Catholic-Orthodox Prayer Service: Christ Our Peace
This ecumenical gathering, is entitled CHRIST OUR PEACE: Welcoming the Prince of Peace Together, Healing Divisions, Christian Peacemaking, and Witnessing Together in Today's Society.
Sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta and the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The Aquinas Center's Catholic-Orthodox Initiative is sponsoring the reception that follows the prayer service. Catholic-Orthodox Initiative: In 2017, the Aquinas Center began a Catholic-Orthodox Initiative, thanks to an endowment by Solon and Marianna Patterson. This Initiative consists of a series of programs and events promoting greater understanding and cooperation between the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Programs and events focus on a greater understanding of the commonality of the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. This initiative’s programming includes an annual Orthodox lecture, and events that build community rooted in our shared history.
University Event Topic: Religion & Ethics. Department / Organization: Aquinas Center. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation
2500 Clairmont Road
Atlanta, GA 30329.
The Stranger and Strange Hope
The stranger is a figure of both fascination and terror. Often portrayed in religious traditions as someone sacred who must be welcomed, the stranger also is depicted as someone dangerous who must be guarded against, expelled, or even eradicated. Debates around immigration, race, and nationalism throw this ambivalence into stark relief, as co-religionists find themselves lined up on opposing sides. To reconcile these tensions, it is necessary to recognize the ambiguity inherent in the experience of otherness and offer a framework for navigating it. To that end, this lecture explores a Catholic comparative theology that centers the mystery of hope in the encounter with the stranger.
Lunch will be provided for those who register for the in-person program. Please email aquinasemory@gmail.com with any dietary restrictions. Recommended Parking: Peavine Visitor's Lot, 27 Eagle Row, Atlanta, GA 30322.
University Event Topic: Theology. Department / Organization: Aquinas Center. Speaker/Presenter: Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She specializes in comparative theology, interreligious dialogue, Asian/Asian American theology, and Hindu-Christian Studies, with a focus on gender, race, and liberation. Event Open To: All (Public). Cost: Free. Contact Name: Tina Guyden. Contact Email: tina.guyden@emory.edu.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Candler School of Theology
Room 252
1531 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 303322.
Catholic-Orthodox Community Gathering: Models of Faith, Teachers of Wisdom: Monica and Macrina
Program Title: Models of Faith, Teachers of Wisdom: Monica and Macrina
Program Description: Within the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian Traditions, we find portraits of extraordinary holy women. This presentation focuses on Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, and Saint Macrina the Younger, the sister of the Gregory of Nyssa and Basil of Caesarea. Both Augustine and Basil craft literary portraits of these women to underscore their personal holiness and their wise counsel. Together we will focus on how these male authors attribute to these women critical teachings about faithful grief and suffering.
Sponsored by The Aquinas Center's Catholic-Orthodox Initiative.
Doors open at 6:30pm for Happy Hour. Dinner and the program will begin promptly at 7:00pm. Registration is required.
Catholic-Orthodox Initiative: In 2017, the Aquinas Center began a Catholic-Orthodox Initiative, thanks to an endowment by Solon and Marianna Patterson. This Initiative consists of a series of programs and events…
University Event Topic: Religion & Ethics. Department / Organization: Aquinas Center. Speaker/Presenter: Erin Galgay Walsh is a historian of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She teaches courses on a variety of themes including biblical interpretation, biblical studies, gender and sexuality, ancient medicine, economic ethics, theory and method in the academic study of Religion, and early and late antique Christianity. In addition to her work as a translator of Syriac literature, she writes extensively on the reception of biblical literature, asceticism, and religious literature in the… Cost: Free.
Thursday, January 14, 2027, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
2855 Briarcliff Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329.