Florence Community Center
Florence, Arizona
December 5-6, 2024
The conference will take place at the Green Tree Inn & Suites and the Florence Library and Community Center from December 5-6 on the theme: Torches of Truth: the Kollyvades Fathers and Their Successors. The conference speakers will explore the lives, teachings and times of the Kollyvades Fathers of Mt. Athos and Greece (late 18th and early 19th centuries) and also look at those who are "followers of the holy fathers" today -- their contemporary successors, including the holy Athonite Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona. The lectures and Q&A sessions will be followed by a round-table discussion. The conference is being held on the eve of the Memorial Service for Geronda Ephraim which will take place at St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery on December 7th. A rare gathering and an exceptional opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Tickets available now! This conference consists of two events in Florence, Arizona: 1) Friday lectures at the Florence Library and Community Center with Lunch included and 2) Thursday Reception at the GreenTree Inn's Banquet Hall with a meal and Q and A session. Your purchase of a ticket allows you to attend both events.
Speakers
- • Archimandrite Nikodemos (Barousis) Western Baptism: The “Study” of Dorotheos Voulismas, St. Paisius Velichkovsky, and the Kollyvades Fathers
- • Archimandrite Gregorios (Estephan) "Following the Holy Fathers": The Chief Characteristic of an Orthodox Christian Then and Now
- • Archpriest Peter Heers Successors of the Kollyvades: St. Joseph the Hesychast and Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona
- • Constantine Zalalas The Essence of the Kollyvadic Spirit and Its Significance Today