Past 10th Anniversary Events
Orthodox Theological Society in American Event on Women in the Church: Theological Anthropology and the Female Diaconate after Rhodes
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Watch a recording of the event HERE
The Orthodox Theological Association in America (OTSA) held its annual conference in Volos, Greece in January 2023, in conjunction with the International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA). In an effort to share the presentations offered in Volos to a wider audience, OTSA held a Zoom seminar on June 8, 2023 in which OTSA scholars presented their papers again.
This first online seminar of the “OTSA at IOTA” series featured the following speakers on the theme of “Women in the Church: Theological Anthropology and the Female Diaconate after Rhodes.” It was co-sponsored by the IOTA Women in the Orthodox Church academic group. All three speakers are also board members of the St. Phoebe Center.
Speakers
Carrie Frederick Frost, PhD – “An Incarnational Model: A Constructive Theology of Sex Differentiation”
Teva Regule, PhD – “The Reception of Rhodes: The Female Diaconate”
Helen Creticos Theodoropoulos, PhD – “The Status of the Movement to Revive the Ordained Female Diaconate in the United States”
Online Event: The Legacy of Rhodes, Featuring Deaconesses: A Tradition for Today and Tomorrow
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Watch a recording of the event HERE
Read more about the event HERE
This event was moderated by St. Phoebe Center Chair Dr. Carrie Frederick Frost and co-hosted with Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Very Rev. Dr. Anton C. Vrame
In 1988, Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios I convened a conference in Rhodes, Greece on “The Place of the Woman in the Orthodox Church,” that included the recommendation that the Church ordain women as deaconesses once again. Thirty-five years later, the St. Phoebe Center for the Deaconess and Holy Cross Orthodox Press is asking, “What is the legacy of Rhodes?” This session featured a new book on deaconess dedicated to the legacy of the Rhodes Consultation, Deaconesses: A Tradition for Today and Tomorrow (edited by Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Dr. Niki Papageorgiou, Ms. Marilyn Rouvelas, and Dr. Petros Vassiliadis).
Panelists:
Dr. Patricia Fann Bouteneff, Axia Women
Rev. Dr. Alkiviadis Calivas, Emeritus Professor of Holy Cross Hellenic College
Dr. Valerie Karras, Orthodox Christian Theological Historian
