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International Theology Conference on Media and Christian Worship held in Vienna

The International Conference on Theology entitled Cultus Publicus & Mass Media. Liturgie durch, mit und in Medien (Public worship and Mass-media. Liturgy through, with and in Mass-media) was held in Vienna, Austria, on March 3-6, 2022.  For more than two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has kept the entire world, states, society and the Church in suspense. For…

Mar 10, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

Message of the Romanian Patriarch Daniel at the Ecumenical International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the Ecumenical International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose, 4-6 September 2019. Please find below the full text of His Beatitude’s message in Italian: Cari partecipanti, Con grande gioia ci rivolgiamo in quest’anno, 2019, ai partecipanti alla XXVII Conferenza ecumenica internazionale di spiritualità…

Sep 5, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Patriarch opens national conference on church painting

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Monday, June 10, opened the works of the National Conference ‘Dogmatic unity and national specificity in church painting’ at the Patriarchal Palace with over 100 iconographers and church painters attending the event. The conference was organized by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Department for Culture and Religious Heritage and the Church Painting…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Importance of Church-State cooperation in the European context

Opening address by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania at the International Conference on the relations between the State and religious denominations in the European Union, at the Palace of the Patriarchate, Friday, June 7, 2019. Importance of Church-State cooperation in the European context According to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union…

Jun 7, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Message of Romanian Patriarch Daniel at International Conference “The Positive Dimension of Religious Freedom”

Speech of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the International Conference The Positive Dimension of Religious Freedom: How can governments support religious organizations, Palace of the Patriarchate, Thursday, 6 June 2019, 17.00 hours: The neutral democratic state and autonomous religious denominations cooperate for the wellbeing of society in general On this…

Jun 6, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

International conference: 8 centuries of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church

In honor of the jubilee celebrating eight centuries of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1219-2019) the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade is hosting, December 10-14, 2018, an international scholarly conference dedicated to the event of independence of the Serbian Orthodox Church and eight centuries of its contribution to the history, theology, and…

Dec 11, 2018Florin Nicolaie

International conference on topic of news agencies vs. ‘fake news’ taking place in Tirana

“Today, fake news is no longer a phenomenon but a true communication strategy in the hands of a few people or groups which try to use the ‘fourth power’ for purposes often hostile”, said the General Director of the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), Armela Krasniqi, on Sunday, at the opening of the international conference on…

Dec 6, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Ecumenical Patriarchate: A new Forum on Modern Slavery

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced his plans to convene a Third International Forum on Modern Slavery, with the theme “Awareness, Action and Impact.” Recognizing that modern slavery is a global scourge that traps millions of people to lives of suffering, injustice and humiliation, His All-Holiness established a Task Force on Modern Slavery as a…

Oct 30, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou speaks in Bucharest about universal priesthood

The Very Rev. Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou spoke Tuesday evening about universal priesthood during a conference held at the Bucharest Faculty of Orthodox Theology. ‘Since the beginning and the end of all things is Jesus Christ, we always begin by invoking his name and making the sign of the Holy Cross,’ he said. Archimandrite Zacharias shared…

Oct 4, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The International Orthodox Theological Association announces its Inaugural Conference in Iasi, Romania on 9-12 January 2019

The overarching theme of IOTA’s inaugural conference is Pan-Orthodox unity and conciliarity. As the event will take place in Iasi, Romania, the conference has the support of the leadership of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In addition, the Ecumenical Patriarch and other church leaders look favorably upon the endeavor. Each IOTA group is presently accepting 600-800…

Oct 17, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Ecumenical Patriarch at Arctic Circle Assembly: ‘We have to change how we perceive and treat the world’

On Friday, at the invitation of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, former President of Iceland, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the keynote address to the Arctic Circle Assembly before a gathering of 2,000 participants from governments, corporations, universities and ecological institutions. The Ecumenical Patriarch spoke on the importance and influence of religion on raising awareness on…

Oct 14, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu