Alphabetical listing of participants and topics
Roland Betancourt
“Nicholas of Andida’s Commentary on the Liturgy“
Magdalene Breidenthal
“Mary of Egypt’s Communion on the Edge: Rethinking Sacred Space”
Mary Farag
“Prayer, Ekstasis, and Sights of the Invisible Realm”
Crina Gschwandtner
“Why Liturgy is not Ludic: Distinguishing Between the Phenomena of Play, Ritual, and Artistic Performance”
Tracy Gustilo
“Against the Beautification of Tragic Suffering in Orthodox Holy Week”
Fr Sergius Halvorsen
“Heartbreaking Beauty”
Susan Ashbrook Harvey
“Sacred Song in Ancient Syriac Christianity”
Junius Johnson
Title TBA
Fr Ivan Moody
“Liturgy, Music, Scripture, Hymnology”
Harrison Russin
“ ‘The basic key to the liturgy’: liturgical-artistic conservatism and music theology”
Rossitza Schroeder
“Becoming the Body of Christ: Revisiting the Mandylion in Late Byzantine Church Decoration”
Nebojša Stanković
“Liturgy and Architecture in Dialogue: Function and Meaning, PHysical and Transcendental, Present and Eschaton”
Haig Utidjian
“Imploring the Spirit with tearful sighs from the depths of our souls”: a confluence of music, theology and iconography within the Armenian Divine Liturgy”
Grant White
“ ‘What Did You Go Out to See?’: Orthodox Liturgy, Spectacle, and Liturgical Participation in Late Modernity”
Listeners/accompanists
Peter Bouteneff (facilitator) - Bio
Makoto Fujimura - Bio
Vitaly Permiakov - Bio
Richard Schneider - Bio