The Mediterranean University Centre will be the home of the Colloquium on Eastern Christians “Yesterday, today, tomorrow: situation and perspectives,” which will be held on November 3 (starting at 2:00 PM) and 4.
As reported, Eastern Christians are experiencing a dramatic situation, victims of a religious cleansing. It is essential to better understand the geopolitical and historical context, in order to grasp the stakes for our civilization.
The City of Nice and Alpes-Maritimes Fraternity will welcome exceptional personalities, providing their precise on-the-ground knowledge, as well as their high-level analysis, for a better understanding of the overall situation in the East and the future of Christians in this region of the world.
Speakers: Monsignor Pascal GOLLNISCH, Antoine SFEIR, and Jean-Franรงois COLOSIMO, Professor Joseph YACOUB.
Round tables: Myriam BENRAAD, Marek HALTER, Ghaleb BENCHEIKH, and Frรฉdรฉric ENCEL, Dean Christian VALLAR, Professor Hervรฉ PASQUA.
Moderator: Guillaume ZELLER, Editor-in-Chief of DirectMatin.fr.
Full Program
Monday, November 3, 2014: Afternoon
On-the-ground testimony and geopolitical situation
2:00 PM: Opening ceremony of the Colloquium by Mr. Christian ESTROSI, Deputy-Mayor of Nice, President of the Nice Cรดte d’Azur Metropolis
2:30 PM: “Situation of the Church in the East” by Monsignor Pascal GOLLNISCH, General Director of Lโลuvre dโOrient, Vicar General of the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France
3:30 PM: “Geopolitical situation” by Mr. Antoine SFEIR, Journalist, Politologist, President of the Center for Studies and Reflections on the Near East, President of the Free Institute of International Relations Studies
4:30 PM: Round table led by Monsignor Pascal GOLLNISCH, Mr. Ghaleb BENCHEIKH, Physicist and President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, and Mr. Frรฉdรฉric ENCEL, Essayist and Geopolitologist
Tuesday, November 4, 2014: Morning
Eastern Christian Communities: Origins and Evolution
10:30 AM: “Eastern Christians, Historical Rooting and Universality” by Professor Joseph YACOUB, Emeritus Professor at the Catholic University of Lyon
11:30 AM: Round table led by Monsignor Pascal GOLLNISCH, Professor Joseph YACOUB, and Mr. Hervรฉ PASQUA, Philosopher and Writer
Tuesday, November 4, 2014: Afternoon
Does the presence of Christians in the East constitute a factor of balance in the world?
2:15 PM: Round table led by Ms. Myriam BENRAAD, Politologist, Specialist in Iraq, Mr. Marek HALTER, Writer, and Mr. Christian VALLAR, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Nice
4:00 PM: “Eastern Christians, Excess Men?” by Mr. Jean-Franรงois COLOSIMO, Writer, Historian of religions, and Director of Editions du Cerf
Vocal performance by Mr. VARTAM WARDA GULAN, Cantor of the Assyro-Chaldean Church of Paris
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