On October 19-22, 2023, the international conference “Orthodox Christianity between pre-modern commitments, modern challenges and post-modern relevance” was held in Volos, Greece. It was organized by the Chair of Religious Studies (Orthodox Christianity) of the University of Erfurt (Germany) and the Volos Academy for Theological Studies (Greece). The conference gathered researchers mainly from Greece and Germany, but also from six other countries in Europe and from United States. Ukraine was indirectly represented at the conference by Lidiya Lozova.
Among the papers it is worth noting the reports of Pantelis Kalaitzidis “When the desert becomes an empire: monasticism, politics and church-state relations”, of Vasilios Makrides “Orthodox anti-Westernism in a global age: the burden of the past and contemporary critical voices”, of Georgios Vlantis “Church renewal and the authority of the Fathers in orthodoxy: a historical and systematical approach”, of Sebastian Rimestad “Conversion to the Orthodox Church: a theological or a political act?”, and of Lidiya Lozova “Pre-modern, anti-modern, pro-modern? The ethos of icons in Ukraine and Russia today”.
The full program of the conference can be found at the link https://acadimia.org/en/news-announcements/press/1173-international-conference-orthodox-christianity-between-pre-modern-commitments-modern-challenges-and-post-modern-relevance. On the website of the Volos academy for theological studies (https://acadimia.org/en) one can find videos of these and other reports.