On January 27, 2022, at the Byzantine Chapel at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, Sister Servants of God prayed the entire Akathistos Service in honor of the Venerable and Life-giving Cross of Our Lord. Led by Father Peter Galadza of the … Prayer Vigil for Peace for Ukraine
On February 21-22, 2020, ISEC organized and hosted an international conference with the theme “Byzantine Monasticism: Past and Present.” The invited speakers were (in the sequence of their presentations): Archbishop Alexander Golitzin, Joel Kalvesmaki, Casey Knott, Tom Papademetriou, Metroplitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America, Despoina Prassas, Robin Darling Young, Fr. Damaskinos Olkinuara, Fr. … “Byzantine Monasticism: Past and Present”
From February 3-4, 2020, ISEC and and the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America hosted the clergy retreat of the Archdiocesan District of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. See https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-meets-catholic-university-of-america-officials for more information.
On January 30, 2020, ISEC hosted Dr. Michael Petrin, who lectured on “Naming God with Many Names: A Comparison of St. Ephrem and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
On November 1, 2019, ISEC hosted Prof. Claudia Rapp, who lectured on “Manuscripts, Liturgy and Society: Sources for Daily Life and Social History.” Byzantine prayer books (euchologia) contain a vast number of short prayers for particular occasions in the life of a person or in the annual cycle of a community. The lecture offered an … “Manuscripts, Liturgy and Society: Sources for Daily Life and Social History”
On October 22, 2019, ISEC hosted Dr. Charalampos Chotzakoglou who offered a lecture on “Latin Influence on Byzantine Art and Architecture in Cyprus.”
On March 22, 2019, ISEC hosted Thomas Arenzen, who lectured on “Speaking with Mary: St. Romanos, a Voice, and the Virgin.” Most Christians who are devoted to the Virgin Mary today share the idea that she speaks on behalf of humans as an intercessor. In the first Christian centuries, however, she largely appeared as a … “Speaking with Mary: St. Romanos, a Voice, and the Virgin”
On February 22, 2019, ISEC hosted Fr. Chrysostomos Koutloumousianos, who lectured on “Encountering the Uncreated in the Greek Monastic Tradition.” Phenomenological, theological, and empirical observations centered on the highest and most profound experience, which is the encounter with God: its meaning, presuppositions, and effects, as evidenced in the writings of the Greek monastic world from … “Encountering the Uncreated in the Greek Monastic Tradition”
On November 12, 2018, ISEC hosted Georgi Parpulov, who lectured on “The Byzantine Text of the Greek Gospels.” This lecture surveyed the medieval history of the continuous (as opposed to lectionary) text of the Greek Gospels, and focused on a homogeneous and large group of manuscripts called “Revised Koine,” “Kr,” or “Family 35,” examining the … “The Byzantine Text of the Greek Gospels”