Dr. Christopher Veniamin, Professor of Patristics at St. Tikhon’s Seminary, will be the Keynote Speaker at the St. Emmelia Orthodox Homeschooling Conference at the Antiochian Village, from March, 27-30, 2014.

He will be giving two presentations, based on the Orthodox Understanding of Salvation, the first, “The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: ‘Theosis’ in St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex”; and the second, “The Orthodox Interpretation of Holy Scripture: St. Gregory Palamas and the Key to Understanding the Bible.”  He will also be offering a workshop session entitled: “The Power of Repentance: The Ethos of ‘Metanoia’ in the Orthodox Tradition.”