Program

International Conference on Spirituality
MATTHEW THE POOR
A Contemporary Desert Father

21 - 22 May 2016
Monastery of Bose

 

SATURDAY 21 May

LIFE AND SPIRITUALITY

ore 9.00

Opening of the conference
Enzo Bianchi, Prior of Bose

The Human and Spiritual Heritage of Matthew the Poor, ten years after his repose
Epiphanius di san macario, Wadi el Natrun (Egitto)

A Life of Kenosis
Anthony O’Mahony, Londra (Regno Unito)

Matthew the Poor, a Man of Freedom
Fouad Naguib, Il Cairo / Boynton Beach (USA)

Matthew the Poor and the Coptic Church
Alberto Elli, Giussano (Italia)

ore 15.30

Matthew the Poor on the Theology of Scripture
Hani Hanna, Il Cairo (Egitto)

Matthew the Poor and Monasticism
Wadid El Makary, Wadi el Natrun (Egitto)

Matthew the Poor and the Rediscovery of Patrology in the Coptic Church
Samuel Rubenson, Lund (Svezia)

Matthew the Poor on Prayer
Mark Sheridan, Gerusalemme (Israele)

ore 20.00

The Religious and the Political Power according to Matthew the Poor
Ayda Nassif, Il Cairo (Egitto)

From Abū Maqār to Matthew the Poor: the Long Duration and Refoundation of a Place of the Coptic Monasticism
Domenico luciani, Treviso (Italia)

SUNDAY 22 May

SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT

ore 7.00

Coptic Liturgy

ore 9.00

Ecumenical Round Table
Matthew the Poor as read in the Christian Churches

Guido Dotti, chairman

speakers:

Raouf Edouard, Toronto (Canada)
Peter Halldorf, Bjärka-Säby (Svezia)
Nikolaos Kouremenos, Atene (Grecia)
Gwenola Le Serrec, Pierrefiche d’Olt (Francia)
Adel Sidarous, Evora (Portogallo)
Ugo zanetti, Chevetogne (Belgio)

Conclusions
Guido Dotti, Monastero di Bose

ore 12.00

Eucharist

ore 15.30

Projection of a documentary about Matthew the Poor