About the Society
The Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches was established according to Austrian Law on September 28, 1969. The organizational center of the Society is the Department for Legal Philosophy (formerly the Institute for Canon Law) of the Viennese Faculty of Law. The purpose of the Society is the promotion of better international and inter-confessional scholarly collaboration among specialists of the Law of the Eastern Churches and of the Civil Law on Churches insofar as it concerns the Eastern Churches.
The Society is administered by the Board which is composed of:
President: Professor Astrid Kaptijn
President Emeritus: His Grace Kyrillos (Katerelos) Bishop of Abydos
Vice-President: Professor Dr. Lewis Patsavos
Councilor: Professor Mihail Constantinescu
Councilor: Rev. Professor Pablo Gefaell
Councilor: Professor Dr. Péter Szabό
Secretary General: Deacon Bartholomew Mercado
Chairperson of the Committee for the
Arrangement of the 2021 Congress: Fr. George Grigoriţă
Secretariat
Secretary General: Deacon Bartholomew Mercado
Vice-Secretary: Dr. David Heith-Stade
Treasurer: DDr. Mag. Thomas Németh
Auditors:
Hon. Prof. Dr. Brigitte Schinkele
Dr. Valeria Heuberger
Seat of the Society
Institut für Rechtsphilosophie
Schenkenstraße 8-10
4. Stock, Stiege 2
1010 Wien, Austria