Readers in the New York area may want to know about two major lectures being offered by St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, the first coming up in just three weeks.
At 7:30 on the evening of Friday, September 21st, Father John Behr will deliver the seminary’s annual Florovsky lecture, with the title Reading the Fathers Today . Father Behr, dean of the seminary and author of a new translation of St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation , is giving the lecture as part of the annual meeting of the Orthodox Theological Society .
On January 18th, the very distinguished historian Peter Brown will deliver the Alexander Schemann lecture, with the title Constantine, Eusebius, and the Future of Christianity . The lecture begins the seminary’s celebration of its 75th anniversary.
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