St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College

Patristic Symposia

St Andrew's Patristic Symposia

The general purpose of our initial patristic symposia is to explore the immediate theological and spiritual roots of the Byzantine tradition.

In order to achieve this goal, it was only natural to begin with the Cappadocian Fathers, as it is likewise natural to initiate an analysis of the Alexandrine milieu, which contributed decisively to the shaping of the Byzantine spirit.

Whilst pursuing our goal of understanding the roots of the Byzantine tradition, we hope to revive the interest of the broader public - both academic and ecclesial - in the study of the Church Fathers. The growing number of scholars interested to present, together with the international acknowledgment of the symposia, prove the importance of our undertaking.

Conveners: Revd Dr Doru Costache and Dr Philip Kariatlis

PATRISTIC SYMPOSIUM 2013

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Celebrating the legacy of St Cyril of Alexandria, St Andrew's Patristic Symposium 2013 will be held on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 September, 2013, within the premises of the college.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of our symposia, the papers will address the life, personality and contributions of St Cyril from various perspectives, such as historical, theological, literary, spiritual etc. The symposium will also include papers on persons, events and writings that are either directly or indirectly related to St Cyril.

Beginning with the 2013 edition of the conference, a number of papers on other Church Fathers will be likewise offered. Thus the symposium becomes a forum open to all scholars with an interest in the field, irrespective of our main topic for the year.

Except for the keynote papers, each presentation will be 30 minutes in length, followed by a few minutes of discussion. Check out the abstracts and the program.

The resulting papers will be published in any of the two annual editions of our journal, Phronema, the second one being entirely dedicated to the symposium. The papers will be likewise collected in a volume of proceedings which is due to appear in 2015.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Pauline Allen, FAHA

Title: St Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria: Exegete, Politician, or Pastor?

Bio: Professor Pauline Allen FAHA was educated in Australia, Belgium and UK (Oxford). She is a Stipendiatin of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. The foundation Director of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, she is also Research Associate in the Department of Ancient Languages at the University of Pretoria. She is the former President of the International Association of Patristic Studies, and co-founder (with Professor Shinro Kato, Tokyo) of the Asia-Pacific Society for Early Christian Studies. Publications include books on John Chrysostom, Severus of Antioch, Evagrius Scholasticus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus the Confessor; research interests concentrate on such topics as early Christian letter-writing, homilies, poverty, Greek text editions, and late-antique episcopal crisis management.

Professor David Bradshaw

Title: The Encounter between Christianity and Paganism in St Cyril of Alexandria's Against Julian.

Bio: David Bradshaw is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (USA). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas/Austin in 1996 with a specialization in ancient Greek philosophy. He is the author of Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of Christendom (Cambridge UP, 2004), a study of the differences in metaphysics and natural theology between the eastern and western Christian traditions. He has also authored numerous articles on this and related topics, among them "The Concept of the Divine Energies" (Philosophy and Theology), "Time and Eternity in the Greek Fathers" (The Thomist), "The Mind and the Heart in the Christian East and West" (Faith and Philosophy), and "Divine Freedom: The Greek Fathers and the Modern Debate" (Philosophical Theology and the Christian Tradition: Russian and Western Perspectives).

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The symposium is advertised by the website of the most prestigious forum, the International Association of Patristic Studies.

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Proceedings from the symposium will be published in a monograph edition of Phronema, and a collective volume, Saint Athanasius and the Alexandrian Tradition (2015).

Additional Note: A collective volume containing select peer reviewed articles from 2009-2011 symposia, dedicated to the Cappadocian Fathers, is scheduled for publication in 2013. Edited by the convenors of the symposia, the volume is produced by St Andrew's Orthodox Press.