Week 3 Hello everyone!It’s been 2 months now that we are on mission in Istanbul. Here, everything is still going well despite some small adventures from which we always come out alive (don’t worry ;)).Our various missions are going well, including gardening (punctuated by autumn), the library, computers (we are editing videos and creating/posting podcasts) …
Gregory of Nazianzus and the question of the divinity of the Holy Spirit Elif Tokay teaches History of Religions at University of İstanbul. İn 2013 she gained her Phd. at the University of Cardiff with a thesis on arab translations of Gregory of Nazianzus’s homilies. İn 2021 she published the first book in Turkish on Gregory, …
Hello everyone, We are back with new stories to tell you! Our life in Istanbul is still going very well. Our missions are going great. Today we want to introduce you more about our mission in the library. In the convent, there are more than 50,000 books. A part of the library is under construction, …
Week 1 Hi everyone ! We’re Marie (right) and Thaïs (left) and we arrived in Istanbul a week ago. We’re gonna stay here for 3 months helping the Dominican’s community by doing multiples tasks such as : Gardening Rearranging/ cleaning the library Helping for prayers, communication, network,… It’s very exciting ! Moreover, we’re teachers 2 …
Byzantium in Color Polychromy in Bizantine Sculpture Silvia Pedone, a member of Dost-I, is an art historian and Byzantinist. SHe works at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome and carries out his research activity between Italy and Turkey. In 2022 she published the results of an extensive research on the theme of color …
Taizé Prayer Every Second Tuesday of the Month It is an ecumenical prayer and Christians of all denominations are invited to participate. Upcoming dates: 09/05/2023; 13/06/2023 Time: 20.00h Location: Sen Piyer Church / Galata Kulesi sk. 26 / Beyoğlu We are waiting for you!
Taizé 2023/2024 Every First Thursday of the Month Dear brothers and sisters In 2004, we began the journey of ecumenical prayers, in the style of the Taizé liturgy, continuing it over these almost twenty years, with few interruptions (particularly in the difficult year of the Covid 19 Pandemic). The appointment of the second Tuesday of the month currently …
Latin Catholicism in Ottoman Istanbul Property, People and Missions Vanessa R. de Obaldía (University of Mainz, DoSt-I) and Claudio Monge (DoSt-I) have edited the book “Latin Catholicism in Ottoman Istanbul – Property, People and Missions“- The volume aims at being a contribution on a topic not widely covered yet by the academic community. İt focuses …
