The Transfigured Christ
15th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality
Bose, September 16-19, 2007
Organized by the Monastery of Bose in collaboration with the Patriarchate of
15th International Ecumenical Conference
on Orthodox Spirituality
Bose, September 16 - 19, 2007
The Transfiguration of Christ, promise of man’s deification, lies at the very heart of Orthodox Christian spirituality: the cloud of God’s presence, the Shekinah, envelops all those who sincerely seek the face of the Lord. The mistery of the Transfiguration has profoundly inspired the reflections of Church Fathers, the creativity of holy monks, hymnographers and iconographers in Byzantium and on Mount Athos, in Palestine and on Mount Sinai, in East European lands and in Holy Russia.
The 15th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox spirituality seeks to throw light on the intimate communion and enriching diversity of the spiritual treasures of the Churches, and to investigate the selected topic in its biblical, spiritual, liturgical, theological, and anthropological aspects, examining the entirety of Orthodox spiritual tradition, in its harmonious plurality, without overlooking the contribution of the Latin monastic tradition.
Scientific Committe: Enzo Bianchi (Bose), Lino Breda (Bose), Sabino Chialà (Bose), Giorgio Cracco (Torino), Nina Kauchtschischwili (Bergamo), Hervé Legrand (Paris), Adalberto Mainardi (Bose), Antonio Rigo (Venezia), Roberto Salizzoni (Torino), Michel Van Parys (Chevetogne).
Program
Sunday, September 16
9:30 am
Conference Opening
Tranfiguration in the Gospel:
A Biblical-Spiritual Exegesis
ENZO BIANCHI, Prior of Bose
4:00 pm
The Transfiguration of Christ
in Byzantine Liturgy and Hymnography
KONSTANTINOS KARAISARIDIS, Athens
From Horeb to Tabor:
the Transfigured Christ in Byzantine Homiletics
MICHEL VAN PARYS, Chevetogne
Interpretation of the Transfiguration
in the Russian Exegetical and Homiletical Tradition
ALEKSANDER V. SOROKIN, Saint Petersburg
Monday, September 17
9:00 am
The Transfiguration
in St John of Damascus
RAMY WANNOUS, Balamand
The Transfigured Christ
in Guigo II the Carthusian's Writings
ANDRÉ LOUF, Mont-des-Cats
The Transfiguration in Byzantine
Spiritual Tradition: St Gregory of Sinai,
His Predecessors and His Contemporaries
ANTONIO RIGO, Venice
4:00 pm
The Experience of the Divine Light
in St Symeon the New Theologian
+ ILARION ALFEEV, Vienna
St Gregory Palamas' Doctrine
on the Vision of the Divine Light
and the Contemporary Athonite Spirituality
IOANNIS POLEMIS, Athens
Tuesday, September 18
9:00 am
St Seraphim of Sarov and the Transfiguration
in Russian Theological Thought
SERGIJ GOVORUN, Moscow
The Transfigured Christ
in Peter the Venerable
FOTIOS IOANNIDIS, Thessaloniki
The Transfigured Christ and the Monastic Life
in St Ignatij Brian?aninov
SERAFIM BELONOŽKO, Minsk
4:00 pm
The Light of the Transfiguration
in Byzantine Iconography
STAMATIS SKLIRIS, Athens
Russian Iconography of the Transfiguration:
Some Peculiarities
ENGELINA S. SMIRNOVA, Moscow
Wednesday, September 19
9:00 am
A Witness of Transfiguration:
St Nikolaj Velimirovi?
+ IRINEI BOULOVI?, Novi Sad
“I have seen the Living Christ”:
The Experience of Transfiguration
in St Silouan the Athonite
SERGEJ S. CHORUŽIJ, Moscow
Spirituality and Transfiguration
in Orthodox Theology:
Fr. Dumitru Staniloae
IUSTIN MARCHIS, Bucarest
4:00 pm
The Meaning of the Transfiguration
in the Contemporary World
+ KALLISTOS WARE, Oxford
Discussion and Conclusion
Proceedings of the International Ecumenical Conferences 1993-2005