S U M M A R Y

June 3 (Wednesday)

• 5:30 PM – Official Opening Ceremony, Hall of the University of Niš
• Opening remarks – Dr. Miša Rakocija
• Blessing – His Eminence Arsenije, Metropolitan of Niš
• Welcome address – Mayor Dragoslav Pavlović
• Address to the assembly – Rector Prof. Dr. Jovan Stepanović
• Conference opening – Prof. Dr. Marco Fasoli, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy
• Presentation of the Proceedings, Vol. 24 – Dr. Branislav Cvetković, Jagodina
• Opening of the exhibition “The World of Early Christian Niš” – Dr. Srđan Pirivatrić
• Cocktail reception, University lobby

Chair: Dr. Hrvoje Gračanin, Zagreb

1. 6:45–7:00 PM – Dr. Renate Johanna Pillinger, Vienna
   EARLY CHRISTIAN PAINTINGS IN ROMANIA’S DOBROGEA
2. 7:00–7:15 PM – Dr. Miša Rakocija, Niš
   THE PAINTING WORKSHOP OF EARLY CHRISTIAN NIŠ
3. 7:15–7:30 PM – Dr. Simona Primo Fasolio, Lyon, France
   THE DEVOTION TO SAINT CONSTANTINE AND SAINT HELENA BETWEEN ICONOGRAPHIC TRADITION AND POPULAR CULTURE
4. 7:30–7:45 PM – Dr. Lars Ramskold, Stockholm, Sweden
   THE EVOLUTION OF CONSTANTINE'S DIADEM AND THE DATE OF THE BRONZE HEAD FROM NIŠ
5. 7:45–8:00 PM – Dr. Srđan Pirivatrić, Belgrade
   ON THE END OF THE EPHEMERAL EMPIRE OF SIMEON UROŠ PALAIOLOGOS AND HIS SON JOHN UROŠ PALAIOLOGOS
6. 8:00–8:15 PM – Konstantina Zidrou, Ioannina
   SERBIAN RULERS IN THE DESPOTATE OF EPIRUS
7. 8:15–8:30 PM – Dr. Dragoljub Marjanović, Belgrade
   EMPEROR STEFAN DUŠAN ON MOUNT ATHOS IN THE YEAR 1348

8:30 PM – Discussion
Dinner afterwards

June 4 (Thursday)

Chair: Dr. Dejan Gašić, Belgrade

1. 09:00–09:15 AM – Dr. Lidija Kovačeva, Skopje
   EXORCISM IN BYZANTIUM VS. RITUALE ROMANUM AND THE DIRECT HERITAGE OF THE BYZANTINE PRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL HEALING IN MACEDONIA
2. 09:15–09:30 AM – Goran M. Janićijević, East Sarajevo
   IMAGE AND MEANING: INTERPRETATION OF WORKS OF LATE ANTIQUE–EARLY CHRISTIAN ART THROUGH A SYNTHESIS OF ESTABLISHED METHODS OF ART HISTORY
3. 09:30–09:45 AM – Dr. Miloš Gvozdenović, Čačak
   THE SPIRIT OF BYZANTIUM IN THE LIFE OF GERASIM ZELIĆ
4. 09:45–10:00 AM – Dr. Vojislav Živković; Stevan Kordić, Niš
   AN OVERLOOKED SOURCE ON THE OTTOMAN SIEGE OF NIŠ 1386
5. 10:00–10:15 AM – Ivica Musić, Niš
   THE INSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL AS AN EXPRESSION AND FOUNDATION OF THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE

10:15–10:30 AM – Discussion and coffee break

Chair: Dr. Obraztsova Ksenia, Moscow

6. 10:30–10:45 AM – Dr. Dejan Gašić, Belgrade
   THE RETURN OF THE ORTHODOX ROMANS TO CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1261 AND THE IMAGE OF THE HESYCHASTIC TRANSFORMATION OF IMPERIAL LEGITIMACY
7. 10:45–11:00 AM – Dr. Franz Curk, Marija Curk, Niš
   THE SHROUD FROM THE CHURCH OF THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, VLASOTINCE
8. 11:00–11:15 AM – Dr. Jasmina Šaranac Stamenković; Dr. Irena Ljubomirović, Niš
   THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION OF NINOSLAVA RADOŠEVIĆ TO BYZANTINE HISTORIOGRAPHY
9. 11:15–11:30 AM – Marija Curk, Ignjatije Đorđević, Dr. Franz Curk, Niš
   THE ICONOSTASIS OF THE CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE IN GORNJI BARBEŠ
10. 11:30–11:45 AM – Dr. Obraztsova Ksenia, Moscow
    THE WAVE PATTERN IN LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ART: ONCE AGAIN ON THE SEMANTICS OF THE EARLY CROATIAN ORNAMENT

Chair: Dr. Ivo Topalilov, Sofia

11. 11:45 AM–12:00 PM – Dr. Mariana Minkova, Ivan T. Ivanov, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
    AN UNEXPLORED CHURCH CENTER NEAR STARA ZAGORA, BULGARIA, WITH POSSIBLE ANTIC ROOTS
12. 12:00–12:15 PM – Dr. Ralitza Bazaytova, Sofia
    IMAGES FROM THE NECROPOLIS OF ANCIENT SERDICA
13. 12:15–12:30 PM – Dr. Svetla Petrova, Sofia
    AN EARLY CHRISTIAN BRONZE LAMP IN THE SHAPE OF A DEER FROM THE PARTHICOPOLIS REGION. THE DEER IN EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
14. 12:30–12:45 PM – Dušan Rašković, Kruševac
    PRAESIDIUM DASMINI
15. 12:45–1:00 PM – Dr. Anita Vasilkova Midoska, Veles
    BETWEEN IMAGE AND WORD - A REASSESSMENT OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MOSAIC INSCRIPTIONS FROM STOBI
16. 1:00–1:15 PM – Dr. Ivo Topalilov, Sofia
    CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND CHRISTIANITY IN THRACE: SOME CONSIDERATIONS

1:15–1:30 PM – Discussion

1:30–3:30 PM – Lunch break

Chair: Dr. Dragoljub Marjanović, Belgrade

17. 3:30–3:45 PM – Lucija Đurašković, Budva
    SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS ON FLOOR MOSAICS OF THE LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD IN THE AREA OF BUDVA
18. 3:45–4:00 PM – Darjuš Samii, Novi Sad
    SAINT ANASTASIUS THE PERSIAN – A SAINT OF THE EAST AND THE WEST
19. 4:00–4:15 PM – Dr. Evgenii Shinakov; Andrey Fedosov, Bryansk, Russia
    NIŠ, THE TIMOČANI, AND A NEW THEORY ON THE ORIGIN OF THE TEMPLE RAY RINGS
20. 4:15–4:30 PM – Antonios Vratimos, Sakarya, Turkiye
    REMARKS ON THE FIRST TWO MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF ROMANOS IV DIOGENES IN 1068 AND 1069
21. 4:30–4:45 PM – Dr. Marco Fasolio, Vercelli, Italy
    MATCHMAKERS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE? ALLEGED MARRIAGE ALLIANCES BETWEEN THE GRAND KOMNENOI OF TREBIZOND AND SERBIAN DYNASTS
22. 4:45–5:00 PM – Dr. Hrvoje Gračanin, Zagreb
    ROMAN EMPERORS IN THE DE ADMINISTRANDO IMPERIO: LATE ROMAN AND EARLY BYZANTINE RULERS IN THE 10TH-CENTURY BYZANTINE REPRESENTATION
23. 5:00–5:15 PM – Dr. Katarina Mitrović, Belgrade
    BUDVA, A CITY IN THE EAST ACCORDING TO THE BUDVA ANNALS OF DON KRSTO IVANOVIĆ

5:15–5:30 PM – Discussion and coffee break

Chair: Dr. Jehona Spahiu Janchevska, Skopje

24. 5:30–5:45 PM – Dr. Marina Odak, Podgorica
    SAINT LAWRENCE ON THE COINS OF THE BALŠIĆ FAMILY: BETWEEN GENEALOGICAL CONSTRUCTION AND POLITICAL MESSAGE
25. 5:45–6:00 PM – Dr. Ivona Pandzak-Pineva, Prilep/Skopje
    THE LOST IMAGE: RECONSIDERING THE ICONOGRAPHIC PROGRAM OF ST. PANTELEIMON PLAOŠNIK THROUGH ITS 14TH-CENTURY FRAGMENTS
26. 6:00–6:15 PM – Dr. Branislav J. Cvetković, Jagodina
    NARTHEX MOSAIC IN ST SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE: GARMENTS OF SALVATION AND IMPERIAL POWER
27. 6:15–6:30 PM – Dr. Eleni Stoumpou-Katsamouris, Thessaloniki
    OBSERVATIONS ON THE MARBLE REVETMENT OF HAGIOS DEMETRIOS, THESSALONIKI, BASED ON EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPICTIONS
28. 6:30–6:45 PM – Dr. Ioannis Sisiou, Kastoria
    Η ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΉ ΣΤΙΣ ΔΎΟ ΠΡΟΣΌΨΕΙΣ ΔΥΤΙΚΉ ΚΑΙ ΝΌΤΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΤΑΞΙΆΡΧΗ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΌΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΆΣ
29. 6:45–7:00 PM – Dr. Miguel Gallés, Barcelona, Spain
    GALAKTOTROPHOUSA: SOMETHING OBVIOUS SINCE THE BEGINNING. UNPUBLISHED 16TH CENTURY VENETO-CRETAN ICON IN A BARCELONA ICON COLLECTION
30. 7:00–7:15 PM – Dr. Jehona Spahiu Janchevska, Skopje
    THE CURIOUS CASE OF TWO COEXISTING PAINTING PHASES IN THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD ST. NICHOLAS IN RANKOVCE
31. 7:15–7:30 PM – Dr. Julijana Marković, Belgrade
    MEDIEVAL THEMES IN THE MURAL PAINTING OF THE CHURCH OF ST. ELIJAH IN PEČENJEVCE
32. 7:30–7:45 PM – Dr. Anđela Gavrilović, Belgrade
    A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE ICONOGRAPHY AND MEANING OF THE DESCENT INTO HELL SCENE IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST PANTOKRATOR IN DEČANI
33. 7:45–8:00 PM – Dr. Igor Borozan, Belgrade
    FROM NEGATION TO AFFIRMATION: UROŠ PREDIĆ’S VIEWS ON BYZANTINE ART AND SERBIAN MEDIEVAL ART
34. 8:00–8:15 PM – Elena Kostić, Thessaloniki
    ON THE FRESCO OF SAINT NIKODIMOS THE NEW IN HILANDAR

8:00–8:15 PM – Discussion, end of session

June 5 (Friday)

• 09:30 AM – Reception at the City Presidency
• 10:00 AM–2:00 PM – Tour of cultural heritage monuments: Basilica of the Martyrs, the Fortress, and the Museum of Church Antiquities