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For Immediate Release:
July 10, 2002

CONTACT: Harriet Kuliopulos,
Director of Public Relations
Hellenic College and Holy
Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,
(617) 850-1259

     HOLY CROSS GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY TO HOST INTERNATIONAL
   ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE ADDRESSING MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN A GLOBALIZED
   WORLD, ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS

Brookline, MA-  Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to
announce that it will host an International Conference on "The Orthodox
Churches in a Pluralistic World: An Ecumenical Conversation." The
Conference is jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches, and
presented in cooperation with the Boston Theological Institute and Harvard
Divinity School's Initiatives in Religion and Public Life. The dates are
October 3-5, 2002.

The conference is entitled "The Orthodox Churches in a Pluralistic World:
An Ecumenical Conversation."  Its primary purpose is to explore the mission
and public presence of the Orthodox Churches in a pluralistic world. In
conversation with other Christian theologians, social scientists, and
Church hierarchs the Conference will explore how the Orthodox churches have
contributed in the past, and can continue in the present and the future, to
work towards the reconciliation of communities which find themselves in
violent opposition to one another for ethnic, racial, political, economic
and religious differences.

The conference will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening, October 3rd,
with a welcome from the President of Holy Cross, Rev. Nicholas
Triantafilou, followed by the keynote address on the "Orthodox Church in a
Pluralistic World" by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the
Greek Orthodox Church in America. On Friday morning at 9:00 a.m., Dr.
Richard Falk will address the conference on globalization and religion and
that evening, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Dr.
Konrad Raiser, will address the Conference on violence and religion.

Friday and Saturday presentations will begin at 9:00 a.m.  and will address
issues of globalization, human rights, nationalism and ethnic conflicts,
Orthodox spirituality and social activism, Christian missions in a global
world, reconciliation and forgiveness, and the Orthodox Churches'
interactions with the modern world. Presentations will be given by Dr.
Richard Falk, Professor of International Law and Practice at Princeton
University; Christos Yannaras, Professor at Panteion University (Greece);
Dr. David Little, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of
Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School; His Eminence Metropolitan
Daniel of Moldavia and Bukovina (Romania); Dr. Diana Eck, Professor and
Director of Pluralism Projects at Harvard University; Dr. Petros
Vassiliadis, Professor at the University of Thessalonike (Greece);
Professor Christopher Duraisingh, Otis Charles Professor of Applied
Theology, Episcopal Divinity School.

Also, Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou, Professor and Associate Director of the
Institute on Religion and World Affairs at Boston University; Dr. Rodney L.
Petersen, Executive Director, Boston Theological Institute;  Rev. Kwame
Labi of the Community and Justice Mission, World Council of Churches; Teny
Pirri-Simonian of the World Council of Churches; Rev. Dr. Stanley Harakas,
Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology Emeritus, Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox School of Theology; Rev. Dr. Thomas FitzGerald, Professor of
Church History and Historical Theology at Holy Cross; Rev. Dr. John
Chryssavgis, Professor of Theology, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox School of Theology and  Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Clapsis, Dean of Holy
Cross School of Theology.

The conference is open to the public and will take place at the Maliotis
Cultural Center on the campus of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of
Theology, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA. To register and for further
information, please contact Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology at
(617) 850-1213, or by fax at (617) 850-1460. Information can also be
obtained on the HC/HC website at www.hchc.edu.

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