2026 Summer Symposium
Faith and Reason in the Patristic Mind
From Creed to Controversy: The Fathers' Intellectual Defense Against Heresies
Welcome & Introduction
Presentations
Each presenter will have 20 minutes, followed by 10 minute Q&A
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2026 Summer Symposium Details
Themed
Faith and Reason in the Patristic Mind – From Creed to Controversy: The Fathers’ Intellectual Defense Against Heresies.
Date and Time
Saturday, 30 May 2026 at 12 PM EST, via Zoom
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Will be shared one day before the symposium
Agenda and Speakers
Welcome
Azizeh Elias Constantinescu
Moderator
Opening Prayer
Introduction
V. Rev. Fr. Michel Najim
AHOS President
Rt. Rev. Fr. Fadi Rabbat
AHOS Dean
Presentations
Each presenter will have 20 minutes, followed by 10 minute Q&A.
Fr Cristian Sylva, AHOS M.Div. Graduate
Theosis in the Patristic Mind: Faith, Reason, and Fr. John Romanides’ Neo-Patristic Defense of Orthodoxy
Fr Juvenaly Hale, AHOS M.Div. Graduate
Being Clothed and in Our Right Minds: An Examination of the Edenic Garment as Understood by St. Ephraim the Syrian and St. Theophan the Recluse
Fr. Cosmin Sicoe (Ph.D. student, AHOS)
Natural Revelation in St Basil the Great’s Hexaemeron.
Fr. Charles Nicholas Baz (Ph.D. student and Faculty)
Education as Emancipation: Orthodox Pedagogy as a Catalyst for Resilience under 18th Century Ottoman Rule