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 …
The Eucharist in the History of Art The video of the conference (in Turkish) https://youtu.be/A3Brt7E1p_A 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 …
The Eucharist according to Thomas Aquinas Conference In the third appointment of the lecture series dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist, fr. Luca Refatti op will present the thought of the medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas. After briefly introducing the figure of Thomas, fr. Luca will analyse the specificity of the Eucharist in relation to …
The Eucharist in the History of Art Conference The second of four lectures on the mystery of the Eucharist, the most important sacrament of the Church, celebrated at every Mass, will be presented by Artem Vaniushin. Artem Vaniushin will accompany us on a splendid visual journey. We will learn how the Eucharistic mystery is depicted …
The Eucharist according to the Gospel of John Conference This is the first of four conferences on the Eucharistic mystery, the most important sacrament of the Church, which is celebrated during every mass. The first speaker will be the bishop of Istanbul, mons. Massimiliano Palinuro.Mons. Palinuro holds a doctorate in Biblical Studies from the Pontifical …
For a Theology from the Mediterranean A Theological Manifesto Dear Friends, Just a year ago, a journey of reflection began between cultural centres working in contact with and in reference to the Mediterranean sea, as a space of cultural, religious and economic cross-fertilisation. This initial process of getting to know each other led to the …
Intereligious Dialogue In an Age of Volcanoes and Refugees In this conference we would like to rediscover why fraternal encounter with people from far-off lands is so important today. We’ll try to sketch the shape of Christian-Muslim relations as they were for the first decade or so of this century. Then, we’d explore some of …
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, …
