Contribution to the Dialogue on State-Church relationship
A Public Event with the participation of the Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
 On December 8, 2018 a public event / discussion on the topic “Contribution to the Dialogue on State-Church Relationship” was successfully held at the Labor Center of Giannitsa (Pella). The event was organized by the Movement “Citizens of Giannitsa” and the Hellenic Association for Human and Citizen Rights, with the participation of Dr. Stergios Kofinis, Judge at Administrative Court of First Instance in Thessaloniki and Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies and Member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Religion ... read more
“St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Research Group” First International Conference
With the participation of Associates of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
 On November 30 – December 1, 2018 the first International Conference of the St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Research Group was successfully held in Prague (Czech Republic) on the topic “Understanding Orthodox Spirituality.” The conference was organized in cooperation with the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Charles University in Prague and attended by Orthodox scholars from all over Europe in order to study various aspects of the Orthodox Spirituality with special focus on the theology of the Holy Spirit... read more
“The Science and Orthodox Christianity Relationship: Past-Present-Future” 3rd International Conference of the Project “Science and Orthodoxy around the World” (SOW)
 On November 29-December 1, 2018, the 3rd and last International Conference of the Project “Science and Orthodoxy around the World” of the Institute for Historical Studies of the National Hellenic Research Foundation was successfully held in Athens on the general topic “The Science and Orthodox Christianity Relationship: Past-Present-Future.” Scholars and Scientists from both fields and all over the world participated in the conference. The third international conference concludes a three-year effort by Project SOW to map the ongoing discussion on science and Orthodox Christianity thughout the world.... read more
“The wood-carved iconostasis of Post-Byzantine times (16th-20th c.)”
 On Friday November 30 and Saturday December 1, 2018 a scientific meeting, organized by the Museum of Byzantine Culture, on the topic “The wood-carved iconostasis of the Post-Byzantine times (16th - 19th c.)” was successfully held. Experts in Byzantine art along with a considerable number of people interested in the field attended the meeting, which was hosted at the “Melina Merkouri” amphitheater of the Museum.
The occasion for this scientific meeting was the periodical exhibition “TEMPLON. Sacred figures, Unvisible Gates of Faith, 20th and 21st Centuries... read more
The Reception of the Balamand Declaration (1993-2018) and the Current Relations Between the Orthodox and Oriental Churches and their Catholic Sister Churches
On November 26-28, 2018 an International conference on the topic “The Reception of the Balamand Declaration (1993-2018) and the Current Relations Between the Orthodox and Oriental Churches and their Catholic Sister Churches” was successfully held in Leuven, Belgium. The conference was organized by the Louvain Center for Eastern and Oriental Christianity (LOCEOC) of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of KU Leuven.
25 years ago the international dialogue commission between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church agreed upon a short document entitled Uniatism,... read more
Book launch of two collective volumes dedicated to Metropolitans John D. Zizioulas of Pergamon and Kallistos Ware of Diokleia
 A book launch of two collective volumes entitled: Personhood, Eucharist and the Kingdom of God in ecumenical perspective. A Festschrift in Honour of Metropolitan John D. Zizioulas of Pergamon (Volos Academy Publications, Volos, 2016) and The Witness of Orthodoxy to the West. A Festschrift in Honour of Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of Diokleia (Volos Academy Publications, Volos, 2018) published by the Volos Academy Publications (an imprint of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies) successfully took place on November 4th 2018 in Athens, within the framework of the 7th Orthodox Christian Book Affair of the En Plo Publications ... read more
An Event dedicated to the memory of folklorist Kitsos Makris (1917-1988)
On Saturday, November 3rd, 2018, an event - tribute to the person and work of the late folklorist Kitsos Makris (1917-1988) was successfully held at the Amphitheater “G. Kordatos” of the University of Thessaly in Volos, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death and the participation of a large audience.
The event was co-organized by the University of Thessaly, the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, the Thessalian Research Association... .read more
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