1. The Faculty of Theology of the Ukrainian Catholic University in collaboration with the European Society for Catholic Theology and the Institute of Ecumenical Studies, organized an International meeting on March 4, 2016, on the topic: “Churches in Peace Building: Ecumenical Engagement for Peace and Reconciliation”. Among the speakers were: Rev. Dr. Cyril Hovorun, Sankt Ignatios Academy, Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden (“The Challenges that the Ukrainian Church face”); and the Deacon Dr. Nicholas Denysenko, Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Loyola Marymount University, CA, USA (“Identity and the Other: Receiving the Legacy of Sacramental Theology”). The Academy for Theological Studies was represented by the Academic
In the opening ceremony of the proceedings there was a greeting by the Director of the Department Mr. Konstantinos Karagounis, who welcomed the participants and dedicated the congress to his two late associates of the Department, Christos Kotopoulos and Konstantinos Saitis.
Also, there was a greeting by the president of the Chanters' Association of the Holy Diocese of Demetrias “Saint John the Koukouzelis”, Efstathios Grammenos, while His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias and Almyros
A collection of brief essays by the Director of the Academy for Theological Studies Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis entitled Nel mondo ma non del mondo. Sfide e tentazioni della chiesa nel mondo contemporaneo (“In the world but not of the world. Challenges and temptations of the Church in the modern world”) was recently released in Italian translation by the Qiqajon publication House of the monastic fraternity of Bose (Northern Italy).
In this volume, Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis discusses the
Upon the invitation of Professor Papanikolaou by the Volos Academy, a series of public lectures and a special theological seminar, organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, were successfully held in Thessaloniki, Volos and Athens.
Since 2013, the Volos Academy, generously sponsored by the Orthodox Foundation, Virginia H. Farah Foundation, provides an annual public lecture and a special theological seminar, where eminent and
A second educational meeting for religious teachers on the New Curricula of Religious Education was successfully held in Volos, on May, Saturday 14, 2016. The theme of this meeting was the following: “Necessary Steps toward the implement of the New Program of Studies for Religious Education”, organized by Volos Academy for Theological Studies in collaboration with the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs and the Institute
The Library of the Academy for Theological Studies of Volos has renewed its online catalog (OPAC). The book search is done in many ways in a user-friendly environment. New possibilities are added to its advantages. Four languages are available (Greek, English, French, German) as well as the whole catalogue of all the journal titles (over 440 titles).
As it expands its collection, priority is given to books related to philosophy, theology, sociology as well as byzantine art and culture. The