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The congress in Belgrade ‘Early Christianity between Liturgical Practice and Everyday Life’ is taking final shape. The full programme has been published. 200 lectures have been announced. The speakers come from all over Europe, many from East-Central Europe (Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc.). The congress language is largely English. Almost all PIAC lecturers and students will be attending - as at all congresses. The Nuncio will deliver a greeting from the Pope.

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Jakob Ohm from Bielefeld spent his theological year in Rome in 2013/14, took part in the Rome seminar of the ‘Angelicum’ with S. Heid and was an assistant at the RIGG. Here he mainly helped with the editing of the conference proceedings ‘Places of Refuge and Personal Networks’. On 18 May, he was ordained a priest in Paderborn and will now work as a vicar in Herne. Congratulations!

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Stefan Heid, Rector of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and as such President of the Committee of the 18th International Congress of Christian Archaeology, invites you to participate. The congress will take place from 2 to 6 September in Belgrade (Serbia).

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Datum: 2024-09-27

Ort: Regensburg

The program for the 126th General Assembly of the Görres Society in Regensburg has now been published. The AGM has already had to be postponed twice, but now the effort put into the preparations (Nikolaus Korber and Albrecht Weiland are on the local committee) is finally being rewarded.

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The Munich regional group invites interested parties to a lecture by Dr des. Annabelle Fuchs (LMU Munich). Topic: "How Aaron died and Moses ruled over Ethiopia - Unknown insights into medieval Jewish narrative literature". The lecture starts at 6.30 pm at the Institute of Egyptology, Katharina-von-Bora-Str. 10, Room 242 (2nd floor) / 80333 Munich. Due to the subsequent restaurant visit, please register with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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The final programme and the abstracts of the 18th International Congress of Christian Archaeology from 2 to 6 September 2024 in Belgrade has been published. The theme of the congress is "Early Christianity between Liturgical Practice and Everyday Life".

Progarm       Abstracts            Inaugural Lecture

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At 5 pm, Dr Stefanos Athanasiou will give his inaugural lecture at the Chair of Systematic Theology at LMU Munich on the topic of "The deification of man in Orthodox anthropology". Cardinal Kurt Koch and Rev. Rita Famos will give welcoming addresses. Athanasiou was involved in the RIGG conference "Unity and Uniqueness".

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The Dominican Bible School in Jerusalem, known for its excellent academic reputation, offers various biblical and archaeological scholarships, full scholarships and partial scholarships. The Dominican school in Jerusalem has produced important researchers in the field of archaeology, e.g. pères Vincent and Abel OP, see the encyclopaedia of persons of Christian archaeology.

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On 21-22 June, a conference on Joseph Ratzinger and his view of Augustine will take place in Caen in Normandy - undoubtedly a remarkable conference at which Jacques Habert, Hugues Vermès, Isabelle Cohet, Jean-Pierre Batut, Juliette de Dieuleveult and Davide De Caprio will speak.

From 10 to 14 July, the "Benedict XVI Forum - A Guide to Christianity" will take place in Altötting (with television broadcast). Speakers include the three "Romans" Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prof Ralph Weimann and Prof Markus Graulich.

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The history of the early Christian collection in the Vatican in its old inventory and in the old buildings of the Campo Santo Teutonico is richly illustrated with historical photos and described in the book "Wohnen wie in Katakomben" by Stefan Heid. It is currently on display in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, so famous is it. Viewed by Ignacio García.

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