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, religious and non-confessional organisations was successfully held at the European Parliament. Mrs. Mairead McGuinness along with Mr. Luca Jahier (President of the European Social and Economic Committee) opened the meeting with some introductory
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”
For the first time
Charles Taylor will deliver a public lecture in Athens, Greece
A public lecture will be delivered by the prominent philosopher Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of McGill University (Montreal Canada), on June 11, 2018 in Athens (National Hellenic Research Foundation, amphitheater “L. Zervas,” Vasileos Konstantinou Av. 48) at 7.30 pm. on the topic:
“Christianity in the secular age of the West”
In his presentation Professor Charles Taylor will refer to the surrounding
May 24-27, 2018
On May 24-27, an International Scientific Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Conference was successfully held in Prague on the general theme “Contemporary Images of Holiness.” It was the first of a series of six conferences, organized by the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Charles University in the framework of a project financially supported by the Government of the Czech Republic, that will focus on theological anthropology in ecumenical perspective.
The conference consisted