Seminary Represented at National Conference

On the weekend of October 24-25, the Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America held its second annual conference. Taking place in the Maliotis Cultural Center at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA, the conference drew together more than one hundred attendees to hear presentations by twenty-five speakers on various aspects of canon law in the various Eastern and Oriental Orthodox jurisdictions.

Speakers from the Orthodox Christian Attorney Network also provided perspectives on the latest developments in mandatory reporting laws and the confidentiality of confession, as well as civil law and religion under the first amendment. Prof. Roberta Ervine represented St. Nersess Armenian Seminary at the conference, delivering a paper entitled “Bishops and Other Body Parts.”