Program

9.00

Divine Liturgy – presided over by Abp. Abel, Bishop of the Lublin-Chełm Diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church

11.00

Refreshments for guests

12.00

The opening ceremony of the Congress

Moderator: Prof. dr hab. Sławomir Jacek Żurek (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin):

• Archbishop Abel (Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church)
• Archbishop Stanisław Budzik (Roman Catholic Church)
• Bishop Jan Cieślar (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland)
• Fr. Prof. dr hab. Antoni Dębiński (Rector of The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
• Fr. Andrzej Gontarek (Polish Ecumenical Council, Lublin Department)
• Fr. Dr. hab. Sławomir Pawłowski (President of International Ecumenical Congress)
• Sławomir Sosnowski (Marshal of the Lublin Voivodship)
• Krzysztof Żuk (Mayor of Lublin)

12.15

• Prof. dr. hab. Antoni Mironowicz (University of Bialystok): Orthodox Church in the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

12.45-14.15

Orthodoxy in the contemporary worldwide perspective

Moderator: Fr. dr hab. Przemysław Kantyka (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• Abp. Job (Getcha) of Telmessos (Centre Orthodoxe, Chambésy, Switzerland): The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church: A Dialogue with the Contemporary World
• Fr. Dumitru Vanca (University in Alba Iulia, Romania): Orthodox Consciousness: a model for a United Europe
• Dr Peter Bouteneff (St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, NY USA): Church’ and ‘Churches’ in the Ecclesiology of the Holy and Great Council in Crete
  

14.15-16.00

Break (Visiting the Chapel of Sts. Trinity)

16.00–16.30

• Abp. prof. dr. hab. Jerzy Pańkowski (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw, Orthodox Archbishop of Wroclaw and Szczecin, Military Ordinary): Orthodoxy in ecumenical dialogue

16.30–18.00

Orthodoxy. A gift for the modern man

Moderator: Dr hab. Krzysztof Leśniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• Fr. Dr. Artur Aleksiejuk (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw): Freedom and conciliar character of Orthodoxy and common crisis of anthropology
• Fr. Dr. Jerzy Tofiluk (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw): Theology of the icon today
• Dr hab. Mariusz Wideryński (The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw): Mysteries of the Orthodoxy in focus
• Dr Marcin Abijski (Bialystok): Renaissance of Byzantine singing in Poland

18.00–19.00

Break

19.00–20.00

“Ecclesia semper reformanda”. The debate on the reform of the Church

Moderator: Fr. Tomasz Dostatni OP

• Rev. Prof. dr. hab. Marek Uglorz (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw)
• Fr. dr Paweł Krupa OP (Thomistic Institute in Warsaw)

9.00

Solemn Morning Prayer – presided and homily will make over by Abp. Stanisław Budzik, Metropolitan Bishop of Lublin, Great Chancellor of The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

9.45-10.15

Visiting The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

10.30-12.00

Roman Catholic Church today

Moderator: Fr. prof. dr. hab. Marek Jagodziński (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• Fr. Dr. hab. Andrzej Pietrzak SVD (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin): Catholicism – farewell with eurocentrism?
• Zbigniew Nosowski (editor in chief of “Więź” quaterly): Conversion of Church structures
• Fr. Dr. Marcin Lisak OP (Institute of Statistics of Catholic Church, Warsaw): Polish Catholicism in the light of sociological research
• Sylwia Palka (Kraków): What is the Spirit saying to the Church in Poland?

12.00-12.30

Break

12.30-13.00

• Bp. Dr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (Chairman of the Ecumenical Council of the Conference of the Polish Episcopate, Bishop of Sandomierz): Catholicism in ecumenical dialogue

13.00-14.00

Fruits of contemporary ecumenical dialogue

Moderator: Fr. dr hab. Sławomir Pawłowski SAC (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• Fr. Prof. William Henn OFMConv (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome): The importance of the ecumenical document “The Church: Towards a Common Vision”
• Dr. hab. Krzysztof Mielcarek (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin): The experience of dialogue on the world forum

14.00-15.30

Break

15.30-16.00

• Abp. Joris Vercammen (Archbishop of Utrecht, Chairman of the International Old-Catholic Bishops’ Conference): Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches today

16.00-17.30

Old Catholic Churches in ecumenical dialogue

Moderator: dr Iwona Baraniec (World Lutheran Federation)

• Fr. prof. dr Urs von Arx (University of Bern, Suisse): Old Catholic ecumenical tradition
• Fr. Andrzej Gontarek (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw, parish priest of the Polish Catholic parish in Lublin): Roman Catholic Church and Polish Catholic Church in ecumenical dialogue in Poland
• Bp. Michał M. Ludwik Jabłoński (Bishop of the Lublin-Podlasie Diocese of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church): Old Catholic Mariavite Church in ecumenical dialogue

9.00-9.30

Prof. Ines A. Murzaku (Seton Hall University, USA): 40 Years of Roman Catholic-Evanglical Ecumenical Dialogue

9.30-11.00

Protestantism today

Moderator: Rev. dr. Dariusz Chwastek (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw)

• Rev. Dr Ireneusz Lukas (World Lutheran Federation) From the perspective of the World Lutheran Federation
• Rev. Prof. dr. hab. Bogusław Milerski (Rector of the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw): The Reformational praise of the education
  
• Prof. dr. hab. Janusz Maciuszko (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw): Evangelical theological
  
• Prof. dr. hab. Dariusz Chemperek (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin): Tolerance towards Protestants in the First Republic and now
  

11.00-11.30

Break

11.30-12.00

• Prof. dr. hab. Tadeusz J. Zieliński (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw): Protestantism and the modern culture

12.00-13.30

Protestantism. The offer for the modern man…

Moderator: Dr hab. Piotr Kopiec (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• Essayas Techane Mesfen (Etiopia) … in Africa
• Dr Magda Ševčíková (Slovakia) … in Central and Eastern Europe
• Rev. Randy Hacker (USA/Poland) … in the USA and in Poland
• Dariusz Bruncz (chief editor of the internet news service Ekumenizm.pl) … in Postmodern Epoch

13.30-15.00

Break

15.00-15.30

• Dr Jerzy Sojka (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw): Protestantism in ecumenical dialogue

15.30-17.00

Ecumenical experiences of Evangelical Christians

Moderator: Prof. dr hab. Sławomir Jacek Żurek (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

• Bp. Jan Szarek (Bishop-senior of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland)
• Dr hab. Kalina Wojciechowska (Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw)
• Rev. Dr Grzegorz Giemza (Polish Ecumenical Council, Warsaw)
• Rev. Grzegorz Brudny (parish priest of the Lutheran parish in Lublin, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

18.00-19.30

The Lutheran service of celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Reformation Memorial – presided over by Bp Jan Cieślar, Bishop of the Warsaw Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland

19.30-20.15

Festive concert (with the leading performance of Reformational Sonata by Natalia Zanni-Lewandowska)