Thursday 14th of June

15.00 Opening service outside the Cathedral with a symbolic act

Coffee; tea

16.15 Introduction - Rt Rev Biörn Fjärstedt, Diocese of Visby

16.45 Session I - Churches as uniting and dividing factors in past and present

Lecture by Professor David Kirby, London

17.45 End of session I

18.00 Mass in Roman Catholic church

Orthodox vespers in the Hägg Gallery

18.30 Mass in the Cathedral - Lutheran tradition

19.00 Bus to Fridhem

19.30 Dinner

Friday 15th of June

07.30 Morning prayers at Fridhem – Roman Catholic

Breakfast – Bus to Visby

09.30 Session II - The extension of the European Union - a challenge to all Baltic Churches

Lecture by Dr Marc Luyckx, Brussels

Coffee

11.00 Plenary meeting: Panel discussions with professor David Kirby and Dr Marc Luyckx

11.50 End of session II

12.00 Midday prayers - Lunch

14.00 Session III - Christ in our Christian traditions

Lecture by H E Bishop Seraphim of Baltics, vicar of Smolensk- Kaliningrad diocese

Coffee

15.30 Workshop

16.30 Plenary meeting

17.30 End of session III

18.00 Concert in the Cathedral, Old Aker Choir from Oslo

Mass in the Roman Catholic church

Orthodox vespers in the Hägg Gallery

19.30 Dinner (in Visby or at Fridhem)

Saturday 16th of June

07.30 Morning prayers at Fridhem – Orthodox

Breakfast – Bus to the city

09.30 Session IV –Christian values and individual autonomy

Lecture by Rev Karl-Erik Tysk, Visby

Coffee

11.00 Workshop

12.00 Midday music in the Cathedral

After lunch: Guided tour in the city

Coffee

15.30 Plenary meeting

17.00 End of session IV

18.00 Vespers in the Cathedral (Lutheran)

Mass in the Roman Catholic church

Orthodox vespers in the Hägg Gallery

19.20 Meeting point – in front of the Cathedral

19.30 Evening meal / Garden party – invitation by the Cathedral parish

Bus back to Fridhem

Sunday 17th of June

08.00 Breakfast – Bus to the city

10.00 High Mass in the Cathedral

Orthodox Liturgy

High Mass in the Roman Catholic church

12.00 Lunch – drop in

14.00 Session V – Churches around the Baltic Sea – their contribution to the region

Lecture by Rt Rev Dr Jonas Jonsson, Diocese of Strängnäs

Coffee

15.30 Workshop: Summing up the conference; Next steps, Theobalt in the future

Plenary meeting

17.30 End of session V

18.00 Vespers in the Cathedral – Orthodox tradition

19.00 Excursion on Gotland with dinner

End of Conference