Watch from our youtube channel the works of International Conference organized by Volos Academy for Theological Studies under the title: “Orthodox Canonical Tradition and Contemporary Challenges”, at the Thessaly Conference Center, on Thursday 8th of May 2014.

Opening - Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Director of Academy for Theological Studies

Opening speech of H. A. H. Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch, that was delivered by his representative, H. E. Metropolitan John of Pergamon during the opening.

Opening speech of H. E. Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias, that was delivered during the opening.

Rev. Dr. Grigorios Papathomas, (Professor of Canon Law, Faculty of Theology, Athens University and St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, President of the European Forum of Orthodox Schools of Theology, Member of the Board of Directors, Volos Academy for Theological Studies) with subject Ηistorical Context of Canons’ Genesis and Theology of the Holy Canons.

Dr. Spyridon Troianos, (Professor Emeritus, Law School, Athens University) with subject The Principle of “Economy” in Orthodox Tradition Now and Then

2nd Day - Friday May 9

Dr. Christos Karakolis, (Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, Athens University, Member of the Board of Directors, Volos Academy for Theological Studies) with subject Bible and Holy Canons

Rev. Dr. Demetrios Bathrellos, (Lecturer at the Hellenic Open University, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies, Member of the Board of Directors, Volos Academy for Theological Studies) with subject Dogmatic Theology and Holy Canons

Dr. Stavros Yangazoglou, (Advisor at the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Director of the Journal “Theologia”, Lecturer at the Hellenic Open University) with subject Eucharistic Ecclesiology and Canonical Tradition

Dr. Theodoros Yangou, (President at the Faculty of Pastoral and Social Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) with subject Authentic and Distorted within the Orthodox Canonical Tradition

David Heith - Stade, (PhD (cand.) University of Lund, Sweden) with subject Is there a “Consensus Canonum”?

Rev. Dr. Adamantios Avgoustidis, (Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, Athens University) with subject The Pastoral Nature of the Holy Canons

Dr. Michel Stavrou, (Professor at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, Paris) with subject Canons and Baptism of the Heterodox

Rev. Dr. Alexander Rentel, (Assistant Professor of Canon Law, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York, U.S.A.) with subject Canonicity and Ecclesiality of non - Orthodox Churches

Dr. Georgios Gkavardinas, (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) with subject Canons and Fasting

Rev. Dr. Avgoustinos Bairachtaris, (Assistant Professor, University Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete, Member of the Academic Team of Volos Academy for Theological Studies) with subject Canons and Environment

3rd Day - May 10, 2014

Dr. Nikolaos Maggioros, (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) with subject Questions of Religious Freedom and Diversity within the Church Canons

Dr. Rastko Jovic, (Pedagogical and Catechetical Institute, Belgrade, Serbia) with subject Ecclesiastical and Canonical Consequences of the Celebration of Mixed and Disparate Marriages

Dr. Radu Preda, (Associate Professor of the University of Babes - Bolyai, Cluj - Napoca, Romania, Director of the Romanian Institute of Inter - Orthodox, Inter - Confessional, Inter - Religious Studies (INTER, Cluj - Napoca)) with subject Canonical Tradition and Legalistic Spirit: From the Ethos of Freedom to the Morality of Fear and the Law

Dr. Konstantinos Kornarakis, (Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, Athens University) with subject Canons and Ethics

Dr. Demetrios Nikolakakis, (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pastoral and Social Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) with subject Troubles from the Ethno - racial Administration of the Orthodox "Diaspora"

Teva Regule, MTh, (Editor in Chief of the Orthodox Journal St. Nina Quarterly, Teaching at Boston) with subject Canons of the Church and Women: A Tough Relationship

Rev. Dr. Patriciu Vlaicu, (Associate Professor of University of Babes - Bolyai, Cluj - Napoca, Romania, Member of the Official Delegation of the Patriarchate of Romania in the European Institutions) with subject A Contemporary Perspective on the Application of Holy Canons on Issues Concerning Autocephaly and “Diaspora”

Sister Dr. Vassa Larin, (Institute of Historic Theology, Vienna University, Austria) with subject The Orthodox Canons in Theory and Practice

H. E. Metropolitan of Messinia Chrysostomos Savvatos, (President, Faculty of Theology, Athens University) with subject Ecclesiological Outlook of the Holy Canons

Dr. Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, (Editor in Chief of the Journal “Synaxis”, Lecturer at the Hellenic Open University) with subject Resistance, Social Uprising, Revolution: Questions to the Canonical Tradition

4th Day - May 11, 2014

Dr. Ioannis Konidaris, (Professor, Law School, Athens University) with subject Church Canons and State Law

Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis, (Director, Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Lecturer, Hellenic Open University) with subject State and Church within the Orthodox World

Dr. Panos Nikolopoulos, (Lecturer, Law School, Athens University) with subject Canonical Tradition on Marriage and Modern Forms of Free - Union

Closing speech of H. E. Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias