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 Fr. Dumitru Vanca

1. Hieromonk 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. Father Adrian Iuga: St. Dumitru Stӑniloae as a Liturgist

4.30 pm ︱ Coffee break

5.00 pm 3. Hieromonk 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 Ticket: The Call to love and unity: The Need for Clarity on What it Means to Hate

5. Cornelia Delkeskamp-Hayes: Reading Stăniloae: The Case of Ecumenist Dialogues

11.30 am ︱ Coffee Break

12.00 am︱ 6. Fr. Dumitru Vanca, Fr. Dusan Mihailovic, Joseph Lemenager: 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 Cvetkovic

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 Cvetkovic: 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

Schedule