Category: Orientale Lumen Conferences

Second Ecumenical Council: Constantinople I (381)

In order to provide some background material for the Orientale Lumen Conferences in 2010, with the help of Father Michael Hayduk, I prepared a summary of the first Seven Ecumenical Councils that I post here. SITE: Constantinople (near Bosporus, a strait in today’s Turkey). YEAR: A.D. 381 POPE: St. Damasus I, 367 – 384 EMPEROR: […]

First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I (325)

In order to provide some background material for the Orientale Lumen Conferences in 2010, with the help of Father Michael Hayduk, I prepared a summary of the first Seven Ecumenical Councils that I post here. SITE: Nicaea (in N.W. Asia Minor) YEAR: A.D. 325 POPE: St. Sylvester I, 314 – 335 EMPEROR: Constantine I, The […]

Deadlines Coming Soon

Three Orientale Lumen Conferences are scheduled for the summer of 2010, all on the theme of “The Councils of the Church.”  We have a great lineup of speakers from around the world including hierarchs, theologians and other leading experts, all from a wide range of Church traditions, both Catholic and Orthodox.   The deadline for […]

“Grass Roots” Ecumenical Conferences Planned

Three Orientale Lumen Conferences are planned in 2010 for lay persons and clergy from the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches.  One of the few ecumenical dialogue meetings that are open to the public, this year’s conferences will focus presentations on “The Councils of the Church”.  Held annually since 1997, the […]

Speakers for OL XIV in NJ and DC

We are pleased to announce our almost final list of plenary speakers for the upcoming Orientale Lumen Conferences this coming June. The theme of two OL conferences planned will be “The Councils of the Church” and the speakers will be: Orientale Lumen XIV North Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ June 7-10, 2010 Archbishop Cyril […]

OL EuroEast III Speakers Finalized

After my private audience with His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, we have finalized the speakers and agenda for the upcoming Orientale Lumen EuroEast III Conference scheduled for July 5-8, 2010 in Constantinople. The conference theme will be “The Councils of the Church” and the plenary speakers will be:   Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, Greek […]