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Gia thn enhmerwsh sas.


ANAKOINWSH

               The Smithsonian Campus on the Mall


        Orthodox Christianity: Living Legacy of Byzantium

Reception and Easter Concert of Byzantine Music
Study Tours of a Cathedral and Monastery
Efthalia Makris Walsh, Coordinator/Moderator

The second-largest Christian church in the world, and the oldest
direct heir to the early church and Byzantine traditions, the
Orthodox Church is relatively unknown in the West. In this
illuminating  course, renowned scholars, artists, experts, and
theologians, who interpret and shape today's Church focus on the
sacred art and thought of Orthodoxy.

* Jan. 26

5-6:30 pm Capitol Hill Reception in honor of Bishop Kallistos
          hosted by Sen Paul Sarbanes.
8 pm      "Passage to Orthodoxy: Tradition and Personal Experience"
          The meaning of the Orthodox doctrine within the life of
          an individual. Bishop Kallistos (Timothy) Ware of
          Diokleia, Fellow of Pembroke College and Spalding
          Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford
          University; author of The Orthodox Church and The
          Orthodox Way.

* Feb. 2

8 pm      "Two Millenia: The historical Evolution of Eastern
          Christendom" - Aristeides Papadakis, professor of
          Byzantine and Medieval history at the University of
          Maryland and author of Crisis in Byzantium.

* Feb. 9

8 pm      "Holy Icons: Visions and Signs of a Spiritual World" -
          John Yiannias, associate professor of art history,
          University of Virginia, and editor of The Byzantine
          Tradition After the Fall of Constantinople.

* Feb. 16

8 pm      "An Evening with a Byzantine Icon Painter: The Mosaic
          Decoration of a Cathedral" - Demetrios Dukas, leading
          Byzantine iconographer of St. Sophia Cathedral and St.
          Demetrios Church.

* Feb. 23

8 pm      "The Ecumeny: Orthodoxy in America and Eastern Europe
          Today" - Anthony Ugolnik, professor of English at
          Franklin and Marshall College and author of The
          Illuminating Icon: Russia and the American Church.

* March 2

8 pm      "Worship:The Soul of Orthodoxy" - Alkibiadis Calivas,
          dean and professor of liturgics, Holy Cross Greek
          Orthodox School of Theology and author of Great Week and
          Pascha in the Greek Orthodox Church.

* March 9

8 pm      "Holy Deserts and Mountains: Monastic Development,
          Theology and Spirituality" - Nicholas P. Konstas, junior
          fellow, Dumbarton Oaks.

*

          "Byzantium in Washington" Tours of the Russian Orthodox
          Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and the Monastery of
          Holy Cross (Carpatho-Russian Orthodox). Times to be
          announced in class. (Participants provide their own
          transportation).

* March 16

          "Easter Concert of Byzantine Music at St. Sophia Greek
          Orthodox Cathedral"

7 pm      "Introduction to St. Sophia as a Sacred Place" - Rev.
          John Tavlarides, dean of the Cathedral.

          "Understanding and Appreciating the Byzantine Chant" -
          Anna Caraveli, folklorist, and manager, Campus on the
          Mall.

8 pm      "Byzantine Music of the Holy Week and Easter Concert" -
          Harilaos Papapostolou, chief chanter and one of the
          foremost interpreters of Byzantine chant, with the choir
          and the Rev. Tavlarides.


     Efthalia Makris Walsh, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek Patristic
theology at the Catholic University of America, writes and lectures
on the Orthodox Church and Theology.

(Code:306-509) Tues., 8 pm (1 1/2 hours)
January through March 16 (8 sessions plus 2 optional tours, and
reception)
Reception: Jan. 26, 5 to 6:30 pm. Room 325, Russell Senate Office
Building.

Members-$96; Nonmembers-$136
This program was made possible in part by the generous contribution
and support of Ted and Lea Pedas, Jim and Wanda Pedas, and Lou and
Kathlyn Tiches.


Akolou0ei Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Activities
Application


For more information, call 202/357-3030.


ARHS

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