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31st International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality
ANTHONY THE GREAT, THE "FATHER OF MONKS"

Monastery of Bose, 2-5 september 2025
in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches

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St. Anthony the Great is recognized by ancient tradition as the ‘Father of monks’ and is the first monk whose writings have been handed down, although his influence on subsequent generations depends mainly on the Life of Anthony written by St. Athanasius of Alexandria, a work that spread widely throughout the ecumene and became the model for Christian hagiography.

Conclusions - Antony the Great 2025

 

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5th september 2025
by fr. Michel van Parys

We have come to the conclusion of our 31st Colloquium on Orthodox Spirituality, dedicated this year to the ‘Father of Monks’ of East and West, Saint Antony the Great.

The speakers, who deserve our gratitude, presented the ecclesial and human context in which Saint Antony lived his long life (250/251-356), then the main literary sources that allow us to learn about his ascetic conversion, his battles against the Evil One, and his spiritual doctrine; and finally, the legacy he leaves today to monks and nuns, namely their vocation to serve God, the Churches, and humanity. It is, in a way, a triptych, the central panel of which is the monastic example and doctrine of Saint Antony as recounted by literary sources.

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Information and registration

 

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To register for the conference, please contact the organising secretariat in advance to check availability and only then send the completed registration form via the link that will be provided by email.

Registration is open from 15 May to 25 August 2025, subject to availability. Participants who are guaranteed full board will be accommodated at the Monastery of Bose, but due to the limited number of places available, some may be asked to make their own arrangements for meals and accommodation. Priority will be given to those coming from abroad.

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Opening address - Antony the Great 2025

 

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Discorso di apertura

2nd september 2025
by the prior br. Sabino Chialà

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
metropolitans, bishops, monks and nuns, friends and guests,
on behalf of my brothers and sisters, and on my own behalf, I would like to welcome each of you to this thirty-first edition of the International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality, which we have chosen to dedicate to the figure and teachings of Antony the Great, ‘the father of monks’. 

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