The Akathistos Hymn in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Tradition. The History of a Liturgical Masterpiece between Text and Image

Event: Colloquium

Location: NEC conference hall

13 October 2022, 14.00-18.00 (Bucharest time)

Conveners:
Emanuela TIMOTIN and the AKATHYMN team members

Participants:
Vlad BEDROS, Policarp CHIȚULESCU, Lidia COTOVANU, Cristina-Ioana DIMA, Nicolae GHEORGHIȚĂ, Mihail HÂNCU, Oana IACUBOVSCHI, Mina MOȘNEAGU, Daniar MUTALÂP, Charbel NASSIF, Samuel NOBLE, Ovidiu OLAR, Emanuela TIMOTIN, Maria TOMADAKI, Atanasia VAETIȘ

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Program

14.00-14.30  Arrival of participants and opening words

Valentina SANDU-DEDIU, Rector of the New Europe College
Emanuela TIMOTIN, director AKATHYMN

14.30-15.00
Chair: Ovidiu OLAR
Emanuela TIMOTIN
Standardization of the First Romanian Translation of the Akathistos Hymn. The Double Readings in Ms. 170

15.00-15.30
Maria TOMADAKI
The Reception of the Akathistos Hymn in Byzantine Poetry

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-16.30
Nicolae GHEORGHIȚĂ
The Musical Tradition of the Akathistos Hymn during the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Era. A Survey of the Greek Musical Manuscripts (13th-19th Centuries)

16.30-17.00
Vlad BEDROS
The ‘Saturday of the Akathist’ Reflected in Moladavian Miscellanea and Marianic Imagery (Late 15th – Early 16th c.)

17.00-17.30
Mihail HÂNCU
One Side of the Coin: The Seventeenth-Century Slavonic Manuscripts of the Akathist from the Library of the Romanian Academy

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This event is organized within the research project The Oldest Romanian Manuscript and Printed Versions of the Akathistos Hymn (17th C). The History of a Liturgical Masterpiece Between Text and Image (Exploratory Research PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-0995), supported by UEFISCDI and New Europe College.