

 

In the present-day pluralistic and global context, crucial questions like the following ones emerge: Should Orthodox Christianity today be characterised as “conservative”? Does the pre-modern background of Orthodoxy, such as its particular emphasis on the tradition

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The School of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Tartu, along with Volos Academy for Theological Studies and the Orthodox Church of Estonia invite participants to the international, English language study programme

 ORTHODOX CHURCH AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

We live at a time when we receive reports of war, ecological crisis and imbalance every day, resulting in great distress and mental health problems in society. What are the religious aspects of these issues, and what is

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The first interfaith meeting entitled “In the Footsteps of the Righteous to Protect the Future” between the Volos Academy of Theological Studies and the American Benjamin Ferencz Institute for Ethics, Human Rights and the Holocaust took place on Tuesday, July 18.

The meeting, organized by the research associate of the Academy, Rev. Dr. Filotheos Maroudas, was a kind of follow-up to the speech of H.E. Ignatius in Dortmund, Germany, in 2019, regarding the relations between Orthodoxy and

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On Wednesday, July 12th, the “Fourth Summer School for Ukrainian Clergy and Lay Theologians” was completed. This training program of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies was implemented in collaboration with the Orthodox Theological Academy of Volyn (Ukraine), bringing the trainees in contact with the contemporary international themes of theology and its branches.

The programme attempted to familiarize the participants with the new socio-cultural challenges (secularism, globalization

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The scheduled meeting of the “enlarged” Board of Directors of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies took place on Saturday, June 24, at the “Thessalia” Conference Center in Melissatika, Volos, with the participation of many associates of the organization and also with the presence of His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the members of his Entourage, who is visiting Volos these days. The General Secretary on Religious Affairs, Dr. Georgios Kalantzis, also attended the

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International Conference in the theme “Food in the Anthropocene: Ecotheological and Scientific Perspectives”

International Conference in the theme “Food in the Anthropocene: Ecotheological and Scientific Perspectives”

International Conference FOOD IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: ECOTHEOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES May 23–24, 2025 “Thessalia” Conference Center Melissatika, Volos, Greece An… Read More
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