Conference schedule
32st International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality
ABBA PACHOMIUS, AT THE ORIGINS OF COMMUNITY LIFE
XXXII Convegno ecumenico internazionale di spiritualità ortodossa
ABBA PACOMIO, ALLE ORIGINI DELLA VITA COMUNE
Monastery of Bose, Italy, 8-11 September 2026
in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches
The conference is open to all. Papers will be delivered in Italian, English, French and Greek, and simultaneous translation will be provided into Italian, English and Greek. Arrivals are scheduled on Monday 7 September; departures on Friday 11 afternoon or Saturday 12 morning. Registration is open from 1st of June to 30 August 2026, until all places have been filled. To register for the conference please contact the Organising Secretariat in advance to ascertain availability and only then send the completed registration form through the link that will be provided by e-mail. Participants who will be assured full hospitality will be accommodated at the Monastery of Bose, but due to the limited number of places available some may be asked to make their own arrangements. In any case, priority will be given to those coming from abroad, and special treatment will be provided for students and young people up to age of 30.
Tuesday, September 8
Ore 9.00
Apertura del convegno
Opening of the Conference
fr. Sabino Chialà, Priore di Bose
L’itinerario biografico e monastico del “Padre della Koinonia”
The Biographical and Monastic Journey of the “Father of the Koinonia”
Ioannis K. Grossmann, University of Vienna
“Un cuor solo e un’anima sola”: originalità e caratteri distintivi dell’esperienza monastica pacomiana
“One Heart and One Soul”: Originality and Distinctive Features of the Pachomian Monastic Experience
p. Armand Veilleux, Monastère de Scourmont
Ore 15.30
La Koinonia, una comunità generata e plasmata dalla Scrittura
Koinonia, a Community Generated and Shaped by Scripture
sr. Lisa Cremaschi, Monastero di Bose
Dimensioni concrete della comunione: condivisione, servizio, corresponsabilità e riconciliazione fraterna
Concrete Dimensions of Common Life: Sharing, Service, Mutual Responsibility and Fraternal Reconciliation
Archim. Benedetto Colucci, Mon. dei ss. Elia e Filarete, Seminara
Vigilanza e lotta spirituale nella comunità secondo i testi pacomiani
Vigilance and Spiritual Struggle within the Community according to the Pachomian Texts
Damaskinos of Haapsalu, Tallinn
Wednesday, September 9
Ore 9.00
Tra carisma e servizio: l’esercizio dell’autorità nella comunità
Between Charisma and Service: The Exercise of Authority within the Community
Lisa Agaiby, St Athanasius College, Melbourne
L’obbedienza nella tradizione anacoretica e cenobitica: analogie e differenze
Obedience in the Anchoritic and Cenobitic Traditions: Similarities and Differences
✠ Symeon Demodovo, Mon. St Silouane, St Mars de Locquenay
Liturgia e vita sacramentale nella Koinonia pacomiana
Liturgy and Sacramental Life in the Pachomian Koinonia
p. Sergej Kim, Université de Lausanne
Ore 15.30
Lavoro e gestione della proprietà nella Koinonia
Work and Property Management in the Koinonia
Joanna Wegner, University of Wroclaw
Il carisma di Pacomio e il ruolo della Koinonia nel contesto della Chiesa istituzionale
The Charisma of Pachomius and the Role of the Koinonia in the Context of the Institutional Church
Fabrizio Vecoli, Université de Montréal
Thursday, September 10
Ore 9.00
L’eredità di Pacomio trasmessa ai suoi successori: la formazione della memoria e della tradizione della Koinonia nella “seconda generazione”
Pachomius’ Legacy Passed on to his Successors: the Formation of Memory and Traditions of the Koinonia within the “Second Generation”
Dimitrios Moschos, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens
L’influenza di Pacomio e delle sue Regole nella tradizione monastica orientale e occidentale
The Influence of Pachomius and his ‘Rules’ in Eastern and Western Monastic Tradition
Nikos Kouremenos, Academy for Theological Studies, Volos
Ore 15.00
Discussioni in piccoli gruppi
Small-group discussions
In che modo Pacomio e la sua Koinonia possono essere una fonte di ispirazione nella nostra missione di annunciare il Vangelo al mondo di oggi?
How can Pachomius and his Community serve as a source of inspiration in our mission to announce the Gospel to the world today?
Ore 18.00
Vespro ortodosso in onore di san Pacomio il Grande
Orthodox Vespers in Honour of St Pachomius the Great
Friday, September 11
Friday, September 11Ore 9.00
San Pacomio il Grande nella tradizione iconografica ortodossa: il caso di alcune chiese della Bucovina
St Pachomius the Great in Orthodox Iconography: the Case of Some Churches in Bukovina
Archim. Hrisostom Rădășanu, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Univ., Iași
“Sulle tracce degli apostoli”: vivere la koinonia nella chiesa e nel mondo
“In the Footsteps of the Apostles”: Living ‘Koinonia’ in the Church and in the World
His Em. Archbishop Angelos, Coptic Orthodox Church, London
Conclusioni del convegno
Conclusions of the Conference
fr. Luigi d’Ayala Valva, Monastero di Bose