Program
27th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality
CALLED TO LIFE IN CHRIST
In the Church, in the world, in the present time
Monastery of Bose, 4-6 September 2019
in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches
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WEDNESDAY 4
9:30 am
Opening of the Conference
ENZO BIANCHI, Founder of Bose
“My words in your mouth” (Jer 1:9).
Calling and Prophecy
ARSENIJ (SOkOLOV), Damascus
Don’t Focus on What’s Behind You:
In Hot Pursuit of the Goal of God’s Heavenly Call in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:13-14)
JOHN FOTOPOULOS, Notre Dame, IN
3:30 pm
The Church - Body of Christ and the Charismas of the People of God
BASSAM NASSIF, Balamand
Women’s Charism in the Church
JuLIJA VIDOVIĆ, Paris
Christian Calling as Encounter.
Jesus in Conversation with Women
DESPINA PRASSAS, Providence, RI
THURSDAY 5
9:00 am
The Life in Christ
✠ HILARION of Volokolamsk, Moscow
The Meaning of Christian Hope
✠ ANDREI of Vadu, Feleacu and Cluj, Cluj
Orthodox Theology of the Monastic Vocation
✠ PORFIRIJE of Zagreb and Ljubljana, Zagreb
The Monastic Vocation in the West Today
MICHEL VAN PARYS, Chevetogne
3:30 pm
Beauty in the Christian Life: Efrem the Syrian
SEBASTIAN BROCK, Oxford
Beauty in the Christian Life: the Experience of Forgiveness
PETER BOUTENEFF, Crestwood, NY
The Call to the Life of Christ in the Typikon of St. Sabas (439-532):
An Essay in Liturgical Theology
STEPHEN HEADLEY, Vezelay
FRIDAY 6
9:00 am
The Monastic Vocation in the Greek Church Today
✠ NEKTARIOS of Argolidos, Navplion
The Vocation of Academic Monasticism.
The Example of Kiev Theological Academy
✠ SILVESTR of Bilohorod, Kiev
Monasticism and Marriage. A Common Life to martyria
JOHN BEHR, Crestwood, NY
Life in Christ: Understanding or Participation? Fatherhood or pedagogy? (1Cor 4.1)
CHRISTOS YANNARAS, Athens
3:30 pm
Monastic Vocation in the Coptic Church
✠ ANGAELOS of London, London
The Vocation of a Christian Community
ATHENAGORAS FASIOLO, Montaner
Christian Calling and the polis
ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU, New York
Conclusions