BUILDING THE BODY OF CHRIST


The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
is most honored to present

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
Emeritus Professor in Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University
Author of The Orthodox Way and The Orthodox Church
for a Spiritual Renewal Weekend

"Building the Body of Christ"
A Two-day seminar
Friday, February 22, 2008
&
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Registration: $25.00 per person, for Friday Evening and Saturday, including lunch

Registration: $15.00/adult; $10/student, for Friday Evening ONLY

Registration: $20.00 per person, for Saturday ONLY, including lunch

Registration forms are also available in the Annunciation Church Office…If you plan on attending, please call the Church Office so we may carpool to the seminar.

Friday, February 22nd
7:00 pm Registration & Refreshments
7:30 p.m.
First Talk & Discussion:
" My Lord and my God:
Personal Faith in Christ the Savior "

Saturday, February 23rd
9:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
10:15-12 noon
Second Talk & Discussion:
"The Holy Spirit in our Daily Experience”
12-1 pm Lunch
1:00-2:30 pm
Third Talk & Discussion:
"Eternity in the Present:
Baptism & Eucharist "

ABOUT METROPOLITAN KALLISTOS:

His Eminence, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware was born in Bath, Somerset in 1934 and educated at Oxford where he took a double first in Classics as well as reading Theology. After entering the Orthodox Church in 1958, he traveled widely in Greece, staying particularly at the monastery of St. John on the island of Patmos where he eventually became a monk. In 1966 he was ordained a
priest and began his teaching career at Oxford as the Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies. He became a fellow of
Pembroke College in 1970. In 1982, he was consecrated the titular bishop of Diokleia under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Perhaps the best-known Orthodox teacher and scholar in the world today, his books, The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way have become the standard works introducing the life and faith of the Christian East. He has also served the Church as a translator of liturgical texts as well as translating The Philokalia, the classic collection of Orthodox texts on spirituality, asceticism and the Jesus Prayer. St. Vladimir`s Seminary Press has published the first volume of his collected works, The Inner Kingdom.


For further information and reservations please contact:
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, CA 94602
Phone: 510-531-3400 + www.ascensioncathedral.org