Byzantine Religion and Culture: A conference in Moscow on Byzantine Hagiography

Byzantine Religion and Culture: A conference in Moscow on Byzantine Hagiography
From 12–14 November 2012 a conference will be held at St Tikhon`s Orthodox University of the Humanities: «Byzantine hagiography: themes, texts and projects».
This conference will be the fifth in the context of the joint project «Byzantine theology», carried out by St Tikhon’s theological faculty and the humanities research center of the Ca `Foscari University of Venice.
This year the conference is being held under the auspices of the National Byzantine Committees of Russia, Italy and France, and with the financial support of the Centre of Byzantine Civilization of the University of Paris College de France. The conference is being organised by A. Rigo, D. Afinogenov and Deacon P. Ermilov. Among the participants are the leading domestic and foreign experts in the field of study of the Byzantine hagiographic tradition.For all inquiries please contact the organising committee: conference@pstgu.ru.
Meetings will be held in the auditorium of PSTGU at Bakhrushin Street, house 2/5, bldg. 2, Rector`s building, 1st floor.

Conference «Byzantine Hagiography: Texts, Themes and Projects»
From 12–14 November 2012 a conference will be held at St Tikhon`s Orthodox University of the Humanities: «Byzantine hagiography: themes, texts and projects».

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