The 6th Italian Meeting on Syriac Christianity VI Incontro sull’Oriente Cristiano di tradizione siriaca
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
George A. Kiraz
James E. Walters
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Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
2007
Vol. 10, No. 2
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Milan, 25th May 2007
[1] The Sala
delle Accademie of the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, Italy, is
the traditional venue for the yearly Meeting on Syriac
Christianity, co-organized by the Servizio per
l’Ecumenismo e il Dialogo (Office for Ecumenism and
Interreligious Dialogue, directed by Monsignor Gianfranco
Bottoni, Archbishopric of Milan), the Ambrosiana Library and
SYRIACA (Italian Society of Syriac Scholars, chaired by Prof.
Paolo Bettiolo, University of Padova). Since the beginning of
the series in 2002, themes proceed in approximately
chronological order and alternately focus on the Western and
Eastern tradition of Syriac Christianity. Italian scholars,
international guests and authorities of the Syrian churches are
invited to contribute. The Syriac manuscript treasures kept in
the Ambrosiana as well as the history of Syriac studies in
Milan are regularly dealt with in the morning sessions of the
Meeting.
[2] Emidio
Vergani (Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rome) and Sabino
Chialà (Monastero di Bose, Magnano) published the
proceedings of the previous editions in what is becoming a
reference series for Italian readers, especially for those
interested in Syriac spirituality and monasticism:
Le ricchezze spirituali delle Chiese sire, Atti
del 1° Incontro sull'Oriente Cristiano di tradizione
siriaca (Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 1 marzo 2002), Centro
Ambrosiano, Milano 2003;
Le Chiese sire tra IV e VI secolo: dibattito
dottrinale e ricerca spirituale, Atti del 2°
Incontro sull'Oriente Cristiano di tradizione siriaca
(Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 28 marzo 2003), Centro
Ambrosiano, Milano 2005;
Storia, cristologia e tradizioni della Chiesa
Siro-orientale, Atti del 3° Incontro sull'Oriente
Cristiano di tradizione siriaca (Milano, Biblioteca
Ambrosiana, 14 maggio 2004), Centro Ambrosiano, Milano
2006;
La tradizione cristiana Siro-occidentale (V-VII
secolo), Atti del 4° Incontro sull'Oriente Cristiano
di tradizione siriaca (Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 13
maggio 2005), Centro Ambrosiano, Milano 2007;
in preparation.
[3] Meetings
and publications are not intended for scholars only, but aim at
providing updated information on Syriac Christianity to a wide
audience, which is responding with real and growing
interest.
[4] The 6th
Meeting, held on Friday 25th May 2007, was devoted to the theme
The Religious and Cultural Heritage of Western Syrians in the
6th-9th centuries. Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, Prefect of the
Ambrosiana Library, gave the opening speech, welcoming
participants to the workshop. The following papers were
presented and discussed: Monsignor Cesare Pasini (Milan, now
Prefect of the Vatican Library, Rome), Antonio Maria Ceriani
(1828-1907) at the Ambrosiana Library; Prof. Emidio Vergani
(PIO, Rome), Ceriani’s contribution to Syriac Studies;
Lucas Van Rompay (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina),
Deir al Surian: the Syriac Orthodox Experience in Egypt; Rev.
Father Iskandar Bcheiry (Villa Park, Illinois), The Institution
of the Maphryan in the Syriac Orthodox Church; Prof. Paolo
Bettiolo (University of Padova), Sergius of Resh‘ayna and
the Monastery of Qenneshre: Philosophy, Medicine, Theology;
Rev. Father Davide Righi (Faculty of Theology of Emilia
Romagna, Bologna; Group for Arabic-Christian Research, Rome),
Arab Christians and the Beginnings of Islam (8th-9th
centuries).
[5] His
Eminence Mor Philoxinos Saliba Özmen, Syriac Orthodox
Archbishop of Mardin and Diyarbakır, honoured the meeting
with his presence and contributed with a lecture entitled
"Church and Christians in Tur ‘Abdin Yesterday and
Today". He confirmed his invitation to Tur ‘Abdin for
scholars and participants in the "Seventh Italian Meeting on
Syriac Christianity" which is scheduled for May 2008 in
Mardin.