Conference of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches (2009)
FORMS OF AUTONOMY IN THE EASTERN CHURCHES
Venice (Italy), 21-26 September 2009
Monday 21 September 2009
16:30 - REGISTRATION
17:30 - OPENING PRAYER
18:00 - GREETINGS
PROF. LUIS OKULIK - Conference Chairman
PROF. BRIAN FERME - Dean of the School of Canon Law (Venice)
PROF. KONSTANTINOS PITSAKIS - Vice President of the Society for the Canon Law of the Eastern Churches
18:30 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tension between ecclesiastical communion and particular Churches: communion, variety, synodality: CARDINAL WALTER KASPER
19:30 - COCKTAIL
20:00 - DINNER
Tuesday 22 September 2009
TERMINOLOGY
9:30 - General introduction: RICHARD POTZ
10:15 - Autonomy and autocephaly. Historical development of the main categories of the Orthodox Church Constitution: KONSTANTINOS PITSAKIS
11:00 - From ritus to Ecclesia sui iuris. Terminological development in Catholic Eastern Canon Law: LUIS OKULIK
11:45 - DISCUSSION
12:30 - LUNCH
LEGAL HISTORY I
16:30 - Legal autonomy of Latin Christians in the Byzantine Empire: DAPHNE PENNA
17:15 - The Christian millets in the Ottoman Empire: PARASKEVAS KONORTAS
18:15 - DISCUSSION
19:30 - DINNER
Wednesday 23 September 2009
LEGAL HISTORY II
9:30 - Autonomous orthodox communities in the Habsburgian Empire: THOMAS NÉMETH
10:15 - Legal autonomy for Slavic Churches within the Patriarchate of Constantinople in medieval times: ANNA ULYANOWA
11:00 - From efforts of a Bulgarian autonomy within the Patriarchate of Constantinople to full autocephaly: HRISTO BEROV - DILIAN NIKOLCHEV
11:45 - DISCUSSION
12:30 - LUNCH
PRESENT FORMS OF LEGAL AUTONOMY I
16:30 - Autonomous and self-governing Churches within the Patriarchate of Moscow: WLADIMIR CYPIN
17:15 - Exarchate and metropolitan circle as forms of self-governance within the Patriarchate of Moscow: ALEXEJ KLUTSCHEWSKY
18:00 - The autonomus (self-governing) status of the Bessarabian Church in Moldova: MONICA-ELENA HERGHELEGIU
18:45 - DISCUSSION
19:30 - DINNER
Thursday 24 September 2009
9:30 - TOUR TO TORCELLO (by boat)
12:30 - LUNCH IN VENICE
15:00 - VISIT TO THE GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL & THE MUSEUM OF ICONS
16:30 - VISIT TO SAINT MARK’S BASILICA
18:00 - RETURN TO THE CONFERENCE CENTRE
19:30 - DINNER
Friday 25 September 2009
PRESENT FORMS OF LEGAL AUTONOMY II
9:30 - Autonomous, half-autonomous Churches and exarchates within the Patriarchate of Constantinople: CHARALAMBOS PAPASTATHIS
10:15 - Autonomy within the Armenian Apostolic Church: ARCHBISHOP MESROB KRIKORIAN
11:00 - Juridical discipline of personal prelatures in Latin Canon Law: PABLO GEFAELL
11:45 - DISCUSSION
12:30 - LUNCH
ADDITIONAL PAPERS & GENERAL ASSEMBLY
16:30 - PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
17:15 - DISCUSSION
18:00 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE LAW OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES
19:30 - DINNER
Saturday 26 September 2009
LEGAL AUTONOMY FOR MONASTERIES
9:30 - Legal historical comparison of abbatia nullius and stauropegion: PÉTER SZABÓ
10:15 - Various forms of legal autonomy of orthodox monastic centres today: BISHOP KYRILLOS (KATERELOS)
11:00 - DISCUSSION
12:00 - CONCLUDING REMARKS
PROF. LUIS OKULIK - CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
PROF. RICHARD POTZ - PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE LAW OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES
12:30 - FAREWELL LUNCH
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