Trip to Halki Theological Schoolwhich has been, and will continue to be the Cleo and boast of the Ecumenical Throne for centuries, and in its famous Library, the second Patriarchal Library since 1844, the Archbishop of America offered Elpidoforos in the crowded Library of the Library Ministry of a literary release.
The Archbishop of America, who was in Chios, at the invitation of a Christian homogeneous, responded to the invitation of Metropolitan Chios Mark and highlighted the great honor and joy of participating in the wide range of important rapporteurs who have passed through this area, with the first place.
Initially, the Archbishop talked about the city of our heart, Constantinople, a crossroads of cultures spreading from East to West, traveling every Greek to the glorious and brilliant Byzantium in the years of Constantine and Justinian, to the Great of Constantine and Justinian, to Istinianos.
In fact, the Archbishop Hopewho served as abbot of IM of the Holy Trinity Halki and internationalized the issue of the reopening of the Theological School that was closed in 1971 under Turkish law prohibiting the operation of private higher education institutions, referred extensively to the history of the Theological School that served as a peer Executives and personalities, both in the Holy Church of Christ and to our genus.
As she typically said, “her building is imposing on the hill of Hope by awaiting the crew of time that will signal the reopening of the school, finally ceasing to unnecessarily for about 45 years of silence.” She then referred extensively to the school’s library, its history and all the efforts of recent years to reorganize it, so that we could – as he said – to keep the written depository of our fathers and deliver it to future generations. In this regard, he stressed that the digitization and cataloging of valuable material, in collaboration with the Hellenic Parliament Library, but also with universities, bodies, volunteers, students and students from Greece through the Erasmus program have already begun and completed.
In addition, he praised the great contribution of Thanassis Martinos, an “incredible generosity of a Greek, who will take a place in Greek history among the great national benefactors, as his high sponsorship is a radical renovation of the building complex of the Theological School.
In addition, the Archbishop of America pointed out the decision to revive the monastic character of the space and the opening of the school to all kinds of academic, scientific and cultural activities.
Concluding his speech, he underlined that “the value of the school lies not only in academic knowledge, but mainly in the monastic character and spiritual life cultivated within it. The Library, after all, was created as a Library of Monastery and evolved into a Theological School Library. The experience of spiritual life in a monastic environment and scientific training never contradict but complement each other. Students will live as a testamental brothers of the Holy Trinity Monastery and will be nourished in the spirit of Orthodoxy and Ecumenicality. “
Source: Skai
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