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ANNOUNCING THIRD ANNUAL
PAIDEIA CONFERENCE 

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2025 PAIDEIA CONFERENCE
THE BEAUTY OF A GOD WHO IS AMONG US

Antiochian Village Conference Center

Orthodox Christian scholars and theologians, clergy, and lay persons interested in the life of the mind, the creation of culture, the formation of the soul, and our life in Christ will gather at Antiochian Village for the annual PAIDEIA Conference, June 3 through June 6, 2025. This year’s conference theme is The Beauty of a God Who Is Among Us. As in the past, the 2025 conference will feature a mix of invited speakers along with speakers chosen based on submitted abstracts. ​

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Andrew Gould is recognized as one of today's foremost designers of Orthodox churches, as well as curated residential and commercial projects. As a noted liturgical artisan, Gould also designs and implements custom furnishings such as iconostases, analogians, and chandeliers through his New World Byzantine company and its sister business New World Byzantine Studios, which is a licensed manufacturer and retailer of liturgical art. In 2011 Gould founded the  Orthodox Arts Journal with Jonathan Pageau to promote traditional Orthodox liturgical arts. With contributors from around the world, 

OAJ covers visual arts, music, and relevant art history and theory. The journal’s goal is to “highlight the unified witness of the arts to the beauty of the Kingdom of God, and to promulgate an understanding of how the arts work together in the worship of the Church.’’ 

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Dr. Edith M. Humphrey is the William F. Orr Professor Emerita of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, retiring in 2021. She was professor of Scripture at Augustine College, Ottawa, Canada, from 1997-2002, and served as dean in her final year. She earned her bachelor’s from Victoria University (University of Toronto) and her doctorate from McGill University, Montreal, where she was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Her academic interests include visionary biblical literature, C. S. Lewis, theological anthropology, and patristic reception of the Bible, represented in numerous articles and 10 books, several of which have been translated into Russian. 

Her most recent releases are Mediation and the Immediate God:  Scriptures, the Church, and Knowing God (SVS Press, June 2023), and a second children’s novel, Down the Valley (Cascade Imprint, January 2024). Humphrey is a well-known popular speaker at church retreats, ecumenical conferences, and seminary events.

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