A Patriarchal Blessing
from His Holiness IGNATATIUS ZAKKA I IWAS
[late] Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church
"Glory to God! Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences, Your Graces, the Reverend Clergy, and all the other distinguished Guests of the delegation from the World Council of Churches, other dignitaries, ladies and gentlemen. We have great pleasure in welcoming you all to our Saint Aphrem Theological Seminary here in Ma’arat Seydnaya, Damascus, on this occasion of the opening session of the WCC’s International conference on The Orthodox Contribution to a Theology of Just Peace. It is so joyous for us to be a part of the second consultation on orthodox peace ethics. Let us give praise, honour and glory to God for arranging a seminar by the World Council of Churches, the Institute for Theology and Peace and the Institute for Peace Studies in Eastern Christianity. And let us congratulate each organization and greet you with the heavenly peace of Slomo or Shalom. [...] On our own behalf and on behalf of all members of our holy synod and on behalf of our Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch as a whole we express our sincere thanks to you all. We heartily thank the WCC and the organizers of this conference. It is an honor and a matter of pride for us to host this inaugural session of this workshop on just peace. And with your permission, let us inaugurate this session of the conference with the words of the prophet Amos: “Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 3:24)." (fragments from "You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself," pp. 7-9 in Just Peace: Orthodox Perspectives edited by Semegnish Asfaw, Alexios Chehadeh, Marian Gh. Simion. Geneva: WCC Publications, 2012.)
IPSEC Summer Institute in Romania
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The summer institute will take place between May 23 and June 2, 2015. For details download poster or visit our website, www.orthodoxpeace.org, or contact Dr. Marian Simion at +1.978.339.3233; e-mail: msimion@orthodoxpeace.org. (APPLY HERE)
IPSEC forthcoming book
We are pleased to inform you that IPSEC is in process of publishing its third volume, Faith and Politics: Emperor Constantine, Orthodox Church and Freedom, edited by Marian Gh. Simion and Cristian S. Sonea. This book will be published this Spring together with Presa Universitară Clujeană of the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania. (Paperback: ISBN-13 978-0-9835779-2-8 | ISBN-13 978-973-595-760-9).
Orthodox Peace Fellowship (OPF)
The Orthodox Peace Fellowship of the Protection of the Mother of God is an association of Orthodox Christian believers seeking to bear witness to the peace of Christ by applying the principles of the Gospel to situations of division and conflict, whether in the home, the parish, the community we live, the work place, within our particular nations, and between nations. We work for the conservation of God’s creation and especially of human life. We are not a political association and support no political parties or candidates. For details, please visit www.incommunion.org.
Invitation & Call for Papers
International Conference
October 21-24, 2015 (Bose, Italy)
St. Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute of Moscow, Russia announces an international conference co-organized with
Monastery of Bose in Magnano, Italy on October 21-24, 2015. The theme of the
conference is "History and Theology: Historical Conciousness as a way to Church Unity."
Scholars are cordially invited to present a paper. If interested, please send a summary (500 words at most) by email to St. Andrew’s Institute by 1 August 2015. The Organizing Committee selects papers for the Conference and sends invitations to the speakers. The full texts of all selected papers will have to be submitted by 1 October 2015. The working language of the conference will be English.
For details, please contact Mikhail Tolstoluzhenko by e-mail: standrews@yandex.ru, info@standrews.ru or by Tel/Fax: +7 495 6702200; +7 495 6707644.
Invitation & Call for Papers
International Conference
4–7 November 2015 (Belgrade, Serbia)
You are cordially invited by
to attend and speak at an international conference
on the topic "Political Theology: Theological Reflection on Contemporary Politics."
This conference is sponsored by St. Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute (Moscow, Russia);
Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization (Novi Sad, Serbia); Development of Ecumenical Leadership in
Mission Network; Network for Ecumenical Learning in Central and Eastern Europe; with the support of
Kerk in Actie (Utrecht, Netherlands). Those who wish to present a paper should send a summary (500 words at most) by e-mail to St. Andrew’s Institute by 1 September 2015. The Organizing Committee selects papers for the Conference and sends invitations to the speakers. The full text of all selected papers will have to be submitted by 1 November 2015. The working language of the conference will be English.
For details, please contact Mikhail Tolstoluzhenko by e-mail: standrews@yandex.ru, info@standrews.ru or by Tel/Fax: +7 495 6702200; +7 495 6707644.
IPSEC: Field Education Site
for Harvard Divinity School
The Institute for Peace Studies in Eastern Christianity is affiliated with Harvard Divinity School as a field education agency. IPSEC offers educational services to graduate students interested on the role of Orthodox Christianity in international relations, conflict, and policymaking. (details...)
The world we live in…
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Donations Welcome!
Your donations help us invest into the future of Orthodox Christians, now suffering from conflict, marginalization, and poverty. IPSEC is a tax deductible 501(c)(3) entity under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Section 170. Tax deductible donations can be made payable to “Institute for Peace Studies in Eastern Christianity” and mailed to Institute for Peace Studies in Eastern Christianity (Harvard Square) P.O. Box 380246, Cambridge, MA 02238-0246, U.S.A. Thank you!
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