COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE ENQUIRIES 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Symposium Details

Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne Location and Dates Saint Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College The conference will be held at St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College (Diocese of Melbourne), Corner of Park Rd. and Cnr. Park Rd. & Heads Rd., Donvale, Victoria, 3111. Heads Rd., Donvale, Victoria, Australia. It will commence on the PO Box 1150, Mitcham North, Victoria, 3132 AUSTRALIA afternoon of the 29 th September, 2007 and continue through until the th evening of 30 September, 2007. Telephone: +61 3 9874 8206 Facsimile: +61 3 9874 5281 Accommodation Mobile: +61 411 380 388 Accommodation is available off-site at: Email: [email protected] Clarion Hotel 326 Canterbury Rd., Forest Hill, VICTORIA 3131 Ph: +61 3 9878 4111 Symposium REGISTRATION Cost $147 (AUS) per night when mentioning ‘Symposium’. th th A shuttle bus service will be available. 29 – 30 September 2007 The accompanying Registration Form should be sent to: Fees and Registration Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne

Saint Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College Full Registration PO Box 1150 Includes entry to all Symposium sessions and related activities Mitcham North, Victoria, 3132 (including the Coptic Exhibition); all meals including Official AUSTRALIA Symposium Dinner.

st Full Rate: AUD $150 Registration forms & payment must arrive by 31 August 2007 Concession: AUD $130 (students)

Refund Policy is as follows: 25+ days to Symposium: 75% Refund COPTIC EXHIBITION 14+ days to Symposium: 50% Refund 14 days or less to Symposium: No Refund EXHIBITION OPENING 2:45 pm, Saturday 29 th September, 2007

Hours: Saturday 2:45 pm – 10:00 pm Sunday 9 am – 7:00 pm

This exhibition will include modern Coptic icons written by the well known Coptic iconographer Ashraf Fayek. It will also contain many Coptic manuscripts as well as a photo exhibition of Coptic life in with displays focusing on the Monastic movement.

ENQUIRIES

Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne Saint Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College

Sponsored by Cnr. Park Rd. & Heads Rd., Donvale, Victoria, 3111.

PO Box 1150, Mitcham North, Victoria, 3132 AUSTRALIA Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Melbourne & Affiliated Regions Telephone: +61 3 9874 8206 Facsimile: +61 3 9874 5281 and Mobile: +61 411 380 388 Email: [email protected] St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College St. Mary (El -Sourian) , Scetis, Egypt Melbourne, Australia

Sunday 30 th September 200 7 Continued’… Monasticism Second Session - The Golden Age

10 am – 10:40 am Apophthegmata Patrum Registration Form Fourth Century Christians moved in droves to the deserts of (Sayings of the ) Egypt and, in the famous words of Saint Athanasius, made Rev Columba Stewart , the desert a city. In so doing, they captured the ima gination OSB, Collegeville, Minnesota Monasticism Symposium of the ancient world. They initiated techniques of prayer and 10:40 am – 11:20 am St , and monasticism in the asceticism, of discipleship and spiritual direction, that have fifth century in remained central to ever since. Seeking to map Dr Heike Behlmer, 29 th – 30 th September 2007 the soul’s long journey to God and plot out the subtle Macquarie University, Sydney impulses of the human hear t, they created and inspired texts 11:20 am – 12 pm around Alexandria in the Sponsored by that became classics of Christian spirituality. early seventh century

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