"Transfiguration: The Icon as Text and Mission" Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist, January 2014

OFSJB STUDY WEEKEND 2014

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2014

Hosted by the Orthodox Community of Saint Anne at Northampton

Topic: "Transfiguration: The Icon as Text and Mission"

Link to photographs.

Saint Anne’s Orthodox Christian Church, 7 Cattle Market Road Northampton, NN1 1HL

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware “The Transfiguration of Christ in the Gospels and the Church's Mission to a Suffering World”

Fr Andreas Andreopoulos “The icon as sign, reading the icon of the Transfiguration as a text”

Aidan Hart "The Icon as Flower and Fragrance: The Word as Seed"

Sermon by Metropolitan Kallistos on the need to prepare for Great Lent

Fr Timothy Curtis “Mission in Northampton and the Role of the Orthodox Parish in it”

Rationale:  The theme of year’s study weekend is prompted by the idea that the icon itself acts as a text. The icon is something that can be read and is also a tool for mission. It would be impossible to study all icons, so the speakers this year have been asked to look at iconography through the text and icons of the Feast of the Transfiguration, exploring what the event means for faith and mission. The speakers have been selected for their experience in mission, theological expression and iconographic art and will apply their own interpretation of the main topic.

Local Organiser: Father Timothy Curtis
Address: Saint Anne’s Orthodox Christian Church, 7 Cattle Market Road, Northampton, NN1 1HL
Email: frtimothy@googlemail.com
Phone: 07967 123471
The Speakers Metropolitan Kallistos and Father Andreas Andreopoulos are theologians. Aidan Hart is a professional icon painter and wood carver. Father Timothy Curtis is an expert in community development specialising in the decision-making needed for effective social and environmental change.

Programme:

Friday 24th January 3.00pm Arrival and registration, Afternoon tea 5.30pm Vespers 6.30pm Introduction and welcome and housekeeping 7:00pm Light supper 7.30pm Session 1: Father Andreas Andreopoulos 

Saturday 25 th January 8.45am Morning prayers and memorial for departed members of the Fellowship and Parish 9.15am Session 2: Metropolitan Kallistos Ware 11.00am Coffee break 11.30am Session 3: Aidan Hart 1.00pm Buffet lunch 2.00pm Trip to All Saint’s Church, Brixworth, Anglo-Saxon, 7th Century Church Vespers and veneration of the relic of Saint Boniface
7:30pm Burns supper (multicultural food, and poetry reading)

Sunday 29th January 9.30am Hours and pre Communion prayers and Kairon (Orthodox clergy in Communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate may concelebrate but please inform Fr. Timothy well in advance (07967 123471 or frtimothy@googlemail.com) 10.00am Divine Liturgy 12.00 noon Brunch 1.00pm Session 4: Father Timothy Curtis

Deanery Conference 2013

This page will host streams to all of the presentations in due course. Please follow the link below for pictures of the conference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22034588@N07/sets/72157633773897136/

Rigsby's onions a big hit at The Retreat!

Rigsby's famous pickled onions a big hit at The Retreat. by James Hyndman

Russian Bazaar and Kitchen

The Alexander Men Conference 2012

The Alexander Men Conference 2012

Moffat House Hotel, Moffat, 14-16th September 2012.

Link to conference photos.

Saturday 15 September 09:45 – 11:00
The Life and Significance of Alexander Men (Part 1)

Main Speakers:

[Stream 1] Professor Wallace L. Daniel "Alexander Men in Siberia: The Formation of a Priest"
[Stream 2] Canon Michael Bourdeaux
[Stream 3] Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers (for Part 1)

Panel comprising: Dr Ekaterina Genevia,  Fr Viktor Grigorienko, Canon Michael Bourdeaux, Professor Wallace L. Daniel.

Saturday 15 September 11.15 – 12.30
The Life and Significance of Alexander Men (Part 2)

Main Speakers:

[Stream 4] Fr Viktor Grigorienko 

[Stream 5] April French: "A Trouble-making Missionary" followed by Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers (for Part 2).

Panel comprising: Dr Ekaterina Genevia,  Professor Wallace L. Daniel, Fr Viktor Grigorienko and Dr. April French.

Saturday 15 September 14:00 – 15:30
Christianity, Contemporary Culture and Society (Part 1)

[Stream 6] Introduction to Saturday afternoon Sessions by Dr. Donald Smith

Main Speaker:

[Stream 7] John Lloyd "After the Great Terror, the Great Silence."
[Stream 8] Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers (for Part 1)

Panel: Dr Natalia Pecherskaya, Dr Ann Shukman, Canon Michael Bourdeaux, Bishop Seraphim Sigrist, Irina Kirillova, John Lloyd.

Saturday 15 September 15:45 – 17:00
Christianity, Contemporary Culture and Society (Part 2)

Main Speaker:

[Stream 9]  Irina Kirillova "Father Alexander: A Priest for our Time"
[Stream 10] Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers (for Part 2)

Panel: Dr Ann Shukman,Canon Michael Bourdeaux, Bishop Seraphim Sigrist, John Lloyd.

Saturday 15 September 19:00

[Link to transcript] Evening Dinner Address by Bishop Seraphim Sigirst "Detective and Priest"

Sunday 16 September 11:15

[Stream 11] Ecumenical St Ninian's Day Celebration at St Andrew's Church. Message by Bishop Seraphim Sigirst

Sunday 16 September 13:00 - 14:30
Religious Experience and the Scientific Mindset

[Stream 12] Introduction to Sunday afternoon sessions by Dr. Donald Smith

Main Speaker:

[Stream 13] Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS "Science and Theology in Dialogue"
[Stream 14] Questions and Answers, Panel Discussion.
Panel: Elizabeth Roberts, Natalia Pecherskaya, Dr Donald Smith, John Polkinghorne, Gordon Mursell

Sunday 16 September 15:15 – 17:00
Open to the World – Our Life Together (followed by valedictory)

Main Speaker:

[Stream 15] Rt Revd Gordon Mursell
[Stream 16] Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers, Conference Valedictory.
Panel: Elizabeth Roberts, Natalia Pecherskaya, Dr Donald Smith John Polkinghorne, Gordon Mursell.

MTh Residential Week, Winchester, Jan 30th - Feb 3rd 2012

1) MTh_Winchester_Jan-2012_Session_2_of_16: Ephem lash

The Rigsby Videos

Some of the (slightly bonkers) Moosehead videos starring the Late, Great Rigsby.
The Tesla Transformer explained
Studenica Monastery Dog, Serbia, August 2009.
Travelling man impaled by angry local
Romanian expatriate barcbecue trashed by vicious troll.
The Banana Skin Game (Director's Cut)
Chapel Troll
Troll Castle
Sea Troll attacks reporter on Southwold pier
Dr. Badgegas and the penny crusher
Sea Troll - The Paxman Interview
Sea Troll on Southwold Beach
Sea Troll at Dunwich, Suffolk
Barbecue Troll
Dr. Rigsby and the Daleks
Thrayper is fatter than Rigsby
Wooden Church Troll
Maramures County Troll
The Prince Nicholas Room
Râsnov Castle Tomfoolery
Traditional Roma Family in Cimpulung, Transylvania
The Sock Baron of Bucharest
Cave Troll
Sea Troll Island
Troll in Stocks
Purple Rocks, Bad Rocks, Cave Troll Rocks!
The Lidl Dance