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Dear friends of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies

With the Great and Holy Council now set to take place this June 16-27, 2016 at the Orthodox Academy in Crete (Greece), and with the preconciliar documents becoming available (in English language soon), OTSA (the Orthodox Theological Society in America) in partnership with the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University (New York, USA) is launching an immediate project to facilitate theological reflection and exchange on the issues pertinent to the agenda items of the Council.  

In this perspective, OTSA invites proposals from members and others scholars worldwide who would be interested in forming working groups of 4-6 people to submit proposals of 250 words or less

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An International Conference and honorary event was successfully held on November 20-22, 2015 in Volos (Melissatika) on the general theme “Metropolitan of Diokleia Kallistos Ware and the witness of Orthodoxy in the West”.

In the first afternoon session of the first day of the conference, after a brief greeting by the Director of the Volos Academy Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis and under his moderation, the first speaker, Dr. Niki Tsironis, (Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research

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On the occasion of the reception of his Eminence, Metropolitan of Diokleia Kallistos Ware as Fellow by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, an International Conference is organized in Volos (Thessalia Conference Center, Melissiatika), November 20-22, 2015 on the general theme: “Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (Ware): The Witness of Orthodoxy in the West.”

Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (Ware) born in Bath, Somerset, England (1934), he was educated at Westminster School in London

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Participants in the Volos consultation on disability.

 

12 October 2015

A theological dialogue initiative offering Orthodox perspectives on disability has encouraged churches to address the issue with a renewed commitment.

“The conversation on disability is not about some part of the church, it is about the life of the church as a whole,” says Nathan Hoppe, who comes from the Orthodox Church of Albania. “Disability, therefore, needs to be reflected as a problem of the health of the church

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Organized by the Cultural Society Ainos,

In cooperation with the University of Winchester,

the Orthodox Theological Research Forum,

the Fellowship of St Alban & St Sergius,

the Volos Academy for Theological Studies

and the House of St Gregory & St Macrina.

 

July 3-8, 2015

Wolfson College, Oxford

After the continuing success and the rising interest in Patristic and Byzantine Studies in the UK and internationally, it has been decided to explore their common ground, the various

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On June 11-13, 2015 the 2nd International Meeting of Orthodox and Roman Catholic Biblical scholars, organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in cooperation with the Roman Catholic Theological Faculty in Florence, was successfully held in Volos (Melissiatika Conference Center, Volos). The general theme of the meeting was “The Baptism in the New Testament from an Orthodox and Roman Catholic perspective”. Twelve biblical scholars (6 from the Orthodox and 6 from the Roman Catholic

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