INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS ORGANISED

by The Faculty of Orthodox Theology – Alba Iulia

10th International Symposium, 2011, Alba Iulia, 6-8 May Family, Philanthropy and Social ethics. Partnership Church-State in Social work

9th International Symposium, 2010, Alba Iulia, 6-8 May

The invasion of non values in a multimedia world. Spiritual crisis and the discrediting of the sacred

8th International Symposium, 2009, Alba Iulia, 4-6 May

Liberty and Responsibility. Initiatives and Limits on the religious dialogue

7th International Symposium, 2008, Alba Iulia, 29 Feb. - 2 March

The sense of the life, of the suffering and of the death in the third millennium

6th International Symposium, 2007, Alba Iulia, 4-6 May

The cosmos between beauty and apocalyptic 5th International Symposium, 2006, Alba Iulia, 5-7 May

Christian identity and dialog in the new European context

4th International Symposium, 2005, Alba Iulia, 13-15 May

The man of culture faced to the de-christianization 3rd International Symposium, 2004, Alba Iulia, 26-27 April

Spirituality and consumerism in the United Europe 2nd International Symposium, 2003, Alba Iulia, 27 – 28 Feb.

Spiritual interferences in the society of globalization 1st International Symposium, 2002, Alba Iulia, 11-12, March

The violence “in the name of God”. A Christian answer

Faculty of Theology and some pictures during the past symposiums

Some beneficiary children of services offered by Filantropia

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FACULTY of ORTHODOX

THEOLOGY in ALBA IULIA 10th edition

‘Family, Philanthropy and Social ethics’

– Partnership Church-State in Social work –

- ALBA IULIA, 6-8 May –

Day 1: Thursday, 5 mai 2011

17,00-19,00 Primirea invitaţilor / Registration

19,00 Cina / Dinner / Vila Elisabeta

Day 1: Friday, 6 mai 2011

8,00– 8,30 Micul Dejun / Breakfast / Vila Elisabeta

9,00- 9,15 Te-Deum /Office of Te-Deum (chapel of faculty)

9,20-9,45 Salutul oficialităţilor / Welcome & salute of the officialities (Aula Magna: „Dumitru Stăniloae”)

9,45-10,00 Pauza de cafea / Coffe break

10,00– 12,00

Sesiune plenară / Plenary Session / Aula Magna

Moderator: IPS Andrei Andreicuţ 20 min. each Speakers: IPS Andrei Andreicuţ; Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes; Mgsr. Albert Rauch; Panaite Ovidiu; Sorin Chirilă

12,00-14,00

Awarding the title Doctor honoris causa to Prof. H. Tristram Engelhardt, jr.

Laudatio & Solemnity & H.T. Engelhardt, jr. response

14,30-16,00 Prânz / Lunch (Vila Elisabeta)

16,30-19,30

Comunicări pe secţiuni / Scientific sections

15 min. each I

Aula “Mitrop. S. Ştefan”

II Aula

“Augustin Bena”

III Aula Magna

Vasile Stanciu; moderator

George Remete David Pestroiu, M. Himcinschi, Ştefan Iloae; Ghe. Istodor; Gavriil Trifa Ignatie Trif Dănuţ Soare Vasile Stanciu

Zoltán J. Bara moderator

Leontin Popescu Tecle Vetrali L. Tavernier Dieter Markos Jan Nicolae Alex. Moldovan Zoltán J. Bara

Dan Sandu moderator

V. Creţu / D. Stana Valeriu Sălăjean Mihai Dan Călina Buţiu Vlad Milea I. Gavrilă & I. Dobra Dan Sandu

19,30-20,30 Cina / Dinner / Vila Elisabeta

Day 3: Saturday, 7 mai 2011

8,00-8,30 Micul Dejun / Breakfast / Vila Elisabeta

9,00-11,00

Comunicări pe secţiuni / Scientific sections

15 min. each

I Aula

“Mitrop. S. Ştefan”

II Aula

“Augustin Bena”

III Aula Magna

Teofil Tia moderator

Domin Adam Todoran Simion Dorin Opriş Monica Opriş M. Teodorescu Emeric Korom Tia Teofil

Alin Albu moderator

Mihaela Palade Vanca Dumitru Telea Marius Florin Botezan L. Turcescu / Lavinia Stan Vesa Valentin Alin Albu

Octavian Moşin moderator

Gelu Călina Sorin Rusu Cojocaru Viorel Bumbuc - Paşca P. Talpaş & A. Bara Şovrea Iustinian Ioan Cozma Octavian Moşin

11,00-11,15 Pauza de cafea /Coffe break

11,15-13,00

Sesiune plenară / Plenary Session / Aula Magna

Moderator: Emil Jurcan 20 min. each Speakers: Mark Chery; Radu Preda; Laurenţiu Tănase; Emil Jurcan

13,00-15,00 Prânz / Lunch / Vila Elisabeta

17,00-20,00

Turistic program

Visit at few Social Institutions administrate by “Philantropia” – welfare Association of Alba Iulia;

Visit Orthodox cathedral & Roman-catholic cathedral; Visit of “Vauban” Citadel Alba Iulia (new restored)

20,00-21,00 Cina / Dinner / Theological seminary

Day 4: Sunday, 8 May

10,30-12,30 Sfânta liturghie / Holly Liturgy / Alba Iulia Orthodox cathedral

13,00 Prânz / Lunch / Theological seminary

“FILANTROPIA ORTODOXĂ” ONG (short presentation)

The philanthropic activity of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Alba Iulia began in 1995, when the Social Work Department was founded. In order to diversify and to professionalize the offered services and also to attract more human and financial resources, at the initiative of a group of social workers and priests from Alba Iulia and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Andrei, on September 11th, 2001, the Association “Filantropia Ortodoxă Alba Iulia” was founded – “the right hand of the Archdiocese in the Philanthropic work of the Church” (HE Archbishop Andrei).

While having its own legal status, the Association is a complementary structure of the Social Work Department of the Archbishopric of Alba Iulia, and benefits from its support and resources.

“Filantropia Ortodoxă Alba Iulia”, a non-governmental, philanthropic, Christian-Orthodox Association, with a social work profile, has a flexible and proactive structure. In 2004 the Association “Filantropia Ortodoxă Alba Iulia” underwent an extensive reorientation process, becoming an association for community development. These changes expanded the activity field of the association beyond the social work services and intend to provide also medical, cultural and educational services.

In this context, “Filantropia Ortodoxă Alba Iulia” Association, in close cooperation with the Social Work Department of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Alba Iulia, has gave birth to the largest social assistance structure in the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate:

- 12 homes (146 beneficiary children); - 1 residential center for children (16 beneficiary children); - 1 weekly housing for children (15 beneficiary children); - 1 center for developing independent life skills (15 children); - 2 day centers for children (50 beneficiary children); - 2 social canteens for children (80 families in difficulty); - 9 educational centers (225 beneficiary children); - 2 center-modules of special school (30 children); - 1 maternity center (6 mothers with children); - 1 counseling and therapy center for alcohol addicts; - 3 centers for the disabled; - 6 homes for elders (110 beneficiary); - 1 day center for elders (50 beneficiary); - 15 home care services for elders (520 beneficiary); - 1 center for homeless people (50 beneficiary); - 3 social canteens (160 beneficiary) - 1 counseling center pre and post abortion; - 1 counseling center for immigrants; - 1 dental surgery.