Archbishop Makarios to chair conference in Crete centred on Euthanasia

Archbishop Makarios of Australia will correspond the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew astatine the coming Third International Scientific Conference connected Bioethics successful Rethymno, Crete, which will spot galore academics and religion officials sermon its theme: Euthanasia.

Archbishop Makarios, the seat of the Organizing Committee and President of the Synodal Committee connected Bioethics of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, will beryllium astatine the lawsuit moving from 24-26 October.

The Conference will beryllium hosted by Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, and will take spot astatine the “Theomitor” Center for Social and Cultural Ministry of the Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, arsenic well arsenic astatine the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Cross of Vosakos, Mylopotamos.

The opening time will service arsenic an instauration into the three-day lawsuit with Archbishop Makarios to adjacent retired the archetypal time with a keynote code titled “Euthanasia arsenic an Affirmation of Death and a Denial of the Resurrection, oregon the Temptation of Calypso”.

The 2nd time will beryllium divided into three sessions titled “Euthanasia: Contrasts and Correlations”, “Euthanasia: Philosophical and Anthropological Explorations” and “Euthanasia: Experiences, Dilemmas, and Challenges”.

Numerous academics and religion officials will speak crossed the sessions, discussing their thoughts and insights into the subject matter.

The third time will unfastened with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy astatine the Catholicon of the Monastery, arsenic officiated by Archbishop Makarios, earlier some conclusions and the authoritative closing of the conference.

The whole lawsuit will decorativeness with a luncheon astatine the Monastery refectory to bring an extremity to its afloat program.