From December 26 to 28, 2024, the Cathedral of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church in Munich, Germany, will host the annual Orthodox Christian seminar.
Hierarchal services are scheduled to be held every day. This is an important event for the community – liturgical and educational – which is organized by the parish of the Cathedral in Munich for the clergy and parishioners of the German Diocese.
Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church (Lincolnstr. 58, 81549 München, Deutschland)
Thursday, December 26, 2024
14:00 Prayer service.
14:30 Opening of the meeting by His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany.
14:35 Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe: "On the Unity of Orthodoxy – is Unity Under Attack?"
15:15 Priest Milan Dordevic (Skopje): "On the Macedonian Church with Special Consideration of the Autocephaly of 2022" (in German).
Discussion
16:30 Tea
17:00 Vespers and Matins (Confession)
19:45 Dinner
Friday, December 27, 2024
07:00 Divine Liturgy
09:00 Breakfast
09:45 Bishop Job of Stuttgart, vicar of the German Diocese: "On the Unity of Orthodoxy – Possible Solutions to the Impending Schism."
10:30 Archimandrite Justin (Rauer): "The Calendar: A History of Division, Possibilities for Overcoming the Problem" (in German).
11:15 Discussion of reports
11:45 – 12:15 Break
12:15-13:15 Protopriest George Kobro: "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Postwar Years."
13:15 Lunch
14:15 Archpriest Stephan Athanasiou, Professor at the Institute of Orthodox Theology in Munich: "The Knowledge of God in Creation: The Dogmas of the First Ecumenical Council and Their Significance for Man"
15:00 Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky), Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia): "On the Glorification of St John, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco the Wonderworker."
15:45 Procession to the grave of the Martyr Alexander of Munich
16:45 Tea
17:00 All-night vigil with the holy relics of Hieromartyr Eleutherius (II century) and Hieromartyr Hilarion (XX century)
20:00 Dinner
Saturday, December 28, 2024
07:00 Divine Liturgy
09:00 Breakfast
09:45 Nun Maria, Principal of the Bethany Girls' School in the Holy Land: "Being a Christian in the Holy Land."
10:30 Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky): "Portraits of Bright Personalities in the Monasteries of the Holy Land."
11:15 Break
11:30 "40 Years of the Open Orthodox Seminar: Summary". General summing up.
12:15 Lunch
