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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Can Orthodox Theology Be Contextual?
Concrete Approaches from the Orthodox Tradition
May 23-28, 2013, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The conference is co-organized by Volos Academy for Theological
Studies, Romanian
Institute for Inter-Orthodox, Inter-Confessional and
Inter-Religious Studies/INTER (Cluj-
Napoca), Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University
(New York), Chair
of Orthodox Theology at Mnster University, Christian Cultural
Center (Belgrade),
Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity (Belgrade),
St Andrews Biblical
Theological Institute (Moscow), and European Forum of Orthodox
Schools of Theology/
EFOST (Bruxelles), in collaboration with the Metropolis of Cluj
and the Faculty of
Orthodox Theology at Babes-Bolyai-University/UBB (Cluj-Napoca).
The conference is
supported by Mayor and Council of Cluj, State Secretariat for
Religious Denominations,Companies and Monasteries.
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY, May 23th
2013
10.30-11.00 Press Conference
16.30-17.30 Registration
17.30-18.00 Opening Greetings
Rector of UBB
Dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology
Metropolitan of Cluj
Public Authorities
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Session I
Moderator: Ass. Prof. Radu Preda (Cluj-Napoca)
18.00-18.30 Rev. Dr. Igumen Calinic (Berger), Priest of the
Romanian Orthodox
Diocese of America, Pennsylvania, USA
Trinity
18.30-19.00 Deacon Paul Gavrilyuk, Associate Professor at St
Thomas University,
Minnesota, USAChristology
19.00-20.00 Discussion
20.30 Dinner
FRIDAY May 24th
2013
Session II
Moderator: Prof. Dorin Oancea (Sibiu)
09.00-09.30 Rev. Dr. Radu Bordeianu, Associate Professor of
Duquesne University,Pennsylvania, USA
Holy Spirit/Eschatology
09.30-10.00 Dr. Petros Vassiliadis, Professor at the University
of Thessaloniki,Greece
Eucharistic Ecclesiology
10.00-10.30 Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor, Co-Founding
Director ofOrthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University,
New York,
USA
Personhood and Virtue Ethics
10.30-11.30 Discussion
11.30-12.00 Coffee-break
Session III
Moderator: Prof. Stefan Iloaie (Cluj-Napoca)
12.00-12.30 Dr. John Fotopoulos, Associate Professor, St Marys
College, USA
Exegesis and Hermeneutics
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12.30-13.00 Dr. Alexander Philonenko, Assistant Professor at the
Kharkov StateUniversity, Ukraine
Anthropology
13.00-13.30 Discussion
14.00-15.30 Lunch
Session IV
Moderator: Prof. Athanasios Vletsis (Mnchen)
15.30-16.00 Dr. Denia Athanassopoulou-Kypriou, Lecturer at the
Hellenic Open
University, GreeceGender and Sexuality
16.00-16.30 Dr. Rasko Jovic, Religious Teacher at the Secondary
Education,
Belgrade, SerbiaPolitics and Economy
16.30-17.00 Rev. Dr. Zosim-Dorin Oancea, Professor of Philosophy
of Religion,
Sibiu University, RomaniaEcology and Environment
17.00-18.00 Discussion
18.00-18.30 Coffee-break
Session V
Moderator: Prof. Aristotle Papanikolaou (New York)
18.30-19.00 Dr. Radu Preda, Director of Romanian Institute for
Inter-Orthodox, Inter-
Confessional and Inter-Religious Studies (INTER), Associate
Professor ofSocial Theology, Faculty of Orthodox Theology,
Babes-Bolyai-University,
Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaHuman Rights / Droits de lhomme
19.00-19.30 Dr. Assaad Elias Kattan, Professor, Chair of
Orthodox Theology,
Mnster University, Germany
Interreligious Dialogue
19.30-20.00 Discussion
20.30 Dinner
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SATURDAY May 25th
2013
Session VI
Moderator: Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis (Volos)
09.00-09.30 Rev. Hilarion Reznichenko, MA, St Petersburg
Orthodox TheologicalAcademy, Russian Federation
Science and Religion
09.30-10.00 Rev. Dr. Sergei Movsesyan, Vice-Dean at the
Theological Department at
the Minsk State University, BelarusEducation
10.00-10.30 Rev. Dr. Gregory Papathomas, Professor, School of
Theology, Athens
University, and Institute of St. Sergius, Paris, President of
the EuropeanForum of Orthodox Schools of Theology (EFOST),
Bruxelles
Canon Law. Today Relevance of the Canons
10.30-11.30 Discussion
11.30-12.00 Coffee-break
Session VII
Moderator: Prof. Davor Dzalto (Nis)
12.00-12.30 Dr. Haralambos Ventis, Academic Team of Volos
Academy forTheological Studies, Volos, Greece
Theology and History
12.30-13.00 Skliris Dionisios, MA in Late Antiquity Studies
(Kings College, London)and Byzantine Studies (Universit Paris IV,
Sorbonne), Athens, Greece
Nationalism and Race
13.00-13.30 Discussion
14.00-15.30 Lunch
Session VIII
Moderator: Prof. Assaad Elias Kattan (Mnster)
15.30-16.00 Dr. Crina Gschwandtner, Associate Professor at
Fordham University,New York, USA
Philosophy and Theology
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16.00-16.30 Dr. Vasilios Makrides, Professor of the Sociology of
Orthodox Christianityat Erfurt University, Germany
Orthodox Theology and Social Sciences: Outline, Analysis and
Evaluation
16.30-17.00 Discussion
17.00-17.30 Coffee-break
Session IX
Moderator: Prof. Alexei Bodrov (Moscow)
17.30-18.00 Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Lecturer at the Hellenic
Open University(Thessaloniki), Visiting Professor at St Sergius
Institute (Paris), Visiting
Research Fellow at Princeton University (New Jersey, USA),
Director ofVolos Academy for Theological Studies, Volos, Greece
Theology and Literature
18.00-18.30 Dr. Davor Dzalto, Professor at Niss University,
President of the Institutefor the Study of Culture and
Christianity, Belgrade, Serbia
Theology and Visual Arts
18.30-19.00 Discussion
19.00-19.30 Ecumenical Observers
19.30-20.00 Concluding Remarks
20.30 Dinner
SUNDAY May 26th
2013
Holy Liturgy Orthodox Cathedral of Cluj
Lunch with Metropolitan Prof. Dr. Andrei of Cluj
INTER- Institute office opening.
MONDAY May 27th
2013 TUESDAY May 28th
2013
Trip in Bukovina
