Τaking into account the special conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Volos Academy for Theological Studies is pleased to announce a series of on-line lectures by well-known theologians and researchers on timely topics. The lectures are addressing the general public and not exclusively specialists, offering sufficient time for questions to the speaker.

The language of the meetings will be Greek (except for that of Rev. Dr. Brandon Gallaher), while their duration will not exceed 1 hour and 30 minutes. The links for joining each online meeting and asking questions will be announced in time (admittance is free for the public). 

1. January 19, 2021, 7 pm.: Rev. Dr. Cyril Hovorun (Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; Huffington Ecumenical Institute, USA): The Ukrainian case and Pan-Orthodox Solidarity

2. February 24, 2021, 7 pm.: Rev. Charalambos Papadopoulos (Libyos) (parish priest of St. Irene, Pyrgos Monofatsiou, Crete): From Alexander Schmemann to St. Porfyrios on Joy

3. March 4, 2021, 7 pm.: Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Clapsis (former Professor of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts), Orthodox Witness in the Twenty-First Century in the Shadow of the Pandemic

4. March 23, 2021, 7 pm.: Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis (Ecumenical Patriarchate): Time for action in Christ: The Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church — Respondents: Dr. Vasileios N. Makrides (Professor of Sociology of Orthodox Christianity, University of Erfurt, Germany); Athanassios N. Papathanasiou, (Editor in Chief of the journal Synaxi; Associate Professor, Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens; Tutor at the Hellenic Open University); Theodota Nantsou (Head of Policy, WWF Greece)

5. April 12, 2021, 7 pm.: Dr. Niki Tsironi (Institute for Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation), Theotokos stratigos, andreia — Theotokos Glykophilousa: Aspects of the Same Priceless Coin

6. May 12, 2021, 7 pm.: Dr. Angeliki Ziaka (Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Thessaloniki): Islam, Europe and Democracy

7. May 26, 2021, 8 pm.: Dr. Dimitrios Moschos (Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Athens): Can the History of the Orthodox Church be Rewritten?

8. June 14, 2021, 8 pm.: Rev. Dr. Brandon Gallaher (Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK), Sergii Bulgakov and Georges Florovsky: Two Complementary Voices for Contemporary Orthodox Theology