Philosophy, Science & Religion Philosophy, the natural sciences, and religion are fundamental components of every culture and human thought history. In their own way, they help man face fundamental questions about his life. Despite the differences in the methods they use and the differences in the way they perceive the world, philosophy, science and religion …
Summer mass schedule Starting Saturday 6th May, the weekly mass time changes. Mass will now be celebrated each Saturday at 7pm.
Sharing Abraham Do Muslims and Christians truly share Abraham? Is Abraham a starting point for dialogue among monotheistic faith communities? These questions have seldom been examined as thoroughly or as sensitively as they are here. Bristow rigorously analyzes biblical and qur’anic Abraham narratives and builds on the tight connection between narrative and worldview to lay …
Holy week 2023 Where and when ? Palm Sunday – 1st April 2023 6:30 pm, Sen Piyer Kilisesi, Galata Kulesi sokak Maundy Thursday – 6th April 2023 Lord’s Supper 7:00 pm, Sen Piyer Kilisesi, Galata Kulesi sokak Good Friday – 7th April 2023 Reading of the Passion of the Lord 7:00 pm, Santa Maria Draperis …
Arrival Hello, my name is Louis. I am French, more precisely from Britanny in western France. I arrived in Istanbul on the 26th of January and will be at the convent for the next five months. Studying engineering in Paris, I decided to take a gap year. During the past six months, I worked as …
With a heart full of sorrow On 6 February, two earthquakes affected the south of Turkey and the north of Syria. The Dominican convent of Istanbul joins the mourning of those who lost members of their families, relatives and of the entire Turkish population that has been heavily affected. Our thoughts and prayers are …
DOMINICANS The history of the Order of Preachers History of the order Lifestyle Spirituality History of the order Saint Dominic was born in 1170. In his youth, he was educated by an uncle who was a priest. He then studied the arts and theology in Palencia. From 1203 to 1204, he embarked on a …
Les mots pour dire Dieu A new book by Claudio Monge and Denis Gril Within the framework of the group “Théologie en dialogue” which brings together Christian and Muslim theologians, Father Claudio Monge, director of the Dominican Istanbul study center (Dost-I), and Denis Gril, member of the institute of research on the Arab and Muslim …
On the Incarnation “On the Incarnation of the Word“, the theological essay written by the great father of the Church Athanasius bishop of Alexandria (296-373 a.D.), has been translated in Turkish by Onur Yöş and published by Kitab-ı Mukkades Şirketi Yayınları in 2020. Onur Yöş will introduce us into the life of Athanasius and present …
Translating Utopia Tommaso Campanella and the City of the Sun Not a purely visionary philosopher, an interpreter in his own way of Machiavelli and Galileo, Campanella looks to a possible world where the reasons of politics and modern science can find renewed support in the word of a God, who is not mere ‘geometer’. This …
