Овогодишњи Институт Светих Севастијана и Мардарија у знаку прославе српске аутокефалности

Институт Светих Севастијана и Мардарија се под покровитељством Епископског савета Српске Цркве у Сједињеним Америчким Државама окупља већ пола деценије, сабирајући свештенство, монаштво и вернике свих православних житеља Америке. Током три дана богословско-молитвених окупљања, пратећи теолошка предавања и учествујући у плодним дискусијама, учесници скупа имају прилику да се богословљу уче од угледних предавача и еминентних теолога данашњице.

У уторак, 26. фебруара ове године, на празник Светог Симеона Мироточивог, учесници овогодишњег, петог по реду, института Светог Севастијана и Мардарија полако су пристизали у порту Саборног храма Светог Стевана Првовенчаног – Симона Монаха у Алхамбри, Калифорнија. Дивни призор свештенства, монаштва и лаоса био је слика псаламских речи о томе како је дивно када браћа и сестре живе заједно. Епископ западноамерички Максим је као домаћин и покретач института желео да овогодишњи скуп буде у част јубилеја осам векова аутокефалије Српске Православне Цркве (1219-2019), те да се догађај самосталности и осмовековног доприноса Српске Православне Цркве историји, теологији и култури српског народа на достојан начин обележи. Најпогоднији предавач за ову прилику био је Епископ др Игњатије (Мидић), декан Православног богословског факултета Универзитета у Београду.

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF GOD

Day One: Addiction and the Person: A Psychological and Theological Approach

28 March 2015
Martyrs Agapius & co. at Caesarea in Palestine

Dear Your Grace,

Vladiko svjeti.

I would like to thank you, His Grace Bishop Atanasije, and all responsible for hosting the Sts. Sebastian and Mardarije Institute. I found the week to be replete with spiritual and theological instruction and, above all, an opportunity to observe “living history.”

Bishop Atanasije’s classes were celebrations of our freedom in Christ, which is perhaps the most cherished pearl I took from Phoenix. It was humbling and inspiring to hear His  Grace’s response to our brother priest asking about the placing of the particles of commemoration into the Chalice. His answer eschewed law and enforcement, presenting instead the theology that he received from his fathers and transmitting it in love and freedom.

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Hosted by His Grace, Bishop Maxim, of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America, at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Phoenix, Arizona, the Sts. Sebastian and Mardarije Orthodox Institute began on Monday evening with the celebration of a Doxology service, followed immediately by Vespers, presided over by His Grace, Bishop Longing of the Serbian Orthodox diocese of the Mid-West. Attending the service was His Grace, Bishop Maxim and the clergy brotherhood of the Diocese of Western America. The event was especially marked by the presence of His Grace, Bishop Atanasije, retired bishop of Herzegovina. Vespers was followed by dinner. A wine and cheese tasting then gave guests the opportunity to meet Bishop Atanasije in person and receive his blessing. The assembly was also blessed by the presence of Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa, newly-consecrated assistant bishop of the OCA’s diocese of the West. The retreat, which claims the patronage of Sts. Sebastian and Mardarije, will include multiple sessions over several days which will draw from the wisdom of Bishop Atanasije and his lifelong witness to the living tradition of the Orthodox Faith and life in Christ.

February 16 –20, 2015 • St Sava Church • Phoenix, AZ

Sts. SEBASTIAN AND MARDARIJE ORTHODOX INSTITUTE
In Cooperation with the Clergy Brotherhood of SOC

Keynote Addresses & Core Courses
The Right Rev. Bishop Atanasije (Jevtić) of Herzegovina

CORE COURSES
Gospel, Revelation & the Living Tradition • Freedom, Spiritual Warfare & Cross • Love, Church & Prayer • Christ – The Alpha and Omega • Emmanuel & Theosis • Conversing with a Bishop • New Pascha – Divine Liturgy in the Land of the Living • Holy Fathers, the Bible and Us • The Return to Wonder: on Holiness and Responsibility • Eschatology and Theosis according to St. Maximus the Confessor • The Kosovo Covenant • Synodality and Canonical Tradition • Democracy and Human Rights in the Light of the Church • On Orthodox Ecumenism • The Eschata in Our Daily Life

MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS
Bishop Longin • Bishop Mitrofan • Bishop Maxim • Fr. Nicholas Čeko • Abbot Damascene • Fr. Predrag Samardžić • Mother Michaila • Jasmina Boulanger • Fr. Djokan Majstorović • Fr Dobrivoje Milunović • Fr. Darko Spasojević • Fr. Dragomir Tuba • Deacon Zoran Aleksić • Fr. Serafim Baltić  • Fr Predrag Bojović • Fr Blaško Paraklis • Fr Aleksandar Vlajković • Fr. Živojin Jakovljević • Fr. Justin Havens • Fr. Milan Dragović • Ivan Vuksanović • Lazar Supić • Miroslav Popović