SAT, October 18, 10 am The Department of Theology & Religious Studies, Villanova University; ROMANIAN ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE IN THE AMERICAS; HOLY TRINITY Romanian Orthodox Church, Philadelphia, PA; With RCINY Support
present: SYMPOSIUM
500 YEARS OF ORTHODOX PRINTING IN ROMANIA: Macarius' Slouzhebnik, Târgoviste, 1508
Also celebrating 360 years since the first printing of the New Testament in Romanian (Alba Iulia / Bălgrad, 1648), and 320 years since the Bucharest Bible (1688) The Symposium aims to explore the role of printed books in spreading the Gospel to the Romanians and the Slavs in the Balkan area; to recognize the importance of Macarius' Missal - the first printed in an Orthodox country - in enhancing the Orthodox solidarity among Romanians, Serbs and Bulgarians; to acknowledge the contribution of the first Romanian translation of the Holy Scriptures in serving to preserve Christian faith, language and national identity. Featured Speakers Include:
Dr. Christopher Haas, VIllanova University Dr. Theodosius Petrescu, Archbishop of Tomis, Dean of the Theological Faculty, Constanta, Romania Dr. Predrag Matejic, The Hilandar Research Library, Ohio State University Rev. Dr. Theodor Damian, The Romanian Institute of Theology and Spirituality, NY & Metropolitan College of New York V. Rev. Fr. Mark Shinn, St. Andrew's Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA Dr. Nicolae Roddy, Creighton University, Omaha, NE Rev. Fr. Nicolai Buga, St. Gregory Orthodox Theological Seminary, Bucharest, Romania VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 601 County Line Road
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