Christian love is not a private affair: St. Dumitru Stăniloae's theology of Person and Communion
June 16-18, 2025
Sessions, breaks, meals are at the Hermitage St. Justin in Einsiedelei, Marienstrasse 27, hospitality at Gickelshuis
MONDAY (June 3/June 16) ︱ St. Clothilde, Queen of France (+ 545)
1.00 pm ︱ Welcome lunch
3.00 pm ︱ Session 1: Liturgics and Spirituality︱Chaired by Cornelia Delkeskamp-Hayes
1. Protosingel Athanasie Ulea MD: Holy Liturgy and the Ontological Cure of the Essence: The Eucharist as Renewal of the Image of God in Fallen Mankind
2. Preoteasa Claudia Podaşcă, MD: The Eucharist as Healing: St. Dumitru Stӑniloae as a Liturgist
4.30 pm ︱ Coffee break
5.00 pm ︱ 3. Protosingel Grigorie Benea: The Burning Bush in Romania: Dumitru Stӑniloae and Haralambie Vasilache
5.45 pm ︱ Break
6.00 pm ︱ Dinner
7.00 pm ︱ Evening Service
8.30 pm ︱ Hospitality in the Gickelshuis
TUESDAY (June 4/June 17) ︱ St. Ioanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro (1880 - 1945)
7.30 am ︱ Morning service
8.45 am ︱ Breakfast
Transport to the Hermitage (hotel guests only)
10.00 am ︱ Session II: Session II: Challenges of Our Time︱Chaired by Mark Cherry
4. Ana Iltis: The Call to love and unity: The Need for Clarity on What it Means to Hate
5. Cornelia Delkeskamp-Hayes: Beginning to Read Stăniloae: The Case of Ecumenist Dialogues
11.30 am ︱ Coffee Break
12.00 am︱ 6. Fr. Dusan Mihailovic, Joseph Lemenager, Fr. Vladan Stankovic: A Round table sharing missionary experiences, Orthodox and Protestant
12.45 am ︱ Break
1.00 pm ︱ Lunch
3.00 pm ︱ Session III: Orthodox Bioethics ︱ Chaired by Vladimir Cvetković
7. Fr. Roman Tarabrin MD: Christian Anthropology in Bioethics: St. Dumitru’s contribution
8. Preoteasa. Claudia Podaşcă MD: Medicine and Bioethics from the Perspective of Holy Father Dumitru Stăniloae
4.30 pm ︱ Coffee break
5.00 pm︱ Mark Cherry: Christian Bioethics: Prayer as Epistemology
5.45 ︱ Break
6.00 ︱ Dinner
7.00 pm ︱ Evening Service
8.30 pm ︱ Hospitality in the Gickelshuis
WEDNESDAY (June 5/June 18) ︱ Hieromartyr Boniface, Bishop of Mainz (+754)
7.30 am ︱ Morning service
8.45 am ︱ Breakfast
Transport to the Hermitage (hotel guests only)
10.00 am ︱ Session IV: Challenges of Epistemology ︱Chaired by Ana Ticket
10. Vladimir Cvetković: The Philosophy of Life in the Philosophical-Theological Synthesis of St. Justin the New (Popović)
11. Nun Lioba: Chatbots - an ontological approach based on the theology of St. Dumitru Stăniloae
11.30 am Coffee Break
12.00 am︱ 12. Patrick Bradley: Escaping the Autonomy of the Mind aka Death via the Life-Giving Network aka the Church
12.45 am︱ Break
1.00 pm︱ Lunch
2.00 pm︱ A Pilgrimage to St. Boniface and St. Sturmius in Fulda
6.00 pm︱ Dinner
7.00 pm︱ Evening service
9.00 pm︱ Hospitality at the Gickelshuis
Participants
Conference Director: Archimandrite Justin Rauer
Professor Ana Iltis, Department of Philosophy, Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Mother Andrea (Vlachou), Annunciation St. Justin Hermitage -Eiterfeld
Protosingel Athanasie Ulea MD, Romanian Diocese in Germany
Brother Christoph Lorentz, Annunciation - St. Justin Hermitage Eiterfeld
Preoteasa Claudia Podaşcă, MD, Manheim
Cornelia Delkeskamp-Hayes, Director of European Programs, International Studies in Philosophy and Medicine, Freigericht
Father Dusan Mihailovic, Montenegro
Protosingel Grigorie Benea, abbot of the Holy Forty Martyrs Monastery – Gherla Memorial, Romania
Joseph Lemenager, Catechumen
Mother Lioba (Dragoi), Annunciation - St. Justin Hermitage Eiterfeld
Lucia Churkina, Student, Darmstadt
Professor Mark Cherry, The Dr. Patricia A. Hayes Professor in Applied Ethics, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
Michael Knowlton, Catechumen
Hieromonach Nil Lazarenko, St. Spyridon Skete, Geilnau
Professor Patrick Bradley, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Germany, With his wife Gabriella
Photini (Sabine) Dinkler, Halle, Conference Assistant
Father Professor Roman Tarabrin, Sretensky Theological Academy and Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia,
Thomas Mohr, Catechumen, Hamburg
Father Vladan Stankovic, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Vladimir Cvetkovic, Research Professor, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade University, Serbia and Göttingen
Yannick Zadow, Catechumen, Eupen, Belgium