Nicäa 325 - 2025
The Council of Nicaea as an Ecumenical Guide for Christian Unity
19.11.2024
Unter diesem Titel fand am 18. November am Zentrum für das Studium der Ostkirchen ein Kolloquium in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kommission "Faith and Order" des Weltkirchenrates statt. Auch die Studierenden…
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Cyril and Methodius
One issue of the "Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung" is dedicated to the apostles of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius.
16.11.2024
Prof. Barbara Hallensleben is represented with the article "For a spiritual solidarity", Prof. Andrej Danilov from the Institute for Orthodox Theology at the State University of Belarus explains the significance…
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Nicaea 325-2025
1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea - Ecumenical colloquium in Fribourg
28.10.2024
On 18 November 2024, three members of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches will be guests at the Study Centre for the Eastern Churches to report on the preparations for the jubilee…
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Book Presentation
Invitation to the presentation of Laureline Bocken's book
28.10.2024
Laureline Bocken's research on the ‘Common Martyrology' of the St. Paul Seminary in Buta, Burundi has been published as a book. The Institute for Ecumenical Studies and the author invite you to the book…
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Prix Leuba
The award founded by Jean-Louis Leuba for an excellent ecumenical research work is newly announced
27.10.2024
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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Ernst Christoph Suttner
The renowned expert on the Eastern Churches, Ernst Christoph Suttner, passed away on 22 October 2024
23.10.2024
Ernst Christoph Suttner taught patrology and the Eastern Churches at the Faculty of Catholic Theology in Vienna from 1975 to 2002. When he moved to Würzburg in 2011, he donated his research library on…
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A Moving Theology
150 years of Christcatholic Theology at the University of Bern
21.10.2024
We congratulate the Institute of Christcatholic Theology on its 150th anniversary! Together with the Christcatholic parish of Bern, the Institute is offering a rich and varied programme of events with…
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archives ISO
Documentation of 60 Years of Ecumenical Work
15.10.2024
For the 60th anniversary of the ISO, the documents since its foundation in 1964 have been professionally classified in a complex project under the competent direction of Ms Agnès Dubler, archivist of the…
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Eastern Churches
Contribution of Prof. Barbara Hallensleben to a special edition of "HK"
14.10.2024
In a special edition of "Herder Korrespondenz" on the topic "Where the Eastern Churches are Going", Prof. Barbara Hallensleben notes a ‘confessionalisation’ of the ecumenical dialogues, as well on the…
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