A Concealed Talent?
19. - 20. November 2026
Eichstätt
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Instute of Ecumenical Studies, Ukrainian Catholic University, Collegium Orientale Eichstätt
Program
THURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2026
14:00-14:30 Opening of the Conference - Rector Prof. Dr Andriy Mykhaleyko, Collegium Orientale; Fr Roman Fihas; Fr Thomas Kremer
Session I - Historical Dimension: Latinization and De-Latinization
14:30-15:00 Thomas Kremer (Eichstätt) - Latinization as a Concept: Its Origins, Development, and Uses
15:00-15:15 Discussion
15:15-15:45 Przemysław Nowakowski (Kraków) - Could Latinization Have Been Avoided? The Ruthenian Church and the Problem of Latinization in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Union of Brest (1596) and the Synod of Zamość (1720)
15:45-16:00 Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Thomas Mark Németh (Vienna) - Good Customs and Bad Customs. Canonical Aspects of De-Latinization - As Illustrated by the Practice of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
17:00-17:15 Discussion
17:15-17:45 Vincent van Vossel (Baghdad) - The Holiness of the Chaldean Church
17:45-18:00 Discussion
18:30-20:00 Dinner
20:00-21:00 Lecture-Concert - The Musical Heritage of the Isolated Greek Catholic Parish of Cargèse, Corsica.
Introduction to the church music research project in Eichstätt, followed by a performance of sacred chants by the Collegium Orientale Choir
FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2026 - MORNING
07:00-08:00 Divine Liturgy in the Syro-Malankara Rite - in German and Malayalam; Collegium Orientale Chapel
08:00-08:45 Breakfast
08:45-09:00 Walk to the Conference Hall
Session II - Ecumenical Dimension: Preservation, Borrowing, and Mutual Exchange
09:00-09:30 Elias Haslwanter (Washington) - Latin Elements in Contemporary Orthodox Worship
09:30-09:45 Discussion
09:45-10:15 Vasyl Rudeiko (Lviv) - What Greek Catholics Have Preserved: Liturgical Memory as an Ecumenical Resource
10:15-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Antoine Fleyfel (Paris) - Preservation and Reform in the Non-Byzantine Eastern Catholic Churches: A Maronite Perspective
11:30-11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:15 Lidiya Lozova (Lviv) - Lviv Icon Painting School and Contemporary Trends in Orthodox Iconography
12:15-12:30 Discussion
12:30-13:15 Break
13:15-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:00 Walk to the Conference Hall
FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2026 - AFTERNOON AND EVENING
Session III - Contemporary Ecclesiological and Pastoral Dimensions
14:00-14:15 Greeting
14:15-14:45 Charbel Nassif (Beirut) - Uniates by Day, Sources by Night: Melkite Liturgical Books and Their Silent Antiochian Orthodox Reception (1968-2021)
14:45-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Mark Morozowich (Washington) - Renewal and a Return to the Sources: Issues and Possibilities
15:30-15:45 Discussion
15:45-16:05 Coffee Break
16:05-16:35 Eduard Berdnyk (Lviv) - Returning to Tradition in the Eastern Catholic Churches: A Resource or a Limitation?
16:35-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:20 Rostyslav Myrosh (Lviv) - The Challenge of De-Latinization as an Ecumenical Opportunity: The Case of the Eastern Catholic Marriage Rite
17:20-17:45 Joint Discussion of the Final Paper and Concluding Discussion - The Eastern Catholic Liturgical Tradition as a Resource for Ecumenism and Contemporary Church Life
17:45-18:00 Short Break / Walk to the Chapel
18:00-19:00 Great Vespers for the Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple - Byzantine Rite in German; Collegium Orientale Chapel
19:00-20:30 Dinner
SATURDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2026
08:00-09:00 Divine Liturgy
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
From 10:00 Departure of Participants
