Metropolitan Job
A Delegation of the Study Center St Nicholas participated in the inthronisation of Metropolitan Job (Getcha) of Pisidia
24.09.2022
On 17 September 2022, the solemn enthronement of Metropolitan Job (Getcha) took place in the St Alypius Church in Antalya. Until now, he was Rector of the Institute for Higher Studies in Orthodox Theology…
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Tradition
12-14 September 2022: Ecumenical colloquium with a research group from Bari
09.09.2022
An ecumenical research group from the "Facoltà Teologica Pugliese" will hold this year's research colloquium on "Tradizione e tradizioni" in collaboration with the Institute for Ecumenical Studies in Fribourg.
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Lyndal Roper
A new book on Martin Luther, reviewed by Barbara Hallensleben.
08.09.2022
"Tourist guide through Luther's life. Historian Lyndal Roper shows the reformer with all his abysses. Can this man be justified?" This was the title of the review of the book (in German) by the Australian…
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Icon fresc
Salvation history from creation to redemption - on a house façade in Fribourg
07.09.2022
In collaboration with the Romanian icon painter Gabriel Solomon and members of the Institute for Ecumenical Studies, an icon fresco was created on the façade of a house near the University of Fribourg…
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Metropolitan Kallistos
Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) died on 24 August - Metropolitan Hilarion kept vigil at his deathbed for two days
24.08.2022
Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), an eminent bishop and theologian of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with a remarkable ability to reconcile Christians of different traditions, died at the age of 88. Metropolitan…
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Ivan Illich
A conference on Ivan Illich in ecumenical and interdisciplinary perspective will be held at the University of Fribourg from 2-4 September 2022
19.08.2022
The critical remarks of Ivan Illich (1926-2002) on cultural topics such as medicine, school, gender etc. are of undiminished topicality. The international conference will focus not least on his inspirations…
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Metropolitan of Pisidia
Archbishop Job Getcha has been elected Metropolitan of Pisidia - and leaves the Institute of Chambésy
17.08.2022
The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has elected Archbishop Job of Telmessos as Metropolitan of Pisidia with his seat in Antalya, Turkey. Metropolitan Kyrillos Katerelos will succeed him as Dean…
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Bernard of Clairvaux
New publication: Dissertation by Dr Stefan Constantinescu on Bernard of Clairvaux
12.08.2022
Dr Stefan Constantinescu, co-director of the Centre for the Study of the Eastern Churches, has published his dissertation on "Visitatio Verbi dans les Sermons In Cantica de Saint Bernard de Clairvaux".
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Exile
Metropolitan Hilarion in Exile - a Documentation
27.07.2022
The journal "Herder Korrespondenz" publishes Prof. Barbara Hallensleben's careful research, especially in Russian sources.
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