Symposium programme:

18.10.2018 - The Administrative Centre of the Republic of Sprska Government, East Sarajevo

15-18h Guest arrival and registration

18h Opening of the academic conference

19:30h Dinner

19.10.2018 - The first session - Moderator: Deacon Zdravko Jovanović, PhD

HISTORY OF THE SAINT AND HIS AGE

9:00-9:45
Bishop Atanasije (Jevtić), PhD (Professor Emeritus of the University of Belgrade, Serbia): The Introductory Lecture

9:45-10:15 Metropolitan of Messenia Chrysostom (Savatos) (Faculty of Theology, University of Athens, Greece), St. John Chrysostom’s Attitude to the First Ecumenical Council and the Theological Problem of Acceptance of its Decisions

10:15-10:45 Daniel Buda, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology “Andrei Saguna”, University of Lucian Blaga, Sibiu, Romania), Christology of St. John Chrysostom and the Antiochian Tradition

10:45 – 11:15 Discussion

11:15-11:30 Break

The second session - Moderator: Nenad Božović, PhD

ASCETIC AND EXEGETE

11:30-12:00 Metropolitan Porfirije (Perić), PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, Serbia), Paul’s Teaching about Righteousness of God in his Interpretation of St. John Chrysostom

12:00-12:30 Mirko Tomasović, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Basil of Ostrog”, University of East Sarajevo, Foča, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina), St. John Chrysostom as a Biblical man and an Exegete

12:30:-13:00 Zdravko Peno, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Basil of Ostrog”, University of East Sarajevo, Foča, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina), On the Second Coming of Christ and the Force that Delays the Coming of Antichrist (II Thes. 1-12): An Interpretation by St. John Chrysostom

13:00 – 13:30 Discussion

13:30 Lunch

Break until 16:00h

The third session - Moderator: Teaching Assistant Boško Erić

PASTOR AND LITURGIST

16:00-16:30 Archimandrite Eliseos (Raptis), Thehesychia as a prerequisite for spiritual and monastic life according to St. John Chrysostom

16:30-17:00 Nenad Tupeša, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Basil of Ostrog”, University of East Sarajevo, Foča, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina), The Mystery of the Incarnated Theology in Liturgical Anamnesis of St. John Chrysostom

17:00-17:30 Svilen Тutekov, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Veliko Trnovo, Bulgaria), The Ecclesiological Ethics of the Neighbour according to St. John Chrysostom and its Relevance Today

17:30: 18:00 – Discussion

18:30
PROMOTION OF THE SERBIAN TRANSLATION OF THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM. Speakers:

Dejan Lučić, translator and publisher

Bishop Maksim (Vasiljević), PhD

Chamber Choir Concert of the Music Academy of East Sarajevo
Professor Rade Radović, conductor

Saturday, 20th October 2018 - The fourth session
- Moderator: Vladan Tatalović, PhD

LITURGIST AND HIERARCH

9:00-9:30 Bishop Maksim (Vasiljević), PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, Serbia), And We Give Thanks unto Thee for This Ministry: Liturgy and Councils in St. John Chrysostom’s Theology

9:30-10:00 Petar Vrankić, PhD (Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Augsburg, Germany), St. John Chrysostom’s Theology of Priesthood and Its Reception in the Western Church

10:00-10:30 Mattia Cosimo Chiriatti, Josep Vilella (University of Barselona, Spain), Chrysostom`s Sermons about St. Melitios of Antioch

10:30 – 11:00
Discussion

11.00-11:14 Break

The fifth session
- Moderator: Vladan Bartula, PhD

CHRYSOSTOM: THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

11:15-11:45 Darko Đogo, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Basil of Ostrog”, University of East Sarajevo, Foča, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Chrysostom and Polis: The Culture of Life in Antiquity in Thought and Practice of St. John Chrysostom

11:45–12:15 Andrej Jeftić, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, Serbia), Becoming a Holy Father: In Reference to St. John Chrysostom during Christological Discussions from 5thto 7th Centuries

12:15-12:45 Nikola Kostić (Aristotle’s University, Thessaloniki, Greece), The Resurrection of the Dead according to St. John Chrysostom

12:45 - 13:15 Discussion

13:30 Lunch Break

The sixth session
Moderator: Vjekoslav Jovanović, ThM

CHRYSOSTOM: THE EXPERIENCE OF SUFFERING

16:00-16:30 Bogoljub Šijaković, PhD (Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, Serbia), The Logos of the Prologue of John's Gospel in the Exegesis of St. John Chrysostom

16:30-17:00 Metropolitan Jovan (Vraniševski) (Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia), Letters from Exile of St. John Chrysostom

17:00-17:45 Metropolitan Vasilije Mansur (Antiochian Orthodox Church), Syria and Suffering during Chrysostom`s Life and Today

17:45–18:30
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS

18:30-19:00 CLOSING THE CONFERENCE

19:30 Dinner

Sunday, 21st October 2018 - Hierarchical Liturgy
Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of the
Theotokos, Sarajevo (09:00)