Mor Theophilose Thirumeni arrived in Vienna for the Second Colloquium Syriacum

HG.Dr.Kuriakose Mor Theophilose Metropolitan arrived today in Vienna in order to participate in the Second Colloquium Syriacum organized by Pro oriente and which takes place from 4th to 6th November, 2009 at the Pallottihaus (Auhofstr. 10, 1130 Wien). Pro-oriente Colloquium Syriacum is a team of expert scholars from various syrian Christian churches joining together to develop appropriate studies and to help and to co-operate the research projects. Since its foundation in 1964, Pro-Oriente has focused on the ecumenical relationships between the Roman Catholic and the Eastern and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. Pro-oriente organizes such academic conferences in order to help the various churches of the Syrian tradition to preserve its unique heritage. H.G.Dr.Kuriakose Mor Theophilose represents our Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church and will present his paper on “Emigration of Syriac Christians moving from India – motives, impact (incl. Figures)” at 9.00 am on Friday, November 6, 2009.




The participants of the conference are the following;

Expert scholars from the Churches of Syriac Tradition:

Mar Boulos Matar, Archbishop, Beirut/Lebanon (Maronite Church)
Mar Joseph Powathil, Metropolitan, Changanassery/India (Syro-Malabar Church)
Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, Metropolitan, Aleppo/Syria (Syrian Orthodox Church)
Mor Kuriakose Theophilose, Metropolitan Prof. Dr., Ernakulam/India, Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary, (Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church)
Mar Awa Royel, Bishop Dr., San Jose/California (Assyrian Church of the East)
Chor-Bishop Auchana Kanoun, Salida/California (Assyrian Church of the East)
Fr. Chediath Geevarghese, Prof. Dr., Kattakada/India, St.Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church (Syro-Malankara Catholic Church)
Fr. Georges Khoshaba, Archdeacon, London/Great Britain (Ancient Church of the East)
Fr. Karukaparambil Cherian, Dr., Austria (Syro-Malabar Church)
Fr. Nelpuraparampil Philip, Dr., Changanassery/India (Syro-Malabar Church)
Fr. Rizk Karam, Prof. Dr., Kaslik/Lebanon, Holy Spirit University (Maronite Church)
Fr. Varghese Baby, Prof. Dr., Kottayam, Kerala/India, The Orthodox Theological Seminary, and St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)
Fr. Pierre Yousif, Paris/France, Pontificio Istituto Orientale/Rome (Chaldean Church)
Shemunkasho Aho, Dr., University of Salzburg/Austria (Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch)

External expert scholars:

Brock Sebastian, Prof. Dr., Oxford University/Great Britain
Fr. Griffith Sidney H., Prof. Dr., The Catholic University of America, Washington DC/USA
O'Mahony, Anthony, Heythrop College, University of London
Tamcke Martin, Dean Prof. Dr., University of Göttingen/Germany
Teule Herman, Prof. Dr., Radboud University Nijmegen/Netherlands

Guests:
Fr. Bsteh Petrus, Austrian Bishops Conference’s Office for Interreligious Dialogue, Vienna/Austria
Fr. QUICKE Gabriel, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Rome/Vatican


Pro Oriente:
Fr. Bouwen Frans, Jerusalem/Israel
Marte Johann, Dr., President
Winkler Dietmar W., Prof. Dr., Scholarly Director “PRO ORIENTE Studies of the Syriac Tradition”, University of Salzburg/Austria

Staff:
Wittine Marion, M.A., PRO ORIENTE Secretary General

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