On February 21-22, 2020, ISEC organized and hosted an international conference with the theme “Byzantine Monasticism: Past and Present.” The invited speakers were (in the sequence of their presentations): Archbishop Alexander Golitzin, Joel Kalvesmaki, Casey Knott, Tom Papademetriou, Metroplitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America, Despoina Prassas, Robin Darling Young, Fr. Damaskinos Olkinuara, Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB, Fr. Justin of Sinai, Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou, Fr. Chrysostom Koutloumousianos, Fr. Patrick Viscuso, Sister Vassa Larin, Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh. See all videos from the conference at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzMFpudCpFCladKk1OEMBgPyboEGWMNzq.

“Byzantine Monasticism: Past and Present”
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