Niki Tsironi
Byzantinist, working at the Institute for Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
Associate in Byzantine Studies, CHS-Harvard Washington D.C.
Adjunct Professor in Byzantine Studies, SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
Phone: 0030 210 7273687 Mobile: ++306932421060
Address: 48, Vas. Konstantinou Av.
116 35 Athens - Greece
Associate in Byzantine Studies, CHS-Harvard Washington D.C.
Adjunct Professor in Byzantine Studies, SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
Phone: 0030 210 7273687 Mobile: ++306932421060
Address: 48, Vas. Konstantinou Av.
116 35 Athens - Greece
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The Conference aims to explore lesser-known aspects of the Marian cult. Registration is free. For registration and more information about the Conference, please visit the site www.thevirginbeyondborders.net
The Conference aims to explore lesser-known aspects of the Marian cult. Registration is free. For registration and more information about the Conference, please visit the site www.thevirginbeyondborders.net
The Conference aims to explore lesser-known aspects of the Marian cult. Registration is free. For registration and more information about the Conference, please visit the site www.thevirginbeyondborders.net
A Study Week dedicated to interdisciplinary research in the fields of theology and medieval studies
with special emphasis in Patristics and Byzantine studies will be held in the first week of July 2015, in
Oxford, at Wolfson College and the House of St Gregory and St Macrina as well as in the House of St
Theosevia, a place of Orthodox teaching, worship and ecumenical dialogue established by the circle
of the late Russian scholar and intellectual of the 20th century, Nicholas Zernov.
After the continuing success and the rising interest in Patristic and Byzantine Studies in the UK and
internationally, we have decided to explore their common ground, the various possibilities for
further cooperation, and any future research and teaching opportunities.
The event in which eminent personalities will lecture on various aspects of theology, history and
literature is organized by the Cultural Society Ainos, the University of Winchester, the Orthodox
Theological Research Forum, the Fellowship of St Alban & St Sergius, the Volos Theological Academy
and the House of St Gregory & St Macrina.
A series of distinguished lecturers, researchers and artists will offer lectures and seminars dedicated
to the Bible, spirituality, sacred art, the study of history, and the way Patristic and Byzantine Studies
may be relevant to us today. Among them: Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (Oxford), Sebastian
Brock (Oxford), Hugh Wybrew (Oxford), Andrew Louth (Durham), Richard Price (London), Ida Toth
(Oxford), Andreas Andreopoulos (Winchester), Pantelis Kalaitzidis (Volos), Niki Tsironi (Athens), Eirini
Panou (Jerusalem), Rebecca White (Oxford) Stephen Platt (Oxford), George Calofonos (Athens),
Theofili Kampianaki (Oxford) etc.
Hosted at Wolfson College, St Gregory’s House and St Theosevia’s House, Oxford, the event will
include seminars / reading classes, discussions, guided tours in Oxford colleges and libraries, cultural
events, and dialogues between artists, scholars and the wider public.
Further information at http://www.ainosculture.org/ and in our FB https://www.facebook.com/AinosCulturalSociety
We are pleased to announce the Oxford Summer Workshop on The Sacred in Life and Art that will take place from the 14th to the 17th July 2016. Registration is now open and until the 20th June you may benefit from the early bird discount. Please find here all relevant information and do not hesitate to contact us for any further information. Looking forward to seeing you in July.
With best wishes,
AINOS TEAM
The theory of orality, first introduced by the Homerists Milman Parry and Albert Lord, was further expanded by Gregory Nagy of Harvard University. Up until now, it has been studied primarily in terms of literary works of the middle Byzantine period (Theodore Prodromos’ poems, Manganeios Prodromos’ poems, Digenis Akrites etc.) by Michael and Elizabeth Jeffreys. The last few years have seen several studies by Margaret Mullett, Emmanuel Bourbouhakis, Przemysław Marciniak and Stratis Papaioannou examining various aspects of the relationship between rhetoric and performance.
The aim of the project is to explore basic aspects of the theory of orality and performance in Byzantium, placing special emphasis on the themes of lamentation and the circle of life as recorded in literature.
Le but de l’ouvrage est de mettre en lumière certains aspects du rôle multimodal qu’a joué le livre depuis l’antiquité jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Autrement dit, ce volume se concentre sur le livre en tant qu’objet patrimonial, objet rituel, vecteur de connaissance, document historique, lieu d’interaction entre texte et image, entre patrimoine matériel et patrimoine immatériel, où les révolutions technologiques rencontrent les courants historiques, théologiques et artistiques, mais aussi en tant que source perpétuelle d’inspiration pour la création artistique.
του βιβλίου της
Εύης Βουλγαράκη-Πισίνα
“Η Προσέγγιση των Εθνικών κατά τον Άγιο Ιωάννη το Χρυσόστομο”
Θα μιλήσουν οι:
Σεβ. Μητροπολίτης Καμερούν κ. Γρηγόριος (Στεργίου)
π. Δημήτριος Μπαθρέλλος, καθηγητής ΕΑΠ
δρ. Φώτης Βασιλείου, βυζαντινολόγος.
Η εκδήλωση θα λάβει χώρα την
Πέμπτη 9 Νοεμβρίου 2107 στις 19:00,
στην αίθουσα του Συνδέσμου Αιγυπτιωτών Ελλήνων,
3ης Σεπτεμβρίου 56, Αθήνα.
Τη συζήτηση θα συντονίσει η βυζαντινολόγος δρ. Νίκη Τσιρώνη,
ενώ θα χαιρετίσει και η συγγραφέας.
Η εκδήλωση συμπίπτει με την ημέρα μνήμης του Ηλία Βουλγαράκη,
του ιδρυτή της Ιεραποστολικής στην Ελλάδα.
Book Presentation
In the present communication, I intend to draw attention on the use of milk instead of wine in early Christian contexts, as it is proved by the decree issued by Pope Julius I in the 4th century which banned the use of milk instead of wine in the Divine
Liturgy. This ban demonstrates that certain early Christian communities, despite the very clearly attested use of wine for the first Eucharistic meal of the Last Supper, signifying the blood of Christ, found in milk a stronger symbol than wine and used it occasionally or consistently in their liturgical practices. The practice is associated with the Virgin Lactans, present in early Christian iconography, which attests to the importance of the virginal birth of Christ in the early Christological debates but also to the affinity of the cult of the Virgin with female deities of the eastern Mediterranean and especially Isis. The association of milk, wine and the blood of Christ reveal aspects of the cult of the Virgin and her importance in the understanding of the Incarnation with special emphasis to the birth and death of Christ.