Symposium on English Translations

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News Release The Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Faculty of Theology, Saint Paul University, Ottawa and Saint Basil's College, Stamford, Connecticut announce The International Symposium on English Translations of Byzantine Liturgical Texts June 17-20, 1998 Saint Basil's College 195 Glenbrook Road Stamford, Connecticut (Exit 8 off I-95)

Schedule

Wednesday, June 17

7:30 pm Keynote Address (followed by a reception)
Rev. Prof. Robert Taft, SJ, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy - Titulary of the Sir Daniel and Countess Bernadine Murphy Donahue Chair in Eastern Catholic Theology

Thursday, June 18

9:30 am - 1:00 pm "Theological and Philological Accuracy"

Archimandrite Ephrem Lash, Saint Andrew's Monastery, Manchester, England - Chief translator, 1995 Oxford University Press Edition of Chrysostom's Liturgy

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Survey of Translations by North American Eastern Catholic Churches

The translations of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolia:
Rev. Prof. David Petras, Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The translations of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Bishop Nicholas Samra, Auxiliary of the Diocese of Newton

The translations of the Ukrainian Catholic Church:
Archimandrite Serge Kelleher, Dublin, Ireland - Editor, Eastern Churches Journal

Friday, June 19



9:30 am - 11:00 am


11:30 am - 1:00 pm
"The Style of the Translation"
Bishop Kallistos Ware, Oxford University, England
Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies
Rev. Prof. Anthony Ugolnik, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Kresgie Professor of Humanities and Ethics

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Survey of Translations by North American Eastern Orthodox Churches

The translations of the Orthodox Church in America:
Dr. Paul Meyendorff, Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York - Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology

The translations of the Greek Archdiocese:
Rev. Prof. John Chryssavagis, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts - Dean of Theology
The translations of the Antiochene Orthodox Church:
Archimandrite Daniel Griffith, University of Athens, Greece - Doctoral Candidate in Theology.

Saturday, June 20

9:30 am - 11:00 am


11:30 am - 1:00 pm "Singing the Translation"

Michael Thompson, Director of Schola Cantorum, Chicago,
Illinois

Mark Bailey, Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York - Lecturer in Sacred Music

Registration - US$15 or C$20 (includes reception and two lenten lunches)

Directions

Saint Basil's College is located in Stamford, CT, off Exit #8 on Interstate 95. Turn left off the exit ramp; at 3rd light (Tresser Blvd.) turn right (this is the first place where one can turn right); at the 5th light turn left onto Glenbrook Rd. Saint Basil's College is on the right after the 2nd light.

Accomodations

Budget Hospitality Inn 19 Clarks Hill AV Stamford, CT 06902 (just a 15 minute walk from St. Basil's College) Discount Rate: $65 / night (until June 1st - mention "Group from St. Basil's) For reservations call: Mr. S. Ball +1-203-327-4300 or 1-800-362-7666 Fax: +1-203-975-0328

Information

For more information contact the Symposium Convenor:

Rev. Prof. Peter Galadza Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies St. Paul University 223 Main ST Ottawa, ON Canada K1S 1C4 Phone: +1-613-236-1393 Fax: +1-613-782-3026 E-Mail: pgaladza@spu.stpaul.uottawa.ca