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145th International Convention

The 145th International Convention will begin tomorrow early morning in Europe. If you have not yet registered to the Convention, you can do it by clicking here. This event will be an utterly unique experience as it is the first ever International Convention held online. Most of the programme will be translated into nine languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian and four Indian languages (Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada). Most of the sessions will have English subtitles.

Programme

All times in the programme are given in Central European Time.
You can download the programme by clicking here.
Flags / country codes indicate into which languages the session will be interpreted.
 

Sunday, 27 December 2020

Asian day I

 
4:30   OPENING OF THE CONVENTION 🇫🇷 🇵🇹
          Prayers of the Religions
          Lighting the Lamp
          Invocation by the President
          Greetings from the Sections

5:45   Presidential Address 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹
          Tim Boyd, International President, TS Adyar

9:00   LECTURE 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          “The Flame of Awareness”
          Shikhar Agnihotri, International lecturer, India
          After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. 

10:20 Video of the Golden Link School in the Philippines 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
 
10:30 YOUTH SPEAK: TOMORROW’S VOICES 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          “Patterns of Thought”, Benjamin Upton, New Zealand
          “Just Say Yes”, Celeste Sasuman, the Philippines
          “The Spirit of Youth”, Brandon Goh, Singapore

12:00 INDIAN SECTION CONVENTION - I
          Inaugural address, Tim Boyd, International President
          “State of the Indian Section Address”
          Pradeep H. Gohil, President, Indian Section

15:00 MEDITATION 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          Ven. Olande Ananda, Sri Lanka

16:00 YOUTH FORUM
 

Monday 28 December 2020

The Americas’ day

 
17:00 Universal Prayer and Meditation 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          LECTURE
          “Mastering the Cyclic Nature of Existence”
          Elena Dovalsantos, International Lecturer, USA
          After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. 

18:30 Video of the TS centres in the Americas 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪

22:00 PANEL 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹
          “The work of the TS - post-pandemic and into the future”
          Erika Chavez, Argentina
          Juliana Cesano, USA
          Ulisses Riedel de Resende, Brazil
          Moderator: Esteban Langlois, Argentina

23:00 Video of the TOS in the Americas 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹

2:00   BESANT LECTURE 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          Maria Leonor Gerona Robredo
          Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines
          After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. 

3:30   MEDITATION 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹

4:30   YOUTH FORUM
 

Tuesday, 29 December 2020

European-African day

 
10:00 Universal Prayer and Meditation 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹
          SYMPOSIUM BY EUROPE/AFRICA
          Trân-Thi-Kim-Diêu, France
          Jenny Baker, England
          Patrick Kafunga, Zambia
          Janne Vuononvirta, Finland

11:05 Video of the International Theosophical Centre in Naarden, the Netherlands 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹

11:15 PANEL Q&A 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹
          Trân-Thi-Kim-Diêu, France
          Sabine Van Osta, Belgium 
          Carlos Guerra, Portugal
          Janne Vuononvirta, Finland

15:00 INTERVIEWS ON BECOMING AWARE 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹
          People to be interviewed:
          Antonio Girardi, Italy
          Narendra Shah, Kenya
          Angels Torra-Buron, Spain
          Krista Umbjarv, France

16:30 Video of the TOS in Europe and Africa 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹

18:00 THEOSOPHY-SCIENCE LECTURE 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          “Scientific Research and Spiritual Search”
          Ravi Ravindra
          Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
          After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. 

19:00 MEDITATION 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹
          Tran-Thi-Kim-Dieu, France

20:30 YOUTH FORUM
 

Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Asian day II

 

4:30   Universal Prayer and Meditation
          QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PANEL
          Moderated by Renee Sell, New Zealand

5:30   LECTURE 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪
          “The Power of Renewal”
          Linda Oliveira
          National President, Australian Section
          After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. 

6:30   Video of the TOS in Asia 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇩🇪

10:30 INDIAN SECTION CONVENTION - II 🇩🇪
          "Awareness Transforms Life"
          Vicente Hao Chin Jr will chair the session
          “Importance of Awareness in fulfilling T.S. Mission”
          Bro Sanjay Potey, President of the Marathi Federation
          "Need of Awareness to Relate to the Present Situation"
          Sister Chital Patel, Gujarat Federation
          "How Awareness Transforms Life"
          Sister Sripriya, Madras Federation

13:30 PUBLIC LECTURE 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹
          "The Golden Hour: A Turning of the Cycle"
          Tim Boyd
          International President, TS Adyar
          After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. 

15:00 CLOSING OF THE CONVENTION 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 
          Mr Tim Boyd
          International President, TS Adyar
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