Daily program
The ages of the spiritual life
XXI International Ecumenical Conference
in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches
The parable of the sower and the seed can illustrate what in the last analysis remains the mystery of God’s love for his Church and its children
XXI International Ecumenical Conference
on Orthodox spirituality
THE AGES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
Bose, Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 September 2013
in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches
Wednesday 4 September
9:30 am
Introductory Remarks
Fr. ENZO BIANCHI, Prior of Bose
Spiritual Life and Unity of Christians
? IOSIF OF PATARA, Buenos Aires
Baptism as Source of Life in Christ
MICHAIL ŽELTOV, Moscow
4:00 pm
A Biblical-Patristic Reading of the Life of Moses
as a Spiritual Path
ANDREJ DESNICKIJ, Moscow
"The Measure of the Full Status of Christ" (Eph 4:13):
Spiritual Maturity according to St Paul
PETROS VASSILIADIS, Thessaloniki
"From Beginning to Beginning":
Endless Spiritual Progress in Saint Gregory of Nyssa
ANDREW LOUTH, Durham
Thursday 5 September
9:00 am
Stages in the Spiritual Life
according to Saint Isaac the Syrian and the Syrian Tradition
SEBASTIAN BROCK, Oxford
Spiritual Fullness in the World
according to the Ancient Patristic and Monastic Tradition
SYMEON PASCHALIDIS, Thessaloniki
Spiritual Ascension and Forms of Monastic Life
in Saint John Climacus
NORMAN RUSSELL, Farnham
4:00 pm
The Ladder of Humility and Brotherly Communion
according to Saint Benedict
MICHEL VAN PARYS, Chevetogne
The Beginning of the Monastic Path
Ig. METODIJE MARKOVI?, Monastery of Saint Nicholas of Vranje
The Renewal of the Inner Man
in Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
Ig. NIKOLAY PAVLYK, St Sergius Lavra, Sergiev-Posad
Friday 6 September
Can Crisis Facilitate Spiritual Growth?
VASSILIOS THERMOS, Athens
The Art of Growing Old in Christian Life
ANDREI PLE?U, Bucarest
The Christian Art of Dying
JOHN BEHR, Washington
3:30 pm
ROUND TABLE
"Christian Hope and the Ages of the Spiritual Life"
Chair: KONSTANTIN SIGOV, Kiev
MICHEL EVDOKIMOV, Paris
ANTOINE ARJAKOVSKY, Paris
ATHANASIOS PAPATHANASIOU, Athens
Deification as Accomplishment of Human Being
PORPHYRIOS GIORGI, Balamand
Time of Ecclesial Life
? MAXIM OF WESTERN AMERICA, Los Angeles
Conclusions of the Conference
ADALBERTO MAINARDI, Bose
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Enzo Bianchi (Bose), Lino Breda (Bose), Sabino Chialà (Bose), Lisa Cremaschi (Bose), Hervé Legrand (Parigi), Adalberto Mainardi (Bose), Antonio Rigo (Venezia), Luigi d'Ayala Valva (Bose), Michel Van Parys (Chevetogne)