THE VI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN IN THE 15th AND 16th CENTURY
NOVEMBER 26 - 27, 2011
Thessaloniki, Greece

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All ents in November, the scheduled annual international conference and its parallel events, such as the exhibition, the catalogue and the publishing of the facsimile of a rare book pertaining to the Holy Mountain, a musical event and the publication of the papers presented at the conference, as a variety of diverse activities which are yet related due to the common theme and shared course of action, joined by the decision of the Prefecture in the Operational Program under the general title "The great spiritual and cultural heritage of the Holy Mountain" and will extend until the year 2015. |
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The Scientific Committee for the Conference, established under the chairmanship of Mr. Kriton Chrisochoides, Director of the Byzantine Research Institute of the National Research Foundation, is consisted of:
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The conference is organized in cooperation with
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and
the National Research Foundation - Institute of Byzantine Research.
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The annual International Conference of the Mount Athos Center and its parallel events are included in the Operational Program “Macedonia-Thrace"- Facilitating the improvement of the Cultural Services for the next 5 years. |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMM
| SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE | |
| THE HOLY MOUNTAIN IN THE 15th AND 16th CENTURY. | |
| CONFERENCES AUDITORIUM AT THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF THESSALONIKI | |
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FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2011 |
| OPENING CEREMONY | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Mayor's Welcome |
| Co-organizers Greeting | |
| Holy Community Welcome | |
| Ecumenical Patriarch's Greeting | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Kostis Smyrlis, Assistant Professor, New York University - Department of History |
| Mount Athos in the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Criton Chrisochoïdis, Director, Institute for Byzantine Research of the National Research Foundation |
| Mount Athos in the 16th century | |
| EVENING SESSION | |
| History-Turkish Studies- Law-Institutions | |
| President: Anthony - EmiliosTachiaos | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Fokion Kotzageorgis, Assistant Professor of Modern History AUTH |
| The Holy Mountain through the Ottoman documents of the 15th century | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Eugenia Kermeli, Associate Professor of Ottoman Law, Bilkent University, Turkey |
| The legislative status of Mount Athos monastery property in the 15th and 16th century | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Elias Kolovos, Assistant Professor of Ottoman History (Department of History and Archaeology University of Crete) |
| Property occupation and monastic landownership in the Ottoman Chalkidiki (15th-16th centuries) | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Aleksandar Fotić, Associate professor / Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade) Department of History |
| Hilandar's Response to Crisis and New Challenges in the 15th and 16th Centuries | |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Nicholas Livanos, Scholar / Fellow IBE/EIE |
| Contribution to the study of Athonite patriografic traditions | |
| 18:15 - 19:00 | DISCUSSION - BREAK |
| President: Haralambos Papastathis | |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Mirjana Živojinović, Correspondent Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| Details of the documents of the despot Stephen Lazarevic for Mount Athos / Data of the acts of Despot Stefan Lazarevic concerning Mount Athos (1400-1427) | |
| 19:15 - 19:30 | Lidia Cotovanu, Doctorante (EHESS, Paris) |
| Des Principautes danubiennes au Mont - Athos. Retour vers une patrie elargie (XVIe - XVIIe siecles) / From the Danube to Mount Athos. Back home in an enlarged (16th-17th centuries) | |
| 19:30 - 19:45 | Vera G. Tchentsova, Researcher, Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Moscow |
| Sponsorship and Imperial Title: Russia and Hilandar monastery in the 16th century | |
| 19:45 - 20:00 | Demitrios Apostolopoulos, Emeritus Research Director of the National Research Foundation |
| The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople's Relations with the Athonite Community: From crisis to normality | |
| 20:00 - 20:15 | Pitsakis Constantine, Professor of Democritus University of Thrace |
| Canon-Law and Legal issues of Mount Athos administration in the post-Byzantine era of Mount Athos | |
| 20:15 - 20:45 | DISCUSSION |
| SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2011 | |
| MORNING SESSION | |
| Theology - Hagiology - Theological Writing | |
| President: Despo Lialiou | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Asterios Argyriou, Emeritus Professor, University of Strasbourg |
| The Thessaloniki originating Athonite monk Makarios Makris (1382 / 3 - 1431) tracing the footsteps of Hesychasm | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Panagiotis Skaltsas, Assoc. Professor Theological School of AUTH |
| Hesychasm on Mount Athos during the 15-16 centuries: The example of Makarios Makris, Simeon of Thessaloniki and Thekaras | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Simeon Paschalides, Associate Professor of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| Aspects of Mount Athos history and spirituality in the 15th and 16th century | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Rigo Antonio, Full Professor of Byzantine Philology and of History of Byzantine Church art Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Universita Ca 'Foscari di Venezia |
| Vie et litterature spirituelle au Mont Athos (15e - 16e s.). Dionysios le Studite et autres exemples | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Vasilios Katsaros, Professor Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| The translating initiative and works on Mount Athos in the 15th and 16th century | |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | DISCUSSION - BREAK |
| President: Joachim Papagelos | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Demosthenes Kaklamanos, Theologian - Ph.D (Cand). |
| New Panygerics on Mount Athos in the 15th century. Τhe Panygerics of Vatopedi Monastery and their editor. | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Elias Evangelou, Professor of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| The Slavic ascetic - mystical compound codes on Mount Athos in the 15th and 16th century. | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Melissaki Zissis, Palaeography - Researcher at IBE/EIE |
| The library of Pantocrator Monastery in the 15th and 16th century. Contents, new acquisitions, losses. | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | DISCUSSION |
| AFTERNOON SESSION | |
| Archaeology - Art | |
| President: Euthymios Tsigaridas | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Demitris Liakos, PhD. Archaeologist 10th EBA |
| The gift-presenting tradition at Mount Athos monasteries in the 15th and 16th century. The evidence of metal work | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Semoglou Athanasios, Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Department of History and Archaeology School of Philosophy |
| The Athonite choruses, areas of dogmatic formulations: New iconographic treatments during the 16th century and their content's interpretation | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Papagelos Joachim, PhD. Archaeologist |
| The clay chalices of Vatopedi Monastery | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Nikos Melvani, Researcher IBE / EIE |
| Despot Andronikos Paleologos and Mount Athos (1408-1423). | |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | George Fousteris, Theologian - Dr. Archaeology |
| Recent news for Mount Athos paintings of the 16th century | |
| 18:15 - 19:00 | DISCUSSION - BREAK |
| President: Nicholaos Nikonanos | |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Nicholaos Toutos, philologist - Archaeologist |
| Embroidered vestments of Dionysiou Monastery (15th-16th centuries) | |
| 19:15 - 19:30 | Nicholaos Mertzimekis, Archaeologist 10th EVA |
| Inscribed embroidered epitaphios of Bishop Isidore of Belgrade (1415-1423) from the Athonite Monastery of St. Paul. | |
| 19:30 - 19:45 | Vafiadis Constantine, Theologian - Dr. Byzantine Archaeology |
| Ecclesiastical politics and art: The painting on Mount Athos in the 16th century. | |
| 19:45 - 20:00 | Nicholas D. Siomkos, PhD. Archaeologist YΠ.ΠΟ.Τ. |
| The portable icon of the Virgin Rematokratorisa and the recovery of the Docheiariou Monastery during the 16th century. | |
| 20:00 - 20:30 | DISCUSSION |
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SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2011 |
| MORNING SESSION | |
| Architecture | |
| President: Nikolaos Moutsopoulos | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Sotiris Vogiatzis, PhD. Architect |
| The construction phase during the 16th century of the Archontariki (guest lounge) of the Great Lavra Monastery | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Mamaloukos Stavros, Assistant Professor of Medieval & Traditional Architecture - Architecture Department University of Patras |
| Vatopedi's cell of St. Prokopios. The construction phase during the 16th century under the framework of the Athonite mastery of the time | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Androudis Paschalis, Architect - Dr. Archaeology |
| Towers of the 16th century in the monasteries of Mount Athos: History, Typology, Construction | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Plutarch Theoharides, Architect ΥΠ.ΠΟ.Τ. |
| The woodend constructions on Mount Athos in the 15th-16th century. | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Chatziantoniou Phaidon Architect Kε.Δ.A.K. |
| The expansion of construction at Pantocrator Monastery in the 15th to 16th century | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Koufopoulos Peter, Associate Professor of Architecture & Rehabilitation - Department of Architecture, University of Patras |
| New data for the construction activity at the Monastery of Simonos Petra in the 16th century | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | DISCUSSION - CONCLUSIONS |
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