Join us November 4th & 5th at:
St George Greek Orthodox Church
7701 Bradley Blvd
Bethesda, MD 20817

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Friday, Nov. 4

6:30pm — Registration Opens (Foyer)
7:00-8:00pm — Clergy Keynote - Fr. Turbo Qualls: Intrigue of the Empire (Sanctuary)
8:00pm — Reception (Founders Hall)
9:00pm — Registration Ends

Saturday, Nov. 5

 8:00am — Registration Opens (Foyer)

8:00am — Vendors Hall Opens (Founders Hall)

9:00am — Akathist: Glory to God for All Things (Chapel)

9:30–10:45am — Lay Keynote - Richard W. Rohlin: A (Meaning) Crisis on Infinite Earths (Chapel)

10:45am: Break

​11:00am–11:50am EST: Session One
Chapel
S. K. Ehra: Heroes of Vice: How the Anti-Hero Lost the Anti
Eve Tushnet: Horror Films and the Redemption of the Victims
Sanctuary
Bryan J. L. Glass: HAN SHOT FIRST! How Revisionism in Star Wars Reflects Our Culture's Distortion of Grace

12:00pm: Lunch (Founders Hall)

1:30pm–2:20pm EST: Session Two
Chapel
Eleanor Bourg Nicholson: Doppelgängers & Divinity: The Christian Potential of Unheimlich
Sanctuary
Rev. Robert L. Lewis, Jr.: Embodiment of Evil and the Battle Against Diabolic Foes

2:20pm: Break

2:45pm–3:35pm EST: Session Three
Sanctuary
Edmund Lazzari: Righteous Demon Spawn: Redeeming a Demonic Bloodline in Merlin Mythos, Hellboy, and Teen Titans' Raven
Chapel
Sarah Slater: Pain Made Holy: Sacrificial Redemption in Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion
Amy Browning-Dill: Glorious Purpose: The Role of Forgiveness and Self Sacrifice in Redemption

3:35pm: Break

4:00pm–4:50pm EST: Session Four
Chapel
Cynthia June Long: Will the Fairies be Redeemed?
Sanctuary
Erin Lazzari: Goodness at What Cost? An Investigation of Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist
Fr. Brian Russell: Resistance is No Longer Necessary: Changing Attitudes towards Transhumanism in Star Trek

4:50pm: Break

5:00pm: Great Vespers (Sanctuary)

6:00pm: Dinner (Founders Hall)