From May 31st to June 4th, 2019, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew hosted the third Halki Summit. The summit convened distinguished representatives of Orthodox theological schools and seminaries from all over the world, and focused on the theme of “Theological Formation and Ecological Awareness.” Some 50 delegates from over 40 institutions have been in attendance.
Halki Summit III was organized as an inter-Orthodox working conference. Summit participants heared addresses by prominent environmental theologians (Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant), and discussed ways that ecological awareness can be fostered and advanced in Orthodox institutions of higher learning throughout the world by means of courses and other
• Educational visit to the Volos Synagogue (April 16, 2019)
• Educational visit to the Jewish Museum of Greece and the Synagogue of Athens (May 8, 2019)
• Meeting of the Pilot Program participants (May 23, 2019)
• “March of the Living” (May 2, 2019)
The Volos Academy of Theological Studies - Research Center , organizes and implements exclusively for the current school year 2018-19 an Educational Pilot Program for the History and Teaching of the Holocaust, approved by the General Secretariat
The work and the publications of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
On May 10, 2019, the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in cooperation with the En Plo publications successfully organized a Round Table discussion entitled “Theology in Dialogue”, as part of the 16th International Book Fair of Thessaloniki (wing 15, stands 24-33) in order to present its work and publications. At the event, moderated by Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis, (Director of the Volos Academy for Theological
On May 9-11, 2019, a conference, organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, was successfully held in Volos (Thessalia Conference Center) on the general theme: “Figures of Christian Narrative Texts: Theological and Secular Approaches.”
The purpose of the conference was to examine from a variety of perspectives the importance and role of narrative criticism and method especially in the field of theology.
The conference opened with the Message of His-All Holiness, the Ecumenical
Thessalia Conference Center, Melissatika (Volos)
May 9-11, 2019
Starting: Thursday, May 9,
at 6.00 p.m.
With simultaneous translation into English!
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Registration here will be open by May 3, 2019.
On May 9-11, 2019, a conference on the general theme “Figures of Christian Narrative Texts: Theological and Secular Approaches” will
March 30-31, 2019, Volos, Greece
On Saturday, March 30, 2019 the Pan-Hellenic Conference with an international participation was successfully held in Volos on the general theme: “Church, Disability and Society.” The conference was organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in cooperation with the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias, the charitable company “Health Path” and the Association of People with Disabilities in Magnesia, “Ippokampos”. The topic in question attracted the interest