The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies - Cambridge

19/10/2026

We are pleased to share a local event by one of our Research Associates and good friends, Revd Dr George Tsourous. Archdeacon George will give a talk at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, this Wednesday, 21 October.
This talk is part of the Israel Studies Seminar. All are welcome.

18/10/2026

Our NEW Website is LIVE!
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of our new website. We thank all of you who contributed to make this a reality, especially to Dr Sebastian Koga, member of the Board of Directors, for his most generous funding of this major update.

We urge you to have a look!

https://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/

14/10/2026

Happy Feast Day of Saint Paraskeva of Iași!

13/10/2026

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

06/10/2026

https://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/endowment/

22/09/2026

Endowment Campaign
Matching Donation: $100,000 MATCH by the end of 2026

An anonymous donor has set a 1:1 match challenge, provided we reach the $100,000 goal!
This is a transformational opportunity to establish a Permanent Endowment Fund for Orthodox Christian theological scholarship and formation.
To support this cause, visit: https://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/endowment/

DONATE BEFORE DEC 2026
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The Vision: Permanent Endowment
For more than two decades, IOCS has stood as a dedicated home for Orthodox theology in the heart of Cambridge. To ensure this mission continues independently and courageously for decades to come, we are establishing the IOCS Permanent Endowment Fund.

Why an endowment?
Unlike standard donations spent on day-to-day operational costs, endowment capital is preserved in perpetuity. Only the generated return is utilised annually. An endowment converts temporary generosity into an eternal source of learning, witness, and spiritual formation.

What your gift achieves:
• Endows student bursaries & scholarships
• Secures faculty research & teaching chairs
• Expands digital learning & publishing
• Guarantees institutional independence
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For more information and to support the Institute, visit:
https://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/endowment/
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21/09/2026

ENROL NOW: It is a pleasure to invite you to the IOCS Winter School 2026, which will be held at Westminster College, Cambridge, from Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 December (as an on-site and online event).

This year we turn to monasticism, which has long been at the heart of Orthodox life and thought. Together we will consider how the monastic tradition continues to shape theology, prayer, art and the Church's witness in the world today. After two days of lectures and discussion in Cambridge, the third day will take us on a visit to the Monastery of St John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, Essex, where we will encounter the monastic tradition as a lived reality.

Falling early in Advent, the Winter School offers a quiet space to prepare for the Nativity: a few days of reflection, prayer, and good company in the beautiful setting of Cambridge and the monastic Essex.

More information about the event and enrolment here: https://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/winter-school-2026/

Latest News IOCS Winter School 2026: Monastic Tradition and Orthodox Theology Today -3-5 Dec 2026 - We are pleased to announce our forthcoming Winter School of 2026, which will take place between Thursday 3-Saturday 5 December on the teme of: Monastic Tradition and Orthodox Theology Today. This even...

18/09/2026

BOOK YOUR PLACE: Enrolment will open on Monday for our exciting 2026 Winter School on MONASTIC TRADITION AND ORTHODOX THEOLOGY TODAY! (3-5 December 2026 - Westminster College, Cambridge).

The event will take place at Westminster College for two days, and on the third day the conference will travel to the Essex Monastery for a visit and further conversations.

This event will feature many distinguished scholars, including: His Eminence Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London; V Revd. Dr Bogdan Bucur, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary; Mr Aidan Hart, The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts; Archimandrite Antonios Kakalis, Newcastle University; Hieromonk Nikolai (Sakharov), Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex; Dr Kyriacos Markides, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Maine.

WATCH THIS SPACE!
DON'T MISS THIS UNIQUE EVENT AND COMMUNITY!

18/09/2026

The Cambridge Theological Federation, of which our Institute is a full member, is convening a three-day academic conference in Cambridge from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th September, under the title of: “Ecumenism and Interfaith in an Age of Global Crisis: Challenge and Hope.”

Our Institute's President, Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain will give one of the keynote lectures, while Dr Razvan Porumb, IOCS Director of Research will deliver a talk and chair one of the panels.

The conference is hosted by the Woolf Institute on the Westminster College Site and will bring together twelve member institutions for three days of activities to explore the immense challenges that ecumenical and interfaith work are facing in today’s world, and also to showcase, and find hope in, the invaluable ecumenical and interfaith work already being undertaken within the CTF and beyond.

The conference will involve presentations, panel discussions and keynote talks, as well as including a formal dinner on Tuesday 22nd and a formal reception on Wednesday 23rd. We welcome guests to attend either individual days or the entire conference.

To enrol please go to

The Cambridge Theological Federation's academic conference “Ecumenism and Interfaith in an Age of Global Crisis: Challenge and Hope".

11/09/2026

WATCH NOW: Prof Scott Kenworthy's captivating presentation of his book 'The People’s Patriarch: Tikhon Bellavin and the Orthodox Church in North America and Revolutionary Russia.'

This is a recording of the book launch of Prof Scott M. Kenworthy’s...