Conference 2024 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

2:00 – 5:00 pm
Registration
Atrium, Maliotis

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Book Exhibit
Holy Cross Orthodox Press
Atrium, Maliotis

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Opening Reception
Atrium, Maliotis

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

7:00 am – 3:00 pm

Registration
Atrium, Maliotis

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Book Exhibit
Holy Cross Orthodox Press
Atrium, Maliotis
 

7:00 – 8:00 am
Coffee/Breakfast
Atrium/Kafeneio, Maliotis
 
8:00 – 10:00 am
Session 1: New Vistas in Canonical Research
Theater, Maliotis
Chair: Joan Berg
Physical Disability and Priestly Ordination
John Chryssavgis, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Strait is the Gate: American Convert Groups’ Discovery of Orthodox Canon Law in the Twentieth Century
Greta Gaffin, Boston University
Thoughts on the Local Origins of Orthodox Jurisdiction in a Catholic Perspective
Xénia Sereghy, Katholische Privat-Universität Linz

10:00 – 10:15 am
Break
Atrium, Maliotis

10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Session 2: Questions in North America
Theater, Maliotis
Chair: Patrick Viscuso
North American Eastern/Oriental Orthodox and Catholic Mixed Marriages: Next Steps?
Anthony Roeber, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Reshaping Our Thoughts on Marriage: Finding Gaps in Orthodox Academia
James Purdie, Antiochian House of Studies
Gender and Ordination: Male and Female as Archic and Eucharistic Modes of Relation
Brian Patrick Mitchell, St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral (ROCOR), Washington, DC

12:15 – 2:00 pm
Lunch Break

12:15 – 2:00 pm
Lunch and Legal Discussion
Sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Attorney Network
Atrium, Maliotis

Confidentiality of Confession in the Orthodox Canonical Tradition
Justin Bosl, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

2:00 – 4:00 pm
Session 3A: Oriental Orthodox Conference Panel
Theater, Maliotis
Session Organizer: Mary Ghattas
Chair: Philip Zymaris

The Therapeutic Nature of Canon Law in the Oriental Orthodox Churches
Mary Ghattas, Agora University
Syriac Canonical Tradition: Particularity Beyond Empire
Daniel Kakish, Agora University
The Armenian Canons on Divorce: Old Principles in New Times
Roberta R. Ervine, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, Armonk, NY
Seeking the Lost Sheep: The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Mission to and Reception of the Rastafari
Gebre-Kristos Nicholas Siniari, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England

2:00 – 4:00 pm
Session 3B: Multidisciplinary Approaches in Canonical Research
East Wing, Maliotis
Chair: Bartholomew Mercado
An Historical Theology of the “Work of Christ’s Diaconate” in the Vitae of St. Domnika
Laura Wilson, Antiochian House of Studies
Beautiful Tension: A Historical, Theological and Canonical Appraisal of Crossdressing Saints
Joseph Thornburg, St. Silouan Orthodox Church,
College Station, Texas
Considerations of Self-Defense in Orthodox Canon Law in Light of American Law and Culture
Kyle Sterner, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

4:00 – 4:15 pm
Break
Atrium, Maliotis

4:15 – 6:15 pm
Session 4: Historical Approaches to Canon Law
Theater, Maliotis
Chair: Lewis Patsavos
The Trullan Canons and the End of the World
David Olster, University of Kentucky
Honoring the Wife: The history of Titles and Honorifics for Wives of Clergy
Sarah Ann Wagner-Wassen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Emperor Justinian's Legislation on Monks and Monasteries in Patriarch Nikon's book of Kormchaia
Anna Vankova, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

6:30 – 8:00 pm
OCLS Business Dinner
Atrium, Maliotis