Organized by Institute for the Study of Values and Spirituality (ISVS), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, România.
Organizer: Dan Chițoiu (ISVS&UAIC)
The Iași Conference is continuing the Palamas Seminar investigations of the influence of the Philokalia texts on St Gregory Palamas and on Orthodox philosophy and theology in general (meetings in Braga in July 2019 and Pskov in November 2019). Onsite and online event.
Presented Papers
- Constantinos Athanasopoulos, FHEA, U.K.: Philokalia: What it is and how not to misinterpret it
- Alexandru Ioan Tofan, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania: Spiritual Experience and Philokalic Tradition with Andre Scrima
- Liviu Petcu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania: „Μήτηρ του Θεού [Mētēr tou Theou], Θεοτόκος [Theotókos] και Παναγία [Panagía] in Philokalic literature”
- Dan Chițoiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania: Reading Philokalia as path to an experiential pattern: Moldavian Hesychasm
- Constantinos Athanasopoulos, FHEA, United Kingdom, The Kollyvades Fathers and Philokalia: Why did they compile and edit the Philokalia texts and why they did this in relation to St. Gregory Palamas.
- John Farina, George Mason University, USA: Presenting the holy fathers to an American audience: reflections on a decade of publishing the classics of Western spirituality
- Tone Svetelj, Hellenic College/ Boston College, USA: Watchfulness as the Key Virtue on our Way to Holiness in Hesychios the Presbyter
- Frederick Aquino, Abilene Christian University, USA: The Philokalia and Regulative Epistemology
Debated topics included: Philosophy and its relation to Theology in Philokalia texts Soul, Heart and Body in authors of Philokalia The Philosophy of Mind in Philokalia authors Hesychasm in Philokalia Romanian Hesychasm and its Philokalic sources Language and its use in certain authors of Philokalia Ancient Greek and Hellenistic Philosophy and its use in Philokalia authors.
