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His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis represented His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Dean of St Andrew's, and conveyed the latter's blessing for the proceedings after opening the symposium with prayer.
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Conveners the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (far left) and Dr Adam G. Cooper (far right), with keynote speakers Professor Paul M. Blowers and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.
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Keynote speaker Professor Paul M. Blowers and co-convener the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache.
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Professor Paul M. Blowers and co-convener Dr Adam G. Cooper.
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Keynote speaker Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA, who spoke on 'Signs of Theosis in Synesius of Cyrene.'
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Dr Adam G. Cooper and Mr Kevin Wagner, Lecturer at the University of Nortre Dame (Sydney, NSW) and PhD Candidate, John Paul II University, Melbourne.
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Dr Adam G. Cooper and Mr Kevin Wagner. Mr Wagner presented on 'The Second Person of the Trinity in the Hymns of Synesius of Cyrene and Gregory Nazianzen's Poemata Arcana.'
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Revd Alan Galt and Mr Milan Stanimirovic, Bachelor of Theology student (and volunteer/participant at the symposium).
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The Revd John D'Alton, PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne, and presenter at this year's symposium, along with co-convener the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache.
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Fr Doru introducing Professor Angelo Karantonis, editor of St Andrew's academic journal, Phronema, to Fr John.
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Dr Naoki Kamimura, Research Fellow at Tokyo Gakukei University (Tokyo, Japan), and Mr Chris Baghos, Postgraduate student at the University of Sydney and Masters of Arts student at St Andrew's, both presented papers at the symposium.
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Mr Stefan Mastilovic, BTh (Hons) student at St Andrew's and contributor at this year's symposium.
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The Revd Assoc. Prof. Glen O'Brien, Head of Humanities, Booth College, and the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache.
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Students signing in representatives from the Serbian Orthodox Archdiocese.
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Revd Alan Galt, Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Practice at St Andrew's, Revd Assoc. Prof. Glen O'Brien, and Professor Jim Harrison, Director of Research at the Sydney College of Divinity.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (co-convener) opening the proceedings.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (co-convener) opening the proceedings.
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Dr Adam G. Cooper (co-convener) opening the proceedings.
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The Revd John D'Alton, PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne, presenting on 'Two Views of Women in Aphrahat and Ephrem?'
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Dr Adam G. Cooper during his presentation 'Basil's Hospitals: The Church as a Place of Healing and Divine Philanthropy.'
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache hosting Dr Cooper's presentation.
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Professor Garry W. Trompf, FAHA, Lecturer in Church History at St Andrew's, during his presentation on 'A Foretaste of Eusebian Panegyricism in Festal Letter X of Dionysius (The Great) of Alexandria.'
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Professor Garry W. Trompf, FAHA, during his presentation on 'A Foretaste of Eusebian Panegyricism in Festal Letter X of Dionysius (The Great) of Alexandria.'
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Keynote speaker Professor Paul M. Blowers during his presentation on 'Mystics and Mountains: Comparing Origen's Exegesis of the Transfiguration and Gregory of Nyssa's Exposition of the Sinai Theophany'
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Dr Adam G. Cooper hosting Professor Blowers' presentation.
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Mr Andrew Mellas (centre), PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney, during the Q&A after Prof. Blowers' presentation. Mr Mellas later presented on '"Words Tinctured with Passion": St Gregory of Nyssa's In Canticum Canticorum and the Emergence of Affective Mysticism in Byzantine Hymnography.'
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Participants during Professor Blowers' keynote.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache during the Q&A after Professor Blowers' presentation.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, Professor Paul Blowers, Dr Adam G. Cooper.
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Professor Garry Trompf, FAHA, and Professor Paul M. Blowers.
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Dr Naoki Kamimura, Research Fellow at Tokyo Gakukei University (Tokyo, Japan), presented on 'Spiritual Itinerary of the Soul to God in Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine'
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Mr Mario Baghos, Associate Lecturer in Church History at St Andrew's, presented on 'The Conflicting Portrayals of Origen in the Byzantine Tradition.'
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Dr Philip Kariatlis, Senior Lecturer in Theology at St Andrew's, presented on 'An Early Patristic Vision of Theological Method for Today: Insights from St Gregory the Theologian.'
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The Revd Dr Andrew Burgess, Dean and Lecturer at Bishopdale Theological College (Nelson, New Zealand), presented on 'The Saviour Who is Judge: Thinking with and Beyond St Gregory of Nyssa on the Union of the Eternal Son with Human Nature in Jesus Christ and His Single Identity and Work as the Saviour and the Judge.'
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Dr Philip Kariatlis hosting Revd Dr Burgess' presentation.
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St Andrew's student Mr Benjamin Banasik asking a question.
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The Revd Dr Joseph Azize, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Sydney, NSW), delivered his presentation on 'Ignatius of Antioch: Logic and Methodology.'
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Mr Daniel Vanderkolk, BA student in Greek and Latin at Hillsdale College (Michigan, USA), presented on 'The Late Antique Christian-Pagan Synthesis within St Basil the Great's To Young Men on Reading Greek Literature.'
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache hosting the presentation of Mr Vanderkolk.
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Professor Jim Harrison and Professor Alanna Nobbs, Co-Director of the Ancient History Research Centre at Macquarie University.
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Dr Paulus Chang and Revd John D'Alton.
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Professor Diane Speed, Dean of the Sydney College of Divinity, and Professor Paul M. Blowers.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, Dr Philip Kariatlis, and participants in this year's symposium.
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Revd Dr Andrew Burgess and Mrs Rebecca Burgess, Lecturer at Bishopdale Theological College and PhD Candidate, Otago University.
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Dr Bernard (Patrikios) Doherty, Lecturer at St Mark's National Theological Centre with Charles Sturt University (Canberra, ACT) delivered a paper on 'The First Rural Christians: Popular Religion in Early Christian Phrygia.'
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Dr Bernard (Patrikios) Doherty and Dr Graham Lovell, Macquarie University Alumnus (Sydney, NSW). Dr Lovell spoke on 'From Origen to Gregory of Neocaesarea and Beyond'
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Mr Chris Baghos, Postgraduate student at the University of Sydney and Masters of Arts student at St Andrew's, presented on 'The Articulation of Christian Identity within the Trial of St Maximus the Confessor and its Patristic Antecedents.'
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The Revd Fr Silouan Fotineas, PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University, and St Andrew's alumnus Mr Vasilios Le Couliard.
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Keynote speaker Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA, on 'Signs of Theosis in Synesius of Cyrene.'
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Dr Philip Kariatlis introducing keynote speaker Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.
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Dr Philip Kariatlis and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.
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Participants during Dr Bronwen Neil's keynote presentation.
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Professor Paul M. Blowers during the Q&A after Dr Bronwen Neil's keynote presentation.
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Dr Naoki Kamimura asking a question after Dr Bronwen Neil's keynote presentation.
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Mr Stefan Mastilovic, BTh (Hons) student at St Andrew's, gave a presentation on 'Patristic Authority in the Discourses of St Symeon the New Theologian.'
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache congratulating Mr Mastilovic after his first ever conference presentation.
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Co-convener of the symposium, the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, presented on 'Natural Contemplation: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again via Evagrius' Portrait of the Gnostic.'
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache presented on 'Natural Contemplation: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again via Evagrius' Portrait of the Gnostic.'
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The Q&A session after Fr Doru's presentation.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache making concluding acknowledgments and remarks at the close of the symposium.
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Dr Adam G. Cooper making concluding acknowledgments and remarks at the close of the symposium.
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The conveners especially thanked the keynote presenters, Professor Paul M. Blowers and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.
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Fr Doru invited Mr Anastasios Kalogerakis, Registrar of St Andrew's and Associate Lecturer in Biblical Studies, to give gifts to the keynote speakers on behalf of the College.
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Group photo of the conveners, keynote speakers, and participants in St Andrew's 2014 Patristic Symposium: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again.'
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On the morning of the first day of the symposium, the Very Revd Archimandrite Kyrillos Zisis, a graduate of the college and current postgraduate student, served the Divine Liturgy.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, co-convener of the symposium, with keynote speaker Professor Paul M. Blowers on the day after the conference at the parish of St Dionysius at Mangrove, NSW. Professor Blowers together with Dr Adam Cooper (co-convener of the symposium) and his wife, Mrs Lizzy Cooper visited the parish and enjoyed the hospitality and friendship of the congregation.
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The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, Dr Adam G. Cooper (co-conveners of the symposium), and keynote speaker Professor Paul M. Blowers on the day after the conference at the parish of St Dionysius at Mangrove, NSW. Professor Blowers, Dr Cooper and his wife, Mrs Lizzy Cooper visited the parish and enjoyed the hospitality and friendship of the congregation.
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Keynote speakers Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA, and Professor Paul M. Blowers enjoying Sydney the evening before the conference.

Photos by Mr M. Baghos

On 26-27 September, 2014, the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (Senior Lecturer in Patristic Studies, St Andrew's) and Dr Adam G. Cooper (Senior Lecturer, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family), convened St Andrew's Sixth Patristic Symposium, 'From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again'. Featuring keynote speakers Professor Paul M. Blowers (Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Tennessee, USA) and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA (Assistant Director of the Centre for Early Christian Studies, ACU, Brisbane), the symposium offered a range of insightful presentations on the Alexandrian and Cappadocian traditions and their representatives along with other relevant figures and themes. At the end of the conference, it was revealed that the theme of the next Patristic Symposium, which will be in 2016, is on St John Chrysostom, and its keynote speakers will be Professor Pauline Allen, FAHA (Director of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at ACU, Brisbane) and Dr Wendy Mayer (Research Fellow, Centre for Early Christian Studies at ACU, Brisbane). The conveners, Fr Doru and Dr Cooper, announced that they will be joined by another co-convener, Mr Mario Baghos (Associate Lecturer in Church History, St Andrew's), for the 2016 symposium.

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His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis represented His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Dean of St Andrew's, and conveyed the latter's blessing for the proceedings after opening the symposium with prayer.

Conveners the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (far left) and Dr Adam G. Cooper (far right), with keynote speakers Professor Paul M. Blowers and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.

Keynote speaker Professor Paul M. Blowers and co-convener the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache.

Professor Paul M. Blowers and co-convener Dr Adam G. Cooper.

Keynote speaker Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA, who spoke on 'Signs of Theosis in Synesius of Cyrene.'

Dr Adam G. Cooper and Mr Kevin Wagner, Lecturer at the University of Nortre Dame (Sydney, NSW) and PhD Candidate, John Paul II University, Melbourne.

Dr Adam G. Cooper and Mr Kevin Wagner. Mr Wagner presented on 'The Second Person of the Trinity in the Hymns of Synesius of Cyrene and Gregory Nazianzen's Poemata Arcana.'

Revd Alan Galt and Mr Milan Stanimirovic, Bachelor of Theology student (and volunteer/participant at the symposium).

The Revd John D'Alton, PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne, and presenter at this year's symposium, along with co-convener the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache.

Fr Doru introducing Professor Angelo Karantonis, editor of St Andrew's academic journal, Phronema, to Fr John.

Dr Naoki Kamimura, Research Fellow at Tokyo Gakukei University (Tokyo, Japan), and Mr Chris Baghos, Postgraduate student at the University of Sydney and Masters of Arts student at St Andrew's, both presented papers at the symposium.

Mr Stefan Mastilovic, BTh (Hons) student at St Andrew's and contributor at this year's symposium.

The Revd Assoc. Prof. Glen O'Brien, Head of Humanities, Booth College, and the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache.

Students signing in representatives from the Serbian Orthodox Archdiocese.

Revd Alan Galt, Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Practice at St Andrew's, Revd Assoc. Prof. Glen O'Brien, and Professor Jim Harrison, Director of Research at the Sydney College of Divinity.

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (co-convener) opening the proceedings.

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache (co-convener) opening the proceedings.

Dr Adam G. Cooper (co-convener) opening the proceedings.

The Revd John D'Alton, PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne, presenting on 'Two Views of Women in Aphrahat and Ephrem?'

Dr Adam G. Cooper during his presentation 'Basil's Hospitals: The Church as a Place of Healing and Divine Philanthropy.'

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache hosting Dr Cooper's presentation.

Professor Garry W. Trompf, FAHA, Lecturer in Church History at St Andrew's, during his presentation on 'A Foretaste of Eusebian Panegyricism in Festal Letter X of Dionysius (The Great) of Alexandria.'

Professor Garry W. Trompf, FAHA, during his presentation on 'A Foretaste of Eusebian Panegyricism in Festal Letter X of Dionysius (The Great) of Alexandria.'

Keynote speaker Professor Paul M. Blowers during his presentation on 'Mystics and Mountains: Comparing Origen's Exegesis of the Transfiguration and Gregory of Nyssa's Exposition of the Sinai Theophany'

Dr Adam G. Cooper hosting Professor Blowers' presentation.

Mr Andrew Mellas (centre), PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney, during the Q&A after Prof. Blowers' presentation. Mr Mellas later presented on '"Words Tinctured with Passion": St Gregory of Nyssa's In Canticum Canticorum and the Emergence of Affective Mysticism in Byzantine Hymnography.'

Participants during Professor Blowers' keynote.

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache during the Q&A after Professor Blowers' presentation.

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, Professor Paul Blowers, Dr Adam G. Cooper.

Professor Garry Trompf, FAHA, and Professor Paul M. Blowers.

Dr Naoki Kamimura, Research Fellow at Tokyo Gakukei University (Tokyo, Japan), presented on 'Spiritual Itinerary of the Soul to God in Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine'

Mr Mario Baghos, Associate Lecturer in Church History at St Andrew's, presented on 'The Conflicting Portrayals of Origen in the Byzantine Tradition.'

Dr Philip Kariatlis, Senior Lecturer in Theology at St Andrew's, presented on 'An Early Patristic Vision of Theological Method for Today: Insights from St Gregory the Theologian.'

Dr Philip Kariatlis hosting Revd Dr Burgess' presentation.

St Andrew's student Mr Benjamin Banasik asking a question.

The Revd Dr Joseph Azize, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Sydney, NSW), delivered his presentation on 'Ignatius of Antioch: Logic and Methodology.'

Mr Daniel Vanderkolk, BA student in Greek and Latin at Hillsdale College (Michigan, USA), presented on 'The Late Antique Christian-Pagan Synthesis within St Basil the Great's To Young Men on Reading Greek Literature.'

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache hosting the presentation of Mr Vanderkolk.

Professor Jim Harrison and Professor Alanna Nobbs, Co-Director of the Ancient History Research Centre at Macquarie University.

Dr Paulus Chang and Revd John D'Alton.

Professor Diane Speed, Dean of the Sydney College of Divinity, and Professor Paul M. Blowers.

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, Dr Philip Kariatlis, and participants in this year's symposium.

Revd Dr Andrew Burgess and Mrs Rebecca Burgess, Lecturer at Bishopdale Theological College and PhD Candidate, Otago University.

Dr Bernard (Patrikios) Doherty, Lecturer at St Mark's National Theological Centre with Charles Sturt University (Canberra, ACT) delivered a paper on 'The First Rural Christians: Popular Religion in Early Christian Phrygia.'

Dr Bernard (Patrikios) Doherty and Dr Graham Lovell, Macquarie University Alumnus (Sydney, NSW). Dr Lovell spoke on 'From Origen to Gregory of Neocaesarea and Beyond'

Mr Chris Baghos, Postgraduate student at the University of Sydney and Masters of Arts student at St Andrew's, presented on 'The Articulation of Christian Identity within the Trial of St Maximus the Confessor and its Patristic Antecedents.'

The Revd Fr Silouan Fotineas, PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University, and St Andrew's alumnus Mr Vasilios Le Couliard.

Keynote speaker Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA, on 'Signs of Theosis in Synesius of Cyrene.'

Dr Philip Kariatlis introducing keynote speaker Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.

Dr Philip Kariatlis and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.

Participants during Dr Bronwen Neil's keynote presentation.

Professor Paul M. Blowers during the Q&A after Dr Bronwen Neil's keynote presentation.

Dr Naoki Kamimura asking a question after Dr Bronwen Neil's keynote presentation.

Mr Stefan Mastilovic, BTh (Hons) student at St Andrew's, gave a presentation on 'Patristic Authority in the Discourses of St Symeon the New Theologian.'

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache congratulating Mr Mastilovic after his first ever conference presentation.

Co-convener of the symposium, the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, presented on 'Natural Contemplation: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again via Evagrius' Portrait of the Gnostic.'

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache presented on 'Natural Contemplation: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again via Evagrius' Portrait of the Gnostic.'

The Q&A session after Fr Doru's presentation.

The Very Revd Dr Doru Costache making concluding acknowledgments and remarks at the close of the symposium.

Dr Adam G. Cooper making concluding acknowledgments and remarks at the close of the symposium.

The conveners especially thanked the keynote presenters, Professor Paul M. Blowers and Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA.

Fr Doru invited Mr Anastasios Kalogerakis, Registrar of St Andrew's and Associate Lecturer in Biblical Studies, to give gifts to the keynote speakers on behalf of the College.

Group photo of the conveners, keynote speakers, and participants in St Andrew's 2014 Patristic Symposium: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again.'

On the morning of the first day of the symposium, the Very Revd Archimandrite Kyrillos Zisis, a graduate of the college and current postgraduate student, served the Divine Liturgy.

Keynote speakers Dr Bronwen Neil, FAHA, and Professor Paul M. Blowers enjoying Sydney the evening before the conference.

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