Mary the Mother of God / The virgin Mary by Christopher Stabolidis
November 14, 2019
Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/11/2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Online
Categories
Mary the mother of Jesus was and is highly revered within the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox traditions of the Christian church. The reformers believed that there was a lot of superstition surrounding Mary to the point of inappropriately worshipping her as a divine figure or praying to her as if to Christ or God. So there was and is a reaction against Mary within the Protestant traditions. Perhaps this was an over-reaction. Christopher Stabolidis will take us through how Christ’s mother Mary came to be called “the Mother of God” by the Church. There actually was a good reason.
Christopher Stabolidis
Christopher has been actively involved in protestant churches, but he also is from a Greek background and is an Orthodox Christian. He is also a qualified lawyer currently working as a Commercial & Subcontract’s Manager within the defence industry. Christopher will be joined by the Greek Orthodox Archiepiscopal Vicar of Adelaide; the Very Reverend Dr. Father Silouan Fotineas during the question and answer time.
Father Silouan is on the faculty of the Saint Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney and his presence will help cultivate our understanding of the Church’s historical view of the Mother of God, the importance of the incarnation and her economy in Christian salvation.
Please note that, on this occasion, our meeting will be in classroom 2 rather than classroom 3.
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