Saturday, 5 October, 10.15 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.: Colloquium «Committed to Communion» (to be held in English) University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 6, Room 205 |
Welcome
Inaugural Lecture as Privatdozent by habil Joseph Mar Ivanios Episcopa
Part I: Being Christian today: Challenges
Part II: Being in communion – expectations contextualizes
Part II: Empowerments: Tradition(s) Connected, Life Shared |
At 6.30 pm.: Evensong, Church of St Peter and Paul, Bern, Rathausgasse 2 |
Sunday, 6 October, 10.00. a.m.: Festive Eucharist in the Church of St Peter and Paul, Rathausgasse 2, Bern |
With the bishops Frank Bangerter (Bishop of the Old Catholic Church of Switzerland), Bernd Wallet (Archbishop of Utrecht and President of the IBC) and Dr Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan (presiding Bishop of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Thiruvalla) as well as other bishops of the Mar Thoma Church and the Old Catholic Churches the Union of Utrecht. |
Afterwards, an Indian buffet in the Distelzwangkeller, Gerechtigkeitsgasse 79 will be held. |