Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” Ender and Eser Ergün Syriac Church of St. Mary in Yeşilköy The architects Ender Ergün and Eser Ergün, who realised the conceptual design for the Syriac Church of the Virgin Mary in Yeşilköy, will participate as speakers in the third of the lecture series on …
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The Eucharist according to Thomas Aquinas The video of the conference (in Turkish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21k3GntIACc In the third appointment of the series of lectures on the mystery of the Eucharist, Fr Luca Refatti presented the thought of the medieval theologian Thomas of Aquino. After briefly introducing the figure of Thomas, Luca Refatti compared the Eucharistic mystery …
Emre Arolat: The Sancaklar Mosque Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” – Speaker: Emre Arolat Emre Arolat, one of the most important architects of Turkey, will be the second speaker of the conference series on ‘Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World’, which is jointly organised by the Dominican Study Institute-Istanbul …
Strange Encounters in the Middle Kingdom Two Podcasts on Christians and Muslims in China (one in English and one in Turkish) In the fifth appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘, whixh took place the 26th of April, Ermanno Visintainer talks about how Christians came into contact with Chinese culture in the …
The Malatya Mosque and the Izmir Balçova Cemevi Series of Conferences 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” – Speaker: Nevzat Sayın Nevzat Sayın, one of the Turkey’s prominent contemporary architects, has been contributing to the field of contemporary design, architectural thought, and practice since 1986 through his work at NSMH. He is a …
Religious Space | Sacred Space An Interreligious Conversation The sacred is a space/time in which, often through a series of rites, the faithful attempt to pay homage to God, or even to supernatural forces. The reality of holy places is universal, regardless of cultural area. It is a quest for the absolute, a search for …
Project owner institutions: Dost-I and İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi – Department of SociologyIn cooperation with: Depo Pergamon, Istituto Italiano di Cultura – Istanbul, Instituto Cervantes – Istanbul, Network of Centers for Christian-Muslim Relations (NCCMR) 2025 / Cycle of Conferences CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD Scientific responsible for the project:Erhan Berat Fındıklı – İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi …
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The Eucharist in the History of Art The video of the conference (in Turkish) https://youtu.be/A3Brt7E1p_A?si=RYWoA5siXAYPNO5f The second of four lectures on the mystery of the Eucharist, the most important sacrament of the Church, celebrated at every Mass, was presented by Artem Vaniushin.Artem Vaniushin took us on a wonderful visual journey to discover how the Eucharistic …
Ecumenism and Eucharist Conference The theme of the last appointment of the conference series dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist is the thorny and challenging question of the relationship between ecumenism and the Eucharist. Although Orthodox and Catholic Christians share the same Eucharistic faith, they cannot celebrate together what is the mystery and sacrament …
The Eucharist according to the Gospel of John The video of the conference (in Turkish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRVYOCgxuDE The series of four lectures on the mystery of the Eucharist, the most important sacrament of the Church, celebrated at every liturgy, was opened by Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro, Latin Bishop of Istanbul. A video of the lecture has been …
