Hypapante or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple: Liturgical Celebration and Iconography in East and West

Byzantine Studies Workshop at Dumbarton Oaks October 28, 2022

Organizers: Mary B. Cunningham, Francesca Dell’Acqua, and Fr. Damaskinos Olkinuora

Dometios magistros (eleventh/twelfth century). Dumbarton Oaks BZS.1951.31.5.1755.

8:30 a.m.

Morning Registration and Coffee
9:00 a.m.

Welcome: Thomas B.F. Cummins & Nikos D. Kontogiannis, Dumbarton Oaks

Introduction: Mary B. Cunningham, Francesca Dell’Acqua, and Fr. Damaskinos Olkinouora

Chair: Fr. Damaskinos Olkinuora

9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

The Feast of the Hypapante in the Byzantine Tradition: History and Evolution of Liturgical Celebration, Fr. Stephanos Alexopoulos (The Catholic University of America)

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

A Place of Encounter: Homiletic Treatment of the Hypapante in East and West, Mary B. Cunningham (University of Nottingham)

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

Discussion of papers

10:45 – 11:00 a.m

Coffee and Tea

Chair: Mary B. Cunningham

11:00 – 11:30 a.m

Published and Unpublished Byzantine Hymnography for the Hypapante: Theology in its Popular Form, Fr. Damaskinos Olkinuora (University of Eastern Finland)

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

The Celebration of Hypapante at the Palace of Blachernae, Erik Z.D. Ellis (Hillsdale College)

12:00 – 12:30 p.m

Discussion of papers

12:30 – 2:00 p.m

Lunch

Chair: Nikos D. Kontogiannis

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Constructing the Presentation of Christ in the Temple in Byzantine Art (from Late Antiquity through the Ninth Century), Natalia Teteriatnikov (Independent Scholar)

2:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Christ-Lamb on the Altar: Imagining the Hypapante in the Early Medieval West, Francesca Dell'Acqua (Università di Salerno, Itay)

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Discussion of papers

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

Coffee and Tea

Chair: Francesca Dell’Acqua

3:45 – 4:15 p.m.

The Hypapante in the Gospel Lectionary: Text, Image, and Recitation, Roland Betancourt (University of California, Irvine)

4:15 – 4:45 p.m.

The Hypapante in Cross-Cultural Encounter: Byzantium and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, Warren T. Woodfin (Queens College, CUNY)

4:45 – 5:30 p.m.

Final discussion and concluding remarks Final discussion and concluding remarks

https://www.doaks.org/research/byzantine/scholarly-activities/hypapante