Program
International Conference on Spirituality
MATTHEW THE POOR
A Contemporary Desert Father
21 - 22 May 2016
Monastery of Bose
SATURDAY 21 May
LIFE AND SPIRITUALITY
ore 9.00
Opening of the conference
Enzo Bianchi, Prior of Bose
The Human and Spiritual Heritage of Matthew the Poor, ten years after his repose
Epiphanius di san macario, Wadi el Natrun (Egitto)
A Life of Kenosis
Anthony O’Mahony, Londra (Regno Unito)
Matthew the Poor, a Man of Freedom
Fouad Naguib, Il Cairo / Boynton Beach (USA)
Matthew the Poor and the Coptic Church
Alberto Elli, Giussano (Italia)
ore 15.30
Matthew the Poor on the Theology of Scripture
Hani Hanna, Il Cairo (Egitto)
Matthew the Poor and Monasticism
Wadid El Makary, Wadi el Natrun (Egitto)
Matthew the Poor and the Rediscovery of Patrology in the Coptic Church
Samuel Rubenson, Lund (Svezia)
Matthew the Poor on Prayer
Mark Sheridan, Gerusalemme (Israele)
ore 20.00
The Religious and the Political Power according to Matthew the Poor
Ayda Nassif, Il Cairo (Egitto)
From Abū Maqār to Matthew the Poor: the Long Duration and Refoundation of a Place of the Coptic Monasticism
Domenico luciani, Treviso (Italia)
SUNDAY 22 May
SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
ore 7.00
Coptic Liturgy
ore 9.00
Ecumenical Round Table
Matthew the Poor as read in the Christian Churches
Guido Dotti, chairman
speakers:
Raouf Edouard, Toronto (Canada)
Peter Halldorf, Bjärka-Säby (Svezia)
Nikolaos Kouremenos, Atene (Grecia)
Gwenola Le Serrec, Pierrefiche d’Olt (Francia)
Adel Sidarous, Evora (Portogallo)
Ugo zanetti, Chevetogne (Belgio)
Conclusions
Guido Dotti, Monastero di Bose
ore 12.00
Eucharist
ore 15.30
Projection of a documentary about Matthew the Poor