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Synodality in the current ecumenical context


Theological conference (in Romanian) for the opening 
of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025 
on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325 AD)

Monday, May 19, 2025, 3 p.m. -  Roman Catholic Curch  – Schäßburg

Program:
  Opening: SE Kovács Gergely, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
                Dr. Ciprian-Vasile Olinici, Secretary of State for Religious Communities in the
                                                      General Secretariat of the Government of Romania 

  “Iuliu Hossu - a man of communion” - SE Cristian Crișan, Auxiliary Bishop of the Greek Catholic Church

  “Orthodox Synodality in Dialogue with Modernity - Themes of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
  Church (2016)” - Pr. Lecturer Dr. Oliviu-Petru Botoi, Orthodox Archdiocese of Karlovy Vary

  “The commitment of the Catholic Church to the ecumenical dialogue” - Pr. Dr. Eduard Giurgi, Dean of the
  Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology Bucharest

  “The impact of the anniversary of the Council of Nicea on Jewish-Christian dialog and ecumenism”
  - Sr. Dr. Eliane Poirot, Superior of the Stânceni Monastery

  “The Synodal Tradition of the Protestant A. B. in Romania” - Dr. András Bándi, Lecturer in Church History
  at the Department of Protestant Theology of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu  

Songs from Taizé will be sung between the lectures.

After these lectures, there will be a one-hour break during which there will be an opportunity to visit the medieval old town of Sighisoara (“Castle”). The tour will be led by Dr. Nicolae Teşculă, director of the “Stundturm Museum”. At 6 p.m., a vespers service will be held in the monastery church to open the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.


28th Ecumenical Week of Prayer, May 19 - 24, 2025
“Do you believe this?” (John 11, 26)

    Monday, May 19, 2025
    3 p.m. -  Roman Catholic Curch  
      Theological Conference (in Romanian) for the opening ceremony 
      The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025 
      On the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325 AD)

    6 p.m. -  Monastary Church 

    

               

               

               
      ES Dr. Ciprian-Vasile Olinici
      ES Dumitrița Gliga
      ES Reinhart Guib
      ÎPS Kovács Gergely
      PS Cristian Crişan
      PS Pál József-Csaba
      Pr. conf. univ. Oliviu Botoi
      Maica Dr. Eliane Poirot, Superioara
      Pr. Dr. Eduard Giurgi
      Pr. Szegedi László
      Rev. Dr. Nevsky Everett
      Pr. Koszta István
               

    Tuesday, May 20, 2025
    6 p.m. -  Reformed Church 
     Jenei László-Csaba (unit.)
               
               
               
         

    Wednesday, May 21, 2025
    6 p.m. -  Roman Catholic Curch  
      Imecs Lajos (ref.)
               
               

    Thursday, May 22, 2025
    6 p.m. -  Orthodox Curch
      Puskás Atilla (röm-kath.)
               
                

    Friday, May 23, 2025
    6 p.m. -  Unitarian Curch
      Ciprian Dărăban (griech.-kath.)
               
               

    Saturday, May 24, 2025
    6 p.m. -  Greek Catholic Curch
      Cosmin Boian (orth.)
                






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About us ... :
The Evangelical Parish A. B. of Sighisoara is a German-speaking Church Community belonging to the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania (Legea 489/2006 privind libertatea religioasă şi regimul general al cultelor, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 11 din 8.1.2007). It is primarily committed to its own parishioners – i.e. mainly German-speaking Lutherans – and therefore its “spiritual center” is the Sunday service, which takes place at 10 a.m.
Its existence has been shaped by the charter (Privilegium Adrianum of December 1224) and the ecumenical context (Edict of Tolerance of Thorenburg of January 13, 1568) as well as by its current minority status as Transylvanian Saxons. For this reason, the Evangelical Church Community A. B. Sighişoara participates openly in ecumenical events (Ecumenical Prayer Week, Women's World Day of Prayer, etc.), and does so in the trilingual form typical of the historical region of Transylvania: Romanian, Hungarian, and German.

As the owner of important architectural monuments in the old town of Sighisoara—which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO—it is committed to promoting dignified cultural tourism.