Prix Leuba
The award founded by Jean-Louis Leuba for an excellent ecumenical research work is newly announced
14.11.2023
The "Prix Jean-Louis Leuba" is awarded annually for the best work in the field of theology of ecumenism and/or the better knowledge of Christian traditions. Applications have to be submitted until 28 February…
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Dimitrios Salachas
Prof. Astrid Kaptijn honours Bishop Dimitrios Salachas, who passed away on 16 October 2023
16.10.2023
On 16 October 2023, Professor Emeritus of the Law of the Eastern Churches and former Apostolic Exarch of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece, based in Athens, Mons. Dimitrios Salachas.
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Hungary
Ecumenical study trip with students and doctoral students to Hungary
05.10.2023
From 28 September to 2 October 2023, a group of students and doctoral students accompanied by Prof. Barbara Hallensleben travelled to Hungary. The occasion was the presentation of the German translation…
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Ernst Christoph Suttner
The Study Centre congratulates Prof. Ernst Christoph Suttner!
04.10.2023
On 4 October 2023, Prof. em. Ernst Christoph Suttner celebrates his 90th birthday. As Professor of Patrology and Studies of the Eastern Churches at the University of Vienna from 1975 to 2002, he promoted…
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Ukraine
Peace in Ukraine is possible - an alternative view by Jeffrey D. Sachs
22.09.2023
Jeffrey D. Sachs adopts a critical stance towards the role of the USA and NATO in the Ukraine conflict. He warns: "NATO enlargement to Ukraine means perpetual war and Ukraine's destruction". Sachs is Director…
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13.09.2023
The Community of Sant' Egidio invited representatives of denominations and religions to a Meeting for Peace from 10 to 12 September in Berlin. Prof. Barbara Hallensleben spoke in the forum "The Word of…
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Nagorno-Karabakh
PHILOXENIA warns of humanitarian disaster in the Caucasus
12.09.2023
"Hunger is the invisible weapon of genocide". The PHILOXENIA Circle of Friends, of which Prof. Hallensleben is a member, calls for intervention in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, where some 120,000 Armenians…
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Faith and Order
The Co-Director of the Study Centre for Eastern Churches elected member of the WCC Faith and Order Commission
31.08.2023
Dr Mihail Comanoiu has been elected member of the new Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC), after having been nominated by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The new Commission…
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Stefanos Athanasiou
Fribourg was the place of my academic integration - Stefanos Athanasiou appointed professor in Munich
01.08.2023
Dr Stefanos Athanasiou, a German-speaking Orthodox theologian with Greek roots, who has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg since 2018, has been appointed to the Full…
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