Patristic Symposium Programme 2012

PATRISTIC SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE

THE BEAUTY OF GOD’S PRESENCE IN THE FATHERS

10–13 October 2012

Renehan Hall

PROGRAMME:

WEDNESDAY 10th OCTOBER:

4:00–5:00 pm              REGISTRATION with tea and coffee

5:00–6:30 pm              OPENING SESSION: Finbarr Clancy:
                                  The ‘pearl of great beauty’ and the mysteries of faith

6:30–7:30 pm              EVENING MEAL

7:30–9:00 pm              SECOND SESSION: Peter Brooke:
                                  The Seventh Ecumenical Council, the Council of Frankfort and the
                                  practice of painting

THURSDAY 11th OCTOBER:

9:30–11:00 am             THIRD SESSION: Miguel Brugarolas:
                                  Beauty and the presence of God in the Soul: Gregory of Nyssa’s
                                  Commentary on Song of Songs 5:2

11:00–11:30 am           Coffee break

11:30­ am–1:00 pm      FOURTH SESSION: Eirini Artemi:
                                 The Presence of God in the interpretation of the Psalms by
                                 Cyril of Alexandria

1:00–2:00 pm              LUNCH

2:30–4:00 pm              FIFTH SESSION: Marcin Wysocki:
                                 The presence of God in the martyrs in Tertullian and Cyprian

4:30–5:00 pm              Tea break

5:00–6:30 pm              SIXTH SESSION: Juliette Day:
                                 ‘The Ugly Sisters’: Human and divine beauty in female ascesis

6:30–8:00 pm              EVENING MEAL

8:00–9:30 pm              RECEPTION AND BOOK LAUNCH

FRIDAY 12th OCTOBER:

9:30–11:00 am             SEVENTH SESSION: Andrew Smith:
                                   Plotinus

11:00–11:30 am           Coffee break

11:30 am–1:00 pm        EIGHTH SESSION: Catherine Kavanagh:
                                   Eriugena

1:00–2:00 pm              LUNCH

2:30–4:00 pm              NINTH SESSION: Janet Rutherford:
                                 ‘The light of your face is printed on us’: Prayer as sacrament in the
                                 Alexandrian tradition

4:30–5:00 pm              Tea break

5:00–6:30 pm              TENTH SESSION: Karoliina Schauman:
                                  The beauty of the light of God in St Symeon the New Theologian

6:45–7:30 pm              EXHIBITION: THE RUSSELL LIBRARY

7:30–9:00 pm              CONFERENCE DINNER

SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER:                 

9:30–11:00 am             ELEVENTH SESSION: COMMUNICATIONS:Ilaria Ramelli (in absentia):
                                  Beauty and the Good in Gregory of Nyssa in relation to the notions
                                  of Harmony and Unity;
                                  Methody Zinkovskiy:The Beauty of Personhood;
                                  Kirill Zinkovskiy: Saint Gregory of Nyssa on the Real Presence of God
                                  in the Holy Eucharistic Gifts

11:00–11:30 am           Coffee break

11:30 am–1:00 pm        TWELFTH SESSION: Susan Cremin:
                                    St John and the Bosom of the Lord in Patristic and Insular tradition

1:00–2:00 pm              LUNCH

2:00 pm onwards:       Departure

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For further information, please contact: 

Dr Janet Rutherford
Honorary Secretary
Email: janetrutherford@me.com