November 15 - 16, 2014 - King’s College London
Programme
Speakers
Dr Rowan Williams Cambridge
Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon Athens, Greece
Father Alexander Fostiropoulos London
Brother Adalberto Mainardi Bose, Italy
Dr Susanne Sklar Wisconsin, USA
Dr Elisabeth Robson Brighton
Costa Carras Athens, Greece
Karin Greenhead London
Preliminary Timetable
(Full Programme will be issued in October)
Saturday November 15
9:00 am Coffee/Tea and Registration
9:45 am Talks, Film
12:15 pm Lunch
1:25 pm Talks, Film, Tea, Round Table Discussion
6:45pm Prayers, followed by wine/refreshments
Sunday November 16
8:30 -11:30 am Registration
*9:00 am Divine Liturgy in the College Chapel
10:30 am Coffee/Tea & Continental Breakfast
11:30 am Morning Talk & Film
1:45 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Talks, Film, Panel: Memoirs
6:30 pm Panikhida , followed by wine/refreshments
*9:00 am The Divine Liturgy will be celebrated in King’s College Chapel
for all those who wish to attend.
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Centenary Conference
‘ The Glory of God is a Man Fully Alive’
St Irenaeus of Lyons
These words of St Irenaeus, quoted so often by Metropolitan Anthony,
speak of a fullness of life which he himself never ceased trying to live.
He spoke of it in many different ways — as the ‘radiance of God’ which
shines through a person who has reached the full potential of his
being; as love which is ‘the abundance of triumphant life, a life… so
deep and absolute that it can pour itself out without thinking of the
risk, the danger or the loss.’ He himself had in great measure this
fearless plenitude of life, and the gift of inspiring others to seek it. But
he was in no doubt about the courage and daring, the transparency and
human vulnerability needed to attain it. And he urged that what it
required of us above all was to be human, to take our place not only
‘under the shelter of the wings of God’ but where things are tragic, in
the eye of the storm.
With these thoughts in mind the ‘Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Foundation’ has organized this Conference, the sixth in Western
Europe to be held in his memory, celebrating the centenary of his
birth. We will look at his spiritual and theological vision and teaching,
and at him as a person, in that what he preached was inseparable from
what he tried to live. And we will reflect on aspects of the theme in
the light of his example as a pastor and shepherd who strove to live
every word of the Gospel to the full, and to live it in the very heart and
turmoil of the modern world.
About the Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Foundation
The Foundation is a body of independent trustees whose task is to
collect together, publish and make known the writings, recordings and
films which make up Metropolitan Anthony’s legacy — a body of work
which spoke not only to his own church but far beyond its boundaries
to the whole of society. The Foundation now has an extensive Archive
which contains not only his published material but a rich collection of
his unpublished works: spiritual and theological writings; letters, films
and documents concerning his life and pastoral ministry. The Archive
is now available for research, on request through the Foundation.