S U M M A R Y

 3rd June (Monday)

- 17,30 – Opening Ceremony (emcee Ivana Jocić), University Hall, University of Niš, University Square No. 2

• Introductory speech – dr Miša Rakocija
• Blessing – His Eminence, the bishop of Niš, Mr. Arsenije
• Welcoming speech – Mayor of Niš Dragana Sotirovski
• Adressing to the symposium partisipants – rector of the University of Niš, professor Dragan Antić
• The openning of the symposium – Professor Dr Zoran Rakić
• Promotion of the Collection of Papers No 22 – Professor Dr Irena Ljubomirović (Niš)
• Promotion of the book of dr Ioannis Sisiou „Kastoria Painting School of the XIV century“ – Academician, Professor Dr Miodrag Marković, Vice-President of SASA and academician prof. Dr. Dragan Vojvodić
• Cocktail, University Hall

Chairman: Dr Tatjana Starodubcev (Novi Sad)

1. 18,30-18,45 – Academician, Professor Dr Miodrag Marvković (Belgrade)
   VATICAN SERBIAN EVANGELISTARY FROM THE 13th CENTURY
2. 18,45-19,00 – Archim. Bosphorius Magkafas (İstanbul)
   POLITICAL PARAMETERS OF THE PERCEPTION FORMED BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL CIRCLES OF THE EASTERN CHURCH, REGARDING THE SYNOD OF FERRARA - FLORENCE (1438 - 1439): THE CASE OF DESPOT DEMETRIOS PALAIOLOGOS
3. 19,00-19,15 – Nenad Radulović, Irena Ljubomirović (Niš)
   FROM BYZANTION, THROUGH THE COLONY OF ANTONINA, TO CONSTANTINOPLE  – THE BUILDING ACTIVITYOF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AND CONSTANTINE
4. 19,15-19,30 – dr Miša Rakocija (Niš)
   ALL THE FORTRESSES OF THE CITY OF NIŠ AND ITS SACRALTOPOGRAPHY FROM THE 4TH TO THE 18TH CENTURIES
5. 19.30-19,45 - dr Alenka Cedilnik (Ljubljana)
   THE ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY IN PHILOSTORGIUS’S CHURCH HISTORY
6. 19,45-20,00 – dr Apostolos Poridis (İstanbul)
   ARCHITECTURE OF THE 13TH CENTURY BYZANTINE PANAGHIA (OR THEOTOKOS) MOUCHLIOTSSA ORTHODOX CHURCH IN ISTANBUL
7. 20,00-20,15 – dr Svetlana Maltseva (St. Petersburg)
   CHURCH OF PANAGIA TON CHALKEON IN THESSALONIKI AND CHURCH CONSTRUCTION IN THE BYZANTINE FEME 'BULGARIA' IN THE 11TH CENTURY
8. 20,15-20,30 – dr Marco Fasolio (Bologna)
   THE PROSTAGMATA OF JOHN VIII PALAIOLOGOS TO FLORENTINE CITIZENS. FORGERIES? PROBABLY, BUT TO WHAT EXTENT?

20,30 - 20,45  Discussion

Going to dinner

4th June (Thuesday)

Chairman: diacon Dr Ivica Čairović (Belgrade)

1. 09,00 - 09,15 – dr Dražen Perić (Belgrade)
   THE GRACEFUL GIFT OF FREEDOM AND SELF-AUTHORITY IN THE  ANTHROPOLOGY OF SAINT GREGORY OF NYSSA
2. 09,15 - 09,30 – dr Ивица Чаировић (Београд)
   RELIGIOUS POLICY OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
3. 09,30 - 09,45 – dr Simona Primo Fasolio (Torino)
   HERESY IN BYZANTIUM. THE ATHINGANOI AND THEIR CONNECTION TO IMPERIAL POWER
4. 09,45 - 10,00 – Vuk R. Samčević (Belgrade)
   “AND THE GREAT DEATH HAPPENED AMONG THE ROMANS”: THE FALL OF TAORMINA IN 902 AND ITS ECHOES IN BYZANTINE OECUMENE
5. 10,00 - 10,15 – dr Čedomila Marinković (Belgrade)
   VIKINGS IN CONSTANTINOPLE: APPEARANCE, SIGNIFICANCE AND TESTEMONIES

10,15 - 10,30 – Discussion

Chairman: Dr Jasmina Šaranac Stamenković (Niš)

6. 10,30 - 10,45 – dr Jasmina Šaranac Stamenković (Niš)
   EULOGY TO THE CAPITAL  –  PSELLOS’S IMPERIAL SPEECH TO ROMAN DIOGENES
7. 10,45 - 11,00 – dr Antonios Vratimos (İstanbul)
   PATRIARCH PHOTIOS ON ROMANOS IV DIOGENES
8. 11,00 - 11,15 – ZiRan Guo (Athens)
   OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE AS COMMUNICATION CROSSROAD BETWEEN CHINA AND EUROPE DURING THE PERIOD OF PAX MONGOLIANA IN THE 13-14 CENTURIES
9. 11,15 - 11,30 – dr Ivayla Popova (Sofia)
   CULTURAL PATTERNS: CHRISTIANITY VS ISLAM – THE LAST CHRISTIAN CENTURIES OF THE NEW ROME (VIEWED FROM WESTERN EYES)
10. 11,30 - 11,45 – dr Ralph W Mathisen (Champaign, SAD)
    CONSTANTINE’S SUCCESSION PLANS AS REVEALED IN NUMISMATIC ICONOGRAPHY

Chairman: dr Svetla Petrova (Sofia)

11. 11,45 - 12,00 – dr Nicolas Beaudry (Rimouski, Canada), dr Albena Milanova (Sofia)
    ZALDAPA'S BASILICA 2 AND THE CHRISTIAN FABRIC OF A CONSTANTINIAN CITY
12. 12,00 - 12,15 – dr Vania Popova (Sofia)
    NEW STYLISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE MOSAIC ART AT THE BEGINNING OF 4TH CENTURY
13. 12,15 - 12,30 – dr Bocharov Sergei,  dr Zoria Roman (Sevastopol)
    PROGRAM ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF SMALL BYZANTINE FORTRESSES OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CRIMEA AT SEVASTOPOL STATE UNIVERSITY
14. 12,30 - 12,45 – dr Marija Marić/ Dr Adam Crnobrnja (Beograd)
    ANCIENT MINING ROADS IN THE CENTRAL BALKANS (CASE STUDIES OF KOPAONIK AND KOSMAJ MOUNTAINS)
15. 12,45 - 13,00 – Dušan Rasković (Kruševac)
    AREA OF THE CITY OF NAISSUS, AT THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN PROVINCES, DARDANIA, FIRST MOESIA ANAD MEDITERRANEAN DAICA
16. 13,00 - 13,15 – Sanja Crnobrnja (Prokuplje)
    GERMAN SPEAR FROM PROKUPLJE- AWITNESS TO THE CRISIS IN BYZANTIUM OF THE 5TH CENTIRY

13,15 - 13,30 – Discussion

13,30 - 15,30 - Pause for lunch

Chairman: mag. Darko Nikolovski (Skopje)

17. 15,30 - 15,45 – dr Svetla Petrova (Sofia)
    EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE STRYMON AND MIDDLE MESTOS
18. 15,45 - 16,00 – dr Anđela Gavrilović (Belgrade)
    CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE PAINTING PROGRAMME OF THE NARTEX IN THE PATRIARCHATE OF PEĆ
19. 16,00 - 16,15 – dr Ioannis Sisiou (Kastoria)
    Η ΘΕΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΤΜΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΝΑΡΘΗΚΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΑΝΑΡΓΥΡΩΝ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ
20. 16,15 - 16,30 – dr Branislav J. Cvetković (Jagodina)
    THE NARTHEX IN RAVANICA AND ROMYLOS THE BLESSED
21. 16,30 - 16,45 – dr Tatjana Starodubcev (Novi Sad)
    ENCOUNTERING NEW CIRCUMSTANCES: THE PORTRAIT OF A LAYMAN IN THE NARTEX OF THE CHURCH OF PRESENTATION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN NOVA PAVLICA
22. 16,45 - 17,00 – Veljko Goganović (Belgrade)
    THE REPRESENTATION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD GALAKTOTROUPHOUSA IN THE CHURCHES OF VELIKA HOČA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PAINTERS OF THE EPOCH OF THE RESTORED PATRIARCHATE OF PEĆ AND THEIR MODELS OF THE 14TH CENTURY
23. 17,00 - 17,15 –Nemanja Petrović (Belgrade)
    WALL PAINTINGS OF THE WESTERN FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS NEAR THE VILLAGE PLANINICA

17,15 - 17,30 –Discussion

Chairman: dr Branislav J. Cvetković (Jagodina)

24. 17,30 - 17,45 – mag. Darko Nikolovski (Skopje)
    THE CYCLE OF SAINT DEMETRIUS IN THE MONASTERY CHURCH OF SAINT DIMITRIOS IN VELES
25. 17,45 - 18,00 – dr Irina Oretskaia (Moscow)
    ICON OF THE VIRGIN ELEUSA IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION IN MOSCOW
26. 18,00 - 18,15 – Ieromonk Ignjatije Đorđević (Niš)
    AUTHOR’S STYLE OF THE PAINTER
27. 18,15 - 18,30 – dr Ariadna Voronova (Moskva)
    THE EVOLUTION OF THE FORM OF A TENT IN RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE OF THE 17^TH CENTURYAND THE IDEA OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM
28. 18,30 - 18,45 – Galina Alekseeva (Vladivostok)
    THE SEMANTIC VERSATILITY OF THE IMAGE OF THE THEOTOKOS ORANTA IN THE MONASTERY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS IN THE SICHEVACHKA GORGE
29. 18,45 - 19,00 – Miguel Gallés (Barcelona)
    SEVEN SNAKES-Unpublished 19^th century Baptism of Christ icon of the Tryavna School in Bulgaria
30. 19,00 - 19,15 – Teodora N. Bradić (Belgrade)
    THE OPUS OF MILUTIN BL. MARKOVIĆ IN THE SOUTH OF SERBIA
31. 19,15 - 19,30 – Anđela M. Dukić (Belgrade)
    BETWEEN EVOCATION AND AUTONOMOUS STYLISTIC EXPRESSION: ELEMENTS OF NEOBYZANTINISM IN MODERN SACRAL ARCHITECTURE OF NIŠ
32. 19,30 - 19,45 – Zoran Jovanović (Beograd)
    CHRONOGRAPHY OF GENADIOS SCHOLARIOS: CHRONICLER’S NOTES IN SERVICE OF THE ESCHATON

19,45 - 20,00 – Discussion, the end of symposium

5th June (Wednesday)

• 09,30 – Reception in the Niš City Hall
• 10,00 - 14,00 – tour of the cultural monuments: the basilica of martyrs,Latin church in Gornji Matijevci, Mediana