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

Source: Robert Garrett collection, Princeton University Library

Event: Colloquium

Location: NEC conference hall

14 October 2022, 9.30-17.00 (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

9.30-10.00
Chair: Vlad BEDROS
Samuel NOBLE
The Arabic Akathistos Hymn: Multilingualism and the Challenge of Standardization

10.00-10.30
Ovidiu OLAR
From the Romanian Principalities to Mount Sinai: The Odyssey of Codex Sinaiticus græcus 203

10.30-11.00
Oana IACUBOVSCHI
Embroidered Epitrachelia with the Akathistos Hymn and their Commissioners (16th-17th Centuries)

11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-12.00
Lidia COTOVANU
Les destinataires de l’œuvre manuscrite de Matthieu de Myres. Nouvelles constatations

12.00-12.30
Daniar MUTALÂP
Shapes, Forms and Uses of the Akathist Hymn in the Eighteenth-Century Romanian Manuscripts and Printed Books

12.30-14.00 Lunch break

14.00-14.30
Chair: Emanuela TIMOTIN
Charbel NASSIF
La tradition melkite de l’Hymne Acathiste au XVIIe s : Art et liturgie

14.30-15.00
Cristina-Ioana DIMA
La première version de l’Hymne Acathiste imprimée en roumain. Réflexions sur un livre peu connu du métropolite Dosoftei

15.00-15.30
Archimandrite Policarp CHIȚULESCU
Contributions à l’histoire de l’impression des Akathistes en Valachie, dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-16.30
Mina MOȘNEAGU
Aspects Concerning the Research, Conservation and Restoration of the “The Mother of God with Child and the Akathist Hymn” Icon from Frumoasa Monastery, Iaşi (Romania)

16.30-17.00
Sister Atanasia VĂETIȘI
Icônes avec le cycle de l’Hymne Acathiste dans les monastères de Roumanie (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles). Interactions spirituelles et culturelles entre Lavra Petcherska et le Mont Athos

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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.