Crete 2016: Post-Conciliar Reflections
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1
Members of OTSA who were at the council will be sharing their thoughts and discussing salient issues: OTSA President Gayle Woloschak, Fr. Alexander Rentel, Deacon Paul Gavrilyuk, Brandon Gallagher, and Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides. Other related panels and papers have already been offered, from those who were engaged in our special pre-Council project last spring.
Our guest speaker for the Florovsky lecture this year is Dr. Elisabeth Prodromou, one of the consultants for the Council in Crete.
Lodging
Lodging for the conference is available for Thursday and Friday nights at the Walker Center for Ecumenical Exchange in Auburndale, MA. The cost is $60 per night. To book a room, please visit our online registration page.
Parking Lot Address: 171 Grove Street, Auburndale, MA 02466
Check-in for the rooms is between 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Checkout is 11:00 am. If you need to arrange a late check-in time, please contact the center at (617) 969-3919 or after hours at (617) 447-1417.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, September 29
2:00-5:00 Registration (Maliotis lobby, Right side)
2:45-3:00 PM Welcome and Comments: Gayle Woloschak, President
3:00-3:30 PM Deacon Michael Azar, “ ‘Freed from the Law’? Orthodox Fasting and Paul’s View of the Law” (Dukakis Wing)
3:30-3:45 PM Coffee break
3:45-4:55 PM Holy Cross Professors Reflect on Crete and Conciliarity (Dukakis Wing)
5:00 PM: Vespers – Holy Cross Chapel
5:30-7:00 PM: Dinner – Holy Cross Condakes Cafeteria
7:15 - 8:15 PM - Paul Ladouceur, “Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Orthodoxy”
Will Cohen, “Orthodox Unity and the Question of the Authority of the Council in Crete” (Dukakis Wing)
8:15-9:15PM: Social Hour
Friday, September 30 (Sessions in Dukakis)
Breakfast at Walker Center at 7:30, or on your own before coming.
Coffee and Muffins available in the Maliotis Center from 8:30 on.
8:00 AM Orthros Holy Cross Chapel
8:40 AM Welcome Gayle Woloschak, President
8:45-10:00 AM “Antioch, Ethnophyletism and the Half-Council”
Paper by Fr. Anthony Roeber and Panel Discussion:
Bishop John Abdallah, Edith Humphrey and Fr. Roeber
10-10:15AM Coffee break
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM - Women’s Responses to the Council, Moderator, Carrie Frederick Frost
10:15-10:40 AM - Pia Chaudhari, “Unfading Rose: Reflections on Healing and the 'Feminine Mode of Being'”
10:40-11:05 AM - Patricia Bouteneff, “The Changeless Church in the Age of Change.org.”
11:05-11:30 AM - Jenny Mosher, “Orthodox Formation in the Sea of Possibilities: On the Family & Education”
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Panel and General Discussion Speakers with Carrie Frost and Gayle Woloschak
12:00-1:00 PM – Lunch Break with luncheon served at 12:20 PM - Condakes Cafeteria
Please be prompt!
1:00-2:25 PM PANEL: Participants at Holy and Great Council
Gayle Woloshak, Deacon Paul Gavrilyuk, Fr. Nicholas Kazarian, Fr. Nathanael Symeonides
2:25-2:40 PM Coffee Break
2:40-3:10 PM Fr. Radu Bordeianu, “Intra-Orthodoxy Dynamics and Their Reflection in Two Different Approaches to Conciliarity”
3:10-3:40 PM David Ford, “St. Photios the Great, the Council of 879-880 in Constantinople, and Relations with the Roman Church”
3:40-4:55 PM Business Meeting
5:00 PM Paracles, Holy Cross Chapel
6:00-7:00 PM Dinner Holy Cross Condakes Cafeteria
7:30 PM Annual Florovsky Lecture - Elizabeth H. Prodromou, “Orthodox Geopolitics and Geopolitics and Orthodoxy at the Holy and Great Council: On Becoming a Global Church”
8:30 PM Reception
Saturday, October 1 (Sessions in Dukakis, including Morning Prayer)
Breakfast at the Walker Center from 7:30, or before you come
Coffee and Muffins available at Maliotis Lobby from 9:30
10:00-10:30 AM Morning Prayer
10:30-11:15 AM Debrief of Florovsky Lecture and panel discussions (Will Cohen presiding) Coffee Break during this session
11:15-11:30 AM Explaining the Three Volumes on the Holy and Great Council (Gayle Woloschuk)
Departure: Safe Travels!
Brunch available at your own expense in the Condakes Cafeteria.