RESILIENCE, the European cross-disciplinary research infrastructure serving the study of religion, launches its third call for applications for Transnational Access Fellowships. The call will be open March 15 to May 1, 2024. Users will gain direct, fast, and effective access to the collections of leading research institutions and universities in Europe, guided by experts in the field .
Users of the Transnational Access (TNA) fellowships will gain direct and effective access, both physical and virtual, to the unique collections and expertise of leading research institutions and universities in Europe. In addition, a TNA stay guarantees faster access to resources, which means more effective use of research time. Each host institution
The work of the International Conference on the DOCUMENTATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CULTURAL HERITAGE of the Narrate Project, organized by the University of "Saint Clement of Ohrid" in Sofia, Bulgaria, with participations from Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Italy and the USA, was completed on Wednesday, March 13. Volos Academy for Theological Studies was represented by its associate, Costis Drygianakis, who spoke on the topic "An icon, a site, a book: We and the digital representations
Presentation of the Energy Community of the Holy Metropolis
Since 2021, Volos Academy for Theological Studies in cooperation with the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros and with the blessings of the local Metropolitan Ignatius, attempts to respond to the demands of the times, contributing with its capacities to the effort of the Orthodox Church to deal with the climate crisis. For this purpose, it has so far organized, both in situ and online, international conferences, training
Online lecture:
Rev. Dr. Stavros Kofinas
DISABILITY AS A CHALLENGE
FOR THE PASTORAL WORK OF THE CHURCH
The third event of the fourth series of online lectures “Time for Action” organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies will take place on Monday, March 11, 2024, at 7:00 pm (Athens time). The speaker will be Rev. Dr. Stavros Kofinas, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne and Coordinator of Pastoral Health Care at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The topic of the lecture will be
Completion of online roundtable
THE EUCHARIST AS A WORK OF THE WHOLE OF THE PEOPLE
Metropolitan Grigorios (Papathomas) of Peristeri, Michel Stavrou, Julia Naett Vidovic,
Fr. Serge Sollogoub, Pantelis Kalaitzidis
On Thursday, February 22, 2024, the third event of the series "The liturgy after the liturgy" took place, organized by the Holy Metropolis of France and the Vicariate of French-speaking parishes (Vicariat Sainte Marie de Paris et Saint Alexis d'Ugine, Ecumenical Patriarchate) in
The School of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Tartu (Estonia), along with Volos Academy for Theological Studies (Greece) and the Orthodox Church of Estonia, invites participants to the international, English language study programme in the Spring Semester 2024
ORTHODOX CHURCH AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
The Courses in the Spring semester include
- Theopolitics
(Prof. Cyril Hovorun and Prof. Brandon Gallagher)
- Christianity and Post-Modern Spirituality
(Prof. Ivana
Online lecture:
Rev. Dr. Vasilios Thermos
VIOLENCE:
INDIVIDUAL PHENOMENON OR PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF THE SOCIETY?
The second event of the fourth series of online lectures “Time for Action” organized by the Volos Academy for Theological Studies will take place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at 7:00 pm (Athens time). The speaker will be Rev. Dr. Vassileios Thermos, Professor of Pastoral Care at the Supreme Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. The topic of