St. Paul & the Natural Environment (25-28 June 1999)
Metropolis of Veria, Naousa & Kampania - Greece
Program:
Friday June 25th
19:00-20:00 Official Opening, Apostle Paul's Dismissal Hymn, Greetings by representatives of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches, Official Greetings, Reading of Messages, Opening of the Proceedings of the Congress by His Eminence Panteleimon, Metropolitan of Veria, Naoussa and Kambania
20:20-20:40 The Opening Speech: "The ecological problem as a social evil. The Theology of Creation and its relevance of St. Paul" (Vassilios Gioultsis)
20:40-21:00 Opening of the exhibition of religious stamps
Saturday, June 26th
9:00 -9:20 Natural Environment according to the Psalms (Dimitrios Kaimakis)
9:20 - 9:40 Discussion
9:40 10:00 The recreation of man in the teaching of prophet Ezekiel and Apostle Paul (Stavros Kalantzakis)
10:00 -10:20 Discussion
10:20-10:40 "From Thalis Milissios to St. Paul. The ecological problem as a problem of relations. A biblical review." (Miltiadis Konstantinou)
10:40-11:00 Discussion
11:00-11:40 Break
11:40 -12:00 "Christ as a co-creator and renewer of the world according to St. Paul (Col 1:15-20)" (Rev. Prof. Otfried Hofius)
12:00-12:20 Discussion
12:20-12:40 "Views of St. Paul's ecclesiology and contemporary ecology (Eph 1:23b)" (Christos Karakolis)
18:00-18:20 "Place, time, matter: in Genesis, in St. Paul and today" (George Gounaris)
18:20-18:40 Discussion
18:40-19:00 "The groan of creation and in man in St. Paul's theology" (John Gallanis)
19:00-19:20 Discussion
19:20-20:00 Break
20:00-20:20 "Interaction of man and near earth space environment: a prediction by St. Paul?" (Nicholas Spirou)
20:20-20:40 Discussion
20:40-21:00 Conferring of honors
Sunday June 27th
18:00-18:20 "Determinism in the nature and St. Paul's cosmology: Moral consequences" (Dimitrios Kotoulas)
18:20-18:40 Slides
18:40-19:00 Discussion
19:00-19:20 "Natural environment in St. Paul's Byzantine iconography" (Mavropoulou-Tsioumi)
19:20-19:40 Discussion
19:40-20:20 Break
20:20-20:40 "Sky and earth in St. Paul's theology. The influence of astronomy in church construction" (Alexander Tsioumis)
20:40-21:00 Discussion
Monday, June 28th
9:00-9:20 "The Apostle Paul and the natural environment in the Lucan account of the two journeys of the Apostle through Europe" (Enrico Morini)
9:20-9:40 Discussion
9:40-10:00 "St. Paul's teaching on the environment and its influence on patristic tradition" (Anestis Kaselopoulos)
10:00-10:20 Discussion
10:20-11:00 Break
11:00-11:20 "Sin as a humanistic and ecological problem" (John Mourtzios)
11:20-11:40 Discussion
11:40-12:00 "The word of St. Paul, natural environment and Byzantine art" (Maria Kazamia-Tsernou)
12:00-12:20 Discussion
12:20-12:40 Conferring of honors
12:40-13:00 Closing of the proceedings of the Congress by His Eminence Penteleimon, Metropolitan of Veria, Naoussa and Kampania
19:30-21:00 Great Hierarchical Vespers - Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
Tuesday June 29th
7:00-10:30 Matins and Hierarchical Concelebration of the Divine Liturgy
19:30-21:00 Procession to the "Altar" of St. Paul and outdoor festal Hierarchical Vespers with the participation of the representatives of the Orthodox Patriarchates and Autocephalous Churches
