Saint Ambrose of Milan in Christian literature and theology
10 December 2013International scientific conference: Ambrose of Milan in Christian literature and theology
The Department of Church History, Christian Literature, Archaeology, and Art of Theology Faculty in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, co-organized with the Institute for Ecumenical Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Patristics Department of Catholic Theology at the University of Graz, Austria, an international scientific conference on 11-12 December 2013 in Theology Faculty of the Aristotle University. The conference theme is: Ambrose of Milan in Christian literature and theology. The detailed conference program is as follows:
Wednesday 11-12-2013
10.00 Conferences beginning
Welcome Addresses
11.00 Break — Coffee
11.30-13.00 Moderator: Archbishop Ioannis Spiteris
Claudio Moreschini: “La cristologia di Ambrogio nelle dispute del settimo secolo (Massimo il Confessore)”.
Pablo Argarate: “Ambrosius” teaching on the Holy Spirit”.
Photios Ioannidis: “Bible’s interpretation in Ambrosius Mediolanensis”.
Panagiotis Yfantis: “Cross as a reward”. An Hagiological reading of Ambrosius” hymns”.
13.00-14.00 Discussion
Afternoon session
17.00 Coffee
17.30-19.00 Moderator: Pablo Argarate
Angelo Di Berardino: “S. Ambrogio e l’origine del calendario cristiano”.
Constantine Sventzouris: “Devotion in Christ as «sacerdotium castitatis». Hermeneutic comment on De Virginibus I, 7, 32: «Virgo dei donum est, munus parentis, sacerdotium castitatis»”.
Michel Cozic (La Rochelle, France): “Riches et pauvres lesquels ont le plus besoin des autres? Selon le De Nabuthe d” Ambroise”.
Maria Kazamia: “Ambrosius Mediolanensis, iconographical approach”.
19.00-20.00 Discussion
Thursday 12-12-2013
Morning session
10.00-12.30 Moderator: Christos Arambatzis
Cesare Alzati: “L’Oriente greco nella tradizione della Chiesa ambrosiana”.
Christos Arambatzis: “St. Ambrosius Mediolanensis in the Byzantine tradition”.
Marco Rizzi (Milano, Italia): “Some remarks on Ambrose’s political theology”.
Evangelou Ilias: “St. Ambrosius in the Slavic Literature”.
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00-13.30 Conclusions-Photios Ioannidis Conference ending.
