With the participation of the Deputy Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
Stellenbosch, S. Africa, September 26-27, 2018
On September 26-27, 2018 an International Conference, organized by the Discipline of Christian Spirituality of the University of South Africa in cooperation with the Volos Academy for Theological Studies on the general theme “Bible, Churches and Spirituality in a (non?) secular world?” was successfully held in Stellenbosch (S. Africa).
According to the rationale of the conference the global rise of religion has seen the centre of gravity of Christianity move into the global south, as numerous sociologists and religion theorists attest. Christian theology internationally has an important mission to
With the participation of the Director of
the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
Thessaloniki, Holy Monastery of Vlatadon
June 28-29, 2018
On June 28-29 the Anniversary Jubilee Symposium of the Patriarchal Institute of Patristic Studies was successfully held in Thessaloniki (Holy Monastery of Vlatadon) on the occasion of its 50 years of history and contribution to Orthodox theology, Church and culture.
During the first day of the Symposium dedicated to the history, the present and the
An International Seminar of European Parliament with the participation of
H.E. Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias (Orthodox Church of Greece)
Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday June 26, 2018
On Tuesday June 26, 2018, an international seminar on the theme “Implementing the European Social Pillar: The Role of Churches and Religions” hosted by the First Vice President Mrs. Mairead McGuinness, responsible by the European Parliament for the Article 17 of the Lisbon Treaty on the dialogue with churches
With the participation of the Deputy Director of the
Volos Academy for Theological Studies
June, 22 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
On June, 22, 2018 the second consultative meeting of the Network of Institutions of Higher Ecumenical Theological Education was successfully held in Geneva in the framework of the Ecumenical Theological Education Project of the World Council of Churches (ETE/WCC). Participants included the members of the Network as well as members of the Central Committee of WCC
with the participation of the Director of the
Volos Academy for Theological Studies
Balamand, Lebanon, June 7-9, 2018
On June 7-9, 2018 and Under the high patronage of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East, and with His blessings the 6th International Symposium of the International Association of Orthodox Dogmatic Theologians (IAODT) was successfully held at St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology of the University of Balamand in Lebanon on the general topic: “The
On June 11, 2018 a public lecture by Prof. Emeritus Charles Taylor (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) was successfully held in Athens (National Hellenic Research Foundation, amphitheater “L. Zervas,”) on the topic: “Christianity in the West’s Secular Age.” The event was co-organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies and the Project “Science and Orthodoxy around the World – SOW” of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
The event was
“Toward a Greener Attica: Preserving the Planet and Protecting its People”
The 9th Ecological Symposium of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
With the participation of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
On June 5-8, 2018 the 9th international ecological symposium on the topic “Toward a Greener Attica: Preserving the Planet and Protecting its People,” was successfully held in Athens, Spetses and Hydra. It was organized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and concluded aboard the “Platytera”