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Those who work with topics related to Modern Greek identity usually start discussing these issues by quoting the famous Georgios Gemistos Pletho (c.1360-1454): we, over whom you rule and hold sway, are Hellenes by genos (γένος), as is... more
The philosophical debate in the early Byzan-tine Renaissance has been characterized primarily by a significant renewal of interest in ancient philosophy and by a wave of scholarship attracted to Western theology. The study of secular... more
An in-depth study of MSS Vat. gr. 704, Oxon. Bodl. Barocci 48 and some other later manuscripts, such as MS Vat. gr. 1444, provides a new reconstruction for both the authorial composition of the Solutiones quaestionum and the De numero... more
In the article we make the case that St. Germanus II shared the traditional Patristic view of monasticism as of something superior in relation to the Christian marriage. A Christian is permitted to marry one or two times in his or her... more
Η σύνδεση του αριστοτελισμού με την ορθόδοξη θεολογία είναι προϊόν της σύγχρονης νεοελληνικής ανάγκης να δομηθεί ένας «ελληνοχριστιανικός» λόγος που να γεφυρώνει ή, ακόμη καλύτερα, να εκμηδενίζει την απόσταση ανάμεσα στην «νεορθοδοξία»,... more
Authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts, including historians, classicists, philosophers and theologians, this original collection of essays offers the first authoritative analysis of the multifaceted reception of Greek ethics in... more
This is the Introduction to the edited collection of papers with the title:
Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism: Philosophy and Theology in St Gregory Palamas’ Work, ed. by C. Athanasopoulos, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020
Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism: Philosophy and Theology in St Gregory Palamas’ Work, ed. by C. Athanasopoulos, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020
In order to understand the introduction of Thomism into Byzantium, one should start with the Dominican professor who introduced Demetrius Cydones to Thomism. This article fills the void by connecting East and West prior to Plested´s... more
Title in English: The presence of Proclus the Neoplatonist in George Pachymeres' Paraphrasis of De divinis nominibus of Dionysius the Areopagite (with a dictionary of concepts) Στην παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή, στην οποία ως κείμενο... more
This volume aims at proposing a wide-ranging discussion of the philosophical-theological and philological-literary aspects that have made the Corpus Dionysiacum a milestone in Christian literature, assessing them in relation to the... more
The paper studies the concept of sophía in the doctrine of saint Gregory Palamas. It is not limited to the factual presence of the term “sophía” in some passages of Palamas’ work, but delineates a sophiological conceptual spectrum as a... more
The purpose of this dissertation is: (a) to present the role of George Gemistos-Plethon as a philosopher-teacher, and (b) to formulate his philosophical ideas into a comprehensive system of philosophy. Plethon's role as a... more
This study critiques J. Gill's Council of Florence. It encompasses Mark's opera omnia (hapanta), along with Syropoulos, the various Acta Graeca, Latina, Slavicaque (i.e. praktika) of the Council (with extensive English translations of... more
Лев Математик и Философ (790/800 – после 869 г.), один из выдающихся византийских ученых, глава Константинопольского Университета и руководитель интеллектуального кружка, несколько десятилетий преподавал в столице Византии точные науки,... more
The theological formulation of the “eternal manifestation of the Spirit through the Son”, developed by the patriarch of Constantinople Gregory of Cyprus in the 13th century, has been the subject of numerous studies in the 20th century and... more
Narratives on the development of world civilization generated in the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (and largely not replaced since) accord a central position to the “classical tradition” as a constituent element... more
This essay provides a critical approach to the corpus of writings of the late fifth or early sixth-century author who called himself "Dionysius the Areopagite" by emphasising various aspects that would be of interest to modern psychology... more
Two theories of representation were formulated during the iconoclastic controversy in Byzantine Empire. John of Damascus is the author of Apologetic Treatises against those Decrying the Holy Images. He creates the defence of icons and the... more
In middle to late Byzantium, one finds dogmatic-style skeptical arguments employed against human reason in relation to divine revelation, where revelation becomes the sole criterion of certain truth in contrast to reason. This... more
"Od kilku dziesięcioleci jesteśmy świadkami renesansu ikony w Kościele. Mam na myśli Kościół sensu largissimo, niegraniczony do jednej tylko tradycji, konfesji, czy struktury jurysdykcyjnej. Ikona staje się na powrót własnością wszystkich... more
Some modern researchers have identified the ‘Clement the philosopher’ mentioned in On the Divine Names V.9 of Dionysius the Areopagite with Clement of Alexandria or with a pagan philosopher who was a contemporary of Dionysius or from a... more
In the past it has been tempting for scholars to present (pseudo-)Dionysius the Areopagite more or less as a Christian plagiarizer of Proclus. Recent literature has defied this uncharitable verdict and the present article aims to give... more
SUMMARY In the course of our examination we will detect philosophical and generally educational influences and associations of Michael Psellos in the later centuries from the Renaissance to the brink of the 17th century scientific... more
In the latter portion of The Triads, St. Gregory Palamas describes deification as an event that is inclusive of the entirety of man’s being, inasmuch as he becomes “entirely God in his soul and body by grace”. This bold assertion on the... more
THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PROGRAM
- by Maria Chalkou, State High School Advisor, PhD with "Summa cum Laude" (NKUA), MSc mathematician, editor of Codex Vindobonensis phil. Gr. 65, 15th cent. ff.(11r-126r)-2006, and Codex 72 of the Library of Dimitsana, 18th cent.-2009
- Historical Geography, Byzantine Literature, Byzantine Studies, Sigillography
This dissertation argues that martial virtues and images of the soldier’s life represented an essential aspect of early Byzantine masculine ideology. It contends that in many of the visual and literary sources from the fourth to the... more
This is the annual Bulletin of the International_Association_of_Patristic_Studies.pdf in which the works of its memebers are mentioned (for 2021 I have 10 mentions).
A study of the forms and functions of sacred space in the Life of Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949-1022) by Niketas Stethatos.
Στην ιστορία της χριστιανικής Γραμματείας ο 14ος αιώνας κατέχει σημαίνουσα θέση, η οποία οφείλεται στον επαναπροσδιορισμό των ερμηνευτικών κριτηρίων προσέγγισης της γραπτής και προφορικής Παράδοσης της Εκκλησίας με σκοπό να απαντηθούν με... more
I'm sorry to keep updating this translation, but new finds and new sources call for a new interpretation of the Greek text. As one uncovers Scholarios' sources his real genius comes to life. He reported that his Byzantine and Italian... more
The manuscript of Plato known as Plato T and today at the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice was kept in the library of San Giovanni e Paolo from 1500 to 1789. It may be termed the ‘Plato of San Zanipolo’. It was written by the scribe Ephraim... more
Political History, Byzantine Political Monism, Political Philosophy, Political History, Orthodox Church