Registration for Pre-Master Orthodox Christianity 2025-2026
It is still possible to register for the pre-master Orthodox Christianity for the academic year 2025-2026. This programme is part-time and takes two years. The deadline for registration is July 1st, 2025. (N.B. the deadline and registration procedure can differ based on your previous education and nationality. See this page for detailed information.) To register, […]
Symposium: 1700 years of Nicea
The Nicaean Creed in the tradition of the Church in East and West Date: June 6th 2025, 2-5 PM Location: Huize Heyendaal, Nijmegen Register: secretariaat@ivoc.ru.nl 1,700 years ago, in the year 325, the historic First Council of Nicea took place. Roman emperor Constantine I convened bishops from near and far to reach consensus on crucial […]
Orthodox Chaplaincy in the Dutch armed forces
On December 14th, 2024, the Dutch Orthodox Representative Organ (Orthodoxe Zendende Instantie) signed an agreement with the Ministery of Defence regarding the temporary recognition of the Orthodox Representative Organ as a Representative Organ for the Dutch armed forces. Based on this agreement, there will soon be two vacancies for Orthodox army chaplains, for a period […]
Lecture father John Behr on January 18th
On Saturday January 18th, Father John Behr gave a public lecture on the Council of Nicaea, which took place 1700 years ago this year. As we have come to expect from Fr John, he didn’t just give a simple overview of the council, but explored the theological and ecclesiastical background in depth. In the fourth […]
Student meeting on January 17th
On Friday January 17th we met at the campus in Nijmegen for presentations from our students for the second time this year. The students of the courses Orthodox History II and Orthodox Theology I presented the first version of their final papers. Using the feedback from their fellow students and their teachers, they will be […]
Presentation of De Psalmen van de Vroege Kerk (“The Psalms of the Early Church”)
On Friday November 8th, the St Irenaeus Institute and the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders jointly presented De Psalmen van de Vroege Kerk (“The Psalms of the Early Church”) with a mini-symposium (‘The Psalms of the Early Church: a different way of reading’). This festive occasion took place in the Coptic Orthodox church […]
Pre-Masters certificates
On Sunday, October 27th, the students that finished the Pre-Master’s programme Orthodox Christianity during the previous academic year received their certificates of completion. It was a festive occasion that included family members. Once again our congratulations to the three graduates! The theses had the following titles:
Student meeting on October 25th
The first period of the academic year has nearly finished already, which means that it was time to meet at the university campus in Nijmegen. The first intensive of the year took place on Friday, October 25th. The students of the courses Orthodox History I and Orthodox Scripture presented the first version of their final […]
Kick-off academic year 2024-2025
On Monday September 2nd, we gathered on the campus in Nijmegen for the kick-off of the new academic year. This year we have 21 new students: a record number! Most were able to be present in person. Some took part on-line; one student even all the way from Jordan, where she is doing an internship. […]
Closing of the academic year
On June 7, students from the courses Theology 2 and Liturgy 2 presented their final papers on the university campus. Father Yonas Dessu (pictured here) came over for this event from Norway, where he serves as an Eritrean priest. Based in part on feedback from their teachers and fellow students, the students completed their papers. […]