ORIC Seventh International Theological Conference at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
in cooperation with St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
The conference is organised with the financial support of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St Sergius
Sacrifice as Participation in Christ
Conference Programme
Opening of the Conference
Talks at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, Serguievskoe Podvorie, 93 rue de Crimée
8.30-9.00 am Morning Prayers
9.00-9.10 am Prof. Michel Stavrou, Dean of St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
Conference Welcome Speech
9.10-9.30 am Olga Sevastyanova
Welcome Speech
9.30-10.30 am Keynote speech: Rev. Stephen Headley
Sacrifice. From Death to Life
10.30-11.00 pm Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 pm Short papers: The Cross and the Meaning of Sacrifice.
Ecumenical dialogue
Chair: Rev. Bogdan Brinza
11.00-11.30 am Zdenko Širka
Theology of the Cross: Protestant Lutheran Perspective
11.30-12.00 am Olga Sevastyanova
Moses’ Outstretched Arms as an Image of Sacrifice in Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses
12.00-12.30 pm Rev. Timothy Ezat
Theology of the Cross: Catholic Perspective
12.30 pm Conference Photograph
12.30-2.00 pm Lunch
2.00-3.00 pm Plenary: Prof. Michel Stavrou
TBC
Prof. Julia Vidovic, Rev. Nathanael Neacșu, Danut Monastireanu, Gregoire Aslanoff, Elena Narinskaya
Chair: Charles Ibanez
4.30-5.30 pm Tour around St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
5.40-6.30 pm Vespers
6.30 pm Dinner
Tuesday 3 September
Talks at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, Serguievskoe Podvorie, 93 rue de Crimée
8.45-9.00 am Prayer
9.00-10.00 am Plenary: Gregoire Aslanoff
Iconography of Sacrifice
10 -10.15 am Coffee break
10.15-11.45 Short papers: Sacrifice in the Scripture
Chair: Alexey Sevastyanov
10.15-10.45 am Charles Ibanez
The Scriptural roots of the Christian concept of sacrifice
10.45- 11.15 am Danut Monastireanu, Prof. Danut Vasile Jemna
Sacrifice of the mind: There is Hope in the Incarnation – rediscovering the lost scriptural mind
11.15-11.45 am Elena Narinskaya
Sacrifice of ‘Old’ and Sacrifice of ‘New’: Continuation of the Revelation
12.00-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.00 pm Plenary: Prof. Julia Vidovic
The Incarnate Word in the Modern World from the perspective of Olivier Clément.
3.00-3.15 pm Coffee Break
3.15- 4.45 pm Short Papers A: Sacrifice in the Eucharist
Chair: Rev. Nathanael Neacșu
3.15-3.45 pm Victor Alexandrov
Eucharistic Sacrifice
3.45-4.15 pm Christos Vattis
The Divine Liturgy as an Experience and The Participation of the Believers in The Orthodox Church. Liturgical Approach
4.15-4.45 pm Slavisa Kostic
The phenomenology of Eucharistic sacrifice in Emmanuel Falque and Christina M. Gschwandtner
4.45-5.15 pm Rev. Prof. George Mihalache
TBC
3.15- 4.45 pm Short Papers B: Sacrifice in the Early Church
Chair: Prof. Danut Jemna
3.15-3.45 pm Mako Nagasava
Sacrifice in Irenaeus of Lyon
3.45-4.15 pm Nikolaos Giannou
Gregory of Nyssa and the Patristic Transformation of the Sacrificial Concept
4.15-4.45 pm Rev. Nishad Issac Chandy
Understanding ‘Sacrifice’ in the Early Church: Mapping Missiological Models and Implications for Transformative Ecumenism Today
4.45-5.15 pm Nikola Bakic
The Theme of Sacrificing Earthly Desires in ‘The Ladder of Divine Ascent’ by St. John Climacus
5.15-6.00 pm Round Table: Brainstorming the meaning of Sacrifice
Chair: Rev. Bogdan Brinza
6.00 pm Dinner
Wednesday 4 September
Talks at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, Serguievskoe Podvorie, 93 rue de Crimée
8.45-9.00 am Prayer
9.00-10.00 am Plenary: Metropolitan Seraphim Kykkotis of Zimbabwe and Exarch of Southern Africa
Sacrifice and Ecological Metanoia (Repentance)
10 -10.15 am Coffee break
10.15-11.45 Short papers A: Sacrifice in Asceticism
Chair: Natalia Munataeva
10.15-10.45 am Raul Ovidiu Bodea
The Sacrifice of the Self in the Thought of Nikolai Berdyaev and John Zizioulas
10.45- 11.15 am Quadratus Dumitrescu
War, suffering and sacrifice in the thought of Maria Skobtsova
11.15-11.45 am Viktar Niachayeu
Ego sacrifice as a primary motivational aspiration for Hesychast spirituality
10.15-11.45 Short papers B: Sacrifice in Asceticism
Chair: Emil Marginean
10.15-10.45 am Ivan Ilin
Love Incarnated: Sergii Bulgakov’s Theology of Sacrifice
10.45- 11.15 am Aleksandre Gabunia
Participating in Christ’s Sacrifice: Eschatological Communion and Ecclesial Identity through the Last Supper Event in John Zizioulas’ Theology
11.15-11.45 am Rev. Deacon Raffaele Guerra
The mystery of sacrifice and blood in the theology of Annick de Souzenelle
12.00-1.30 pm Lunch
1.30-3.00 pm Short papers A: Sacrifice in the modern world
Chair: Danut Monastireanu
1.30-2.00 am Rev. Prof. Roger Coresciuc
TBC
2.00-2.30 am Emil M. Mărginean
Self-sacrifice, Empathy and Compassion in an AI Era: A Spiritual Orthodox Christian Perspective
2.30- 3.00 pm Rev. Bogdan Brinza
TBC
1.30-3.15pm Short papers B: Sacrifice in the modern world
Chair: Natalia Munataeva
1.30-2.00 am Pavel Ruzyak
Sacrifice Then and Now
2.00-2.30 am Maja Nikolova
Meetings with Christ – Veronauke textbooks in Serbian schools until the First World War
2.30- 3.00 pm Guram Lursmanashvili
Patriarch Leonide (Okropiridze) and his sacrifice in Soviet Russia
3.00 -3.15 pm Paschalis Tsitsifyllas
Sacrifice in Ecology and Couple Life
3.00-3.20 pm Coffee Break
3.20- 5 pm Round Table Discussion
Brainstorming of the ORIC Future Activities
Outro
5-6 pm Conference Closing and Vespers
6 pm Dinner
Thursday, 5 September- Saturday, 7 September
ORIC Members Retreat to Vezelay
