Willibald in Jerusalem
In Commemoration of the 1300th Anniversary
of the Pilgrim Willibald of Eichstätt’s Arrival in Jerusalem
(November 11, 724)
Monday, November 11, 2024
A Day of Lectures and Liturgies / Light Lunch Provided
Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem (Mount Sion)
9:00 – 19:30
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
In the Footsteps of Willibald: Group Visits to Holy Sites
Holy Sepulchre, St Anne’s, Mary’s Tomb and Gethsemane
[Details provided at the Monday Conference]
9:00 – 13:00
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Rodney Aist (coursedirector@sgcjerusalem.org)
or Georg Röwekamp (g.roewekamp@dvhl.de).
Event Partners
Dormition Abbey on Mount Sion / Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande (DVHL)
Jerusalem Institute of the Görres Society
St George’s College, Jerusalem / The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Holy Land
Monday, November 11 (Dormition Abbey)
Speakers
- Dr. Georg Röwekamp, DVHL/Pilgerhaus Tabgha / 9:45
‘Willibald and the concept of peregrinatio ex patria’
- Professor Ora Limor, The Open University of Israel / Görres Keynote Lecture / 10:50
‘Willibald’s Pilgrimage: From Travel to Text’
- Dr. Rodney Aist, St George’s College, Jerusalem / 14:00
‘Willibald’s Description of Jerusalem’
- Round Table: ‘The Importance of Willibald for Modern Scholarship’ / 15:00
Dr. Carla Benelli, Pro Terra Sancta (Sebastia)
Professor Motti Aviam, Kinneret Academic College (Bethsaida)
- Professor Thomas Kremer, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt / 16:15
‘Pilgrims at Holy Sites of the Christian East’
- Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, University of Nottingham
‘Medieval Pilgrims’ Perceptions of Holy Land Liturgies’ / 17:15
Ecumenical Prayers and Liturgies (Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel)
Morning Prayer (9:00), Noonday Prayer (12:15), Vespers (18:30)
