2010 St Andrew's Patristic Symposium

St Andrew's 2nd Patristic Symposium
'St Gregory the Theologian: The Poetry of Theology'

St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, a member institute of the Sydney College of Divinity (SCD), hosted for the second year in a row a patristic symposium. Beginning on September 1 2010, the symposium was convened every Wednesday subsequently for five weeks finishing on the 6 October 2010. The Symposium was inaugurated on Wednesday 1 September, by the first keynote paper, offered by the College’s Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia, who addressed various aspects pertaining to the personality of the great “ecumenical teacher” under the title Spiritual Portrait of St Gregory the Theologian.

Keynote papers were given by His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Dr Anna Silvas, FAHA (UNE, Armidale NSW) and Emeritus Professor Georgios Mantzaridis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Select papers from this Symposium have been published as peer reviewed journal articles in Phronema 26:2 (2011). This edition of Phronema was edited by the Symposium's convenors, and its contents can be viewed here.

Convened by:

The Very Rev. Dr Doru Costache and Dr Philip Kariatlis

Symposium Program

We welcome presentations from the different disciplines of Christian theology interested in further reflecting on this central doctrine of the Church, irrespective of their field of expertise, academic affiliations or denominational background. Indeed, it is hoped that this cross-disciplinary approach (whether this be systematic theology, patristics, ethics, biblical studies, church history, liturgics, etc) will contribute by casting further light - indeed a more enriching and holistic perspective - to this most significant Christian teaching.

Keynote Speakers

His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia

Keynote Address:
"Spiritual Portrait of St Gregory the Theologian" (35 min)

Dr Anna M. Silvas FAHA

Keynote Address:
"Expeditions to Sites Connected with Sts Basil the Great, Macrina, and Gregory the Theologian" (61mins)

Emeritus Prof. Georgios Mantzaridis

Keynote Address:
"Self-Knowledge and the Knowledge of God according to St Gregory the Theologian" [in Greek] (43mins)

Proceedings

1 Sep 2010

His Eminence Archbishop STYLIANOS of Australia (keynote paper)

Spiritual Portrait of St Gregory the Theologian (35mins)

Dr Anna M. Silvas FAHA (keynote paper)