Online Round Table
HOLINESS TODAY
Monday, April 27, 2026, 6:30 p.m. EEST
The next event in the series “Time for Action” of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, will take place on Monday, April 27, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Athens time (EEST) and its topic will be “Holiness Today”. Speakers include Prof. Dr. Peter Bouteneff, Professor of Systematic Theology and Kulik Professor of Sacred Arts at the St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (New York, USA); Prof. Dr. Ekaterini Tsalampouni, Professor of New Testament in the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; and Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Yfantis, Professor of Patrology and Hagiology in the same University. The event will be moderated by Dr. Andreas Alexopoulos
Between March 2 and 4, 2026, the international conference “Anastasios: Archbishop, Theologian, Missionary” was held at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts (USA). The Conference marked the first anniversary since the passing of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. Organized by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross and the Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity, the conference explored the life and legacy of Archbishop
The Seminar “Introducing Eastern Orthodoxy: Past, Present, Future” concluded with an excursion to Kalambaka and Meteora. The Seminar was organized by the Volos Academy in collaboration with Valparaiso University (USA), and it covered topics as Introduction to Greek Orthodoxy (20th-21st c.)(Dr Nikolaos Asproulis), Theosis / Deification in the Orthodox tradition(Dr. Nikolaos Asproulis), Monasticism as Ecclesial Witness: Continuity and Renewal from Late Antiquity to Today (Dr. Nikos Kouremenos)
New publication:
RELATIONS AND EXCHANGES
BETWEEN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX (CHALCEDONIAN)
AND THE ORIENTAL ORTHODOX (NON-CHALCEDONIAN) CHURCHES
IN THE PAST AND TODAY
Collective volume, edited by Christine Chaillot
568 pp, 170 X 230 mm, softcover, ISBN 978-618-86453-5-6, 23 euro
A new book was just published by Volos Academy Publications. Its title is “Relations and Exchanges between the Eastern Orthodox (Chalcedonian) and the Oriental Orthodox (Non-Chalcedonian) Churches in the Past and Today”
Meeting of the Metropolitan of Demetrias and the Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies with the Ecumenical Patriarch
On February 6, the celebration of the memory of Saint Photios took place at the Theological School of Chalki (Ecumenical Patriarchate), presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. The celebration was attended by a delegation of the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias, headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius, while the Volos Academy was
Volos Summer Institute (VSI)
Venue: Volos, Greece
Dates: July 6-16, 2026
General Theme: Orthodoxy in transition: Tradition, Ecumenism, and Modernity.
In cooperation with the International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA), the Volos Summer Institute (VSI), organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, offers a unique program that includes study, prayer, pilgrimage, and inter-Orthodox engagement. VSI will bring together graduate and post-graduate students (lay or ordained