Ravenna Bari

August 30 – September 14, 2025
Eastern and Western Christianity

Program

August 30-September 1: conference in Ravenna (Italy): "Eastern and Western Christianity"
2 – 11 September: navigation
September 12 – 14: festival in Bari (Italy)

About

The seventh stage of the MED 25 Le Bel Espoir odyssey will delve into the more detailed issue of the diversity of Christianities in the Mediterranean. On this Italian shore of the Adriatic, opportunities for junction but also for rupture have been played out on many occasions between the Christian communities of the East and the West. Faced with the challenges of peace, Christians cannot be satisfied with the ruptures of the past. They have the heavy burden of developing spaces for collaboration so as not to let the tensions of the past poison the challenges of the present. The search for the unity of Christianities is not only a theological question, it is also a mission in the service of peace.

"Encounter and unity must always be sought without fear of diversity. And likewise peace: it must be cultivated, including in the arid terrains of opposition, because today, whatever happens, there is no possible alternative to peace. Truces secured by walls or tests of strength will not bring peace; but it is the real will to listen and to dialogue that will.", Pope Francis, Ecumenical Meeting, Bari, 2018.

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