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For Immediate Release                                   Sept. 25, 1998	                                                      	

Orthodox Christianity Focus of Two Lawrence University Lectures by British
Bishop  


     APPLETON, WIS. -- The first Englishman ever to become a Greek Orthodox
bishop will share his perspective on issues of tradition and doctrine in
Christianity in a pair of lectures at Lawrence University's Wriston Art
Center auditorium.

     His Grace Bishop Kallistos Ware, the Bishop of Diokleia, presents "The
Orthodox Church in the Modern World: Tradition and Personal Experience," on
Thursday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.  On Friday, Oct. 9 at 4:30 p.m., the bishop
delivers the address, "The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity: Is It Necessary?"
Both lectures are free and open to the public.

     A convert to Greek Orthodoxy, the British native has been hailed as
"perhaps the 20th century's foremost authority on Orthodoxy" by the Russian
Orthodox press.  Bishop Ware is both a fellow of Pembroke College and a
lecturer in Eastern Orthodox studies at the University of Oxford.  Before
joining the faculty of Oxford, Bishop Ware was abbot at the Monastery of St.
John on the Greek island of Patmos, where St. John is believed to have had
his Revelation.

     Bishop Ware appears at Lawrence as part of the Marguerite Schumann
Memorial Lectureship, which supports discussion of issues on a wide range of
topics.