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<div>The Most Reverend '''Daniel (Brum) of Chicago and the Midwest''' is the [[archbishop]] of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He also serves as rector of [[Ss._Peter_and_Paul_Church_(Phoenix,_Arizona)|Ss. Peter and Paul Church of Phoenix, Arizona]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
David Brum was born in Fresno, California, on [[November 16]], 1954, to Orville and Marjory Brum, the eldest son in a [[Roman Catholic]] family. He was raised in Riverdale, a Portuguese-American area, and graduated high school in 1973. He enrolled in St Patrick's College Seminary, Mountain View, where he discovered the history of Orthodoxy and attended services at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga. He began reading the [[Church Fathers]] in the 1970s and tried to integrate his private study into his regular study. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (specialising in history, philosophy and English literature) before entering St Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, graduating with a Masters of Divinity in 1981 and being ordained a Roman Catholic priest that same year. He served in a variety of capacities, including in the Portuguese-American community (and editor of the Portuguese-language page of the diocesan newspaper) and as diocesan Director of Vocations.<br />
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He was asked by his bishop to continue further studies in 1992, and, in 1995, received a JCL (degree in [[canon law]]) from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. During this time, his relationship with Orthodoxy continued with his research, and his study of canon law brought him closer to Orthodoxy. He nevertheless returned to his diocese and was assigned to the Diocesan Tribunal and a small, rural mission parish.<br />
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It was ultimately his study of canon law that brought him to petition to be received into the Orthodox Church in America, and he was received by vesting by Bp [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon]] of San Francisco and the West at the [[Monastery of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco (Manton, California)|Monastery of St John of Shanghai & San Francisco]]. He served at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga, until he was assigned to St Paul the Apostle Church in Las Vegas. He was transferred to the [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]] in August 1998 and assigned rector of St Gregory Palamas Mission, Flemington, New Jersey. He was appointed Secretary to Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] in 2000, continuing his service under Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]. He also served on several Church committees and commissions, including those utilising his knowledge of canon law.<br />
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In December 2005, he asked to return to parish ministry, and in July 2006 he was transferred to the Diocese of the West and appointed Rector of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Phoenix. He was elected a member of the Diocesan Council in October 2006.<br />
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On April 7, 2014, he was tonsured a monastic at the Monastery of St John of Shanghai, receiving the name Daniel<ref>[http://www.dowoca.org/news_140411_2.html Hieromonk Daniel (Brum) tonsured; Hierodeacon Innocent ordained] // dowoca.org</ref>.<br />
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On October 21, 2014, he was canonically elected Bishop of Santa Rosa, to serve as Auxiliary Bishop to Abp [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]] in the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod concludes fall session]</ref>. He was [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Santa Rosa on [[January 24]], 2015, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco.<br />
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On July 18, 2022, he was elected as the bishop of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest.<br />
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On November 11, 2022, he was unanimously elevated to the dignity of Archbishop by the Holy Synod.<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[https://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-daniel The Right Reverend Daniel, Bishop of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[https://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-daniel-of-santa-rosa The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]<br />
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<div>The Most Reverend '''Daniel (Brum) of Chicago and the Midwest''' is the [[archbishop]] of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He also serves as rector of [[Ss._Peter_and_Paul_Church_(Phoenix,_Arizona)|Ss. Peter and Paul Church of Phoenix, Arizona]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
David Brum was born in Fresno, California, on [[November 16]], 1954, to Orville and Marjory Brum, the eldest son in a [[Roman Catholic]] family. He was raised in Riverdale, a Portuguese-American area, and graduated high school in 1973. He enrolled in St Patrick's College Seminary, Mountain View, where he discovered the history of Orthodoxy and attended services at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga. He began reading the [[Church Fathers]] in the 1970s and tried to integrate his private study into his regular study. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (specialising in history, philosophy and English literature) before entering St Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, graduating with a Masters of Divinity in 1981 and being ordained a Roman Catholic priest that same year. He served in a variety of capacities, including in the Portuguese-American community (and editor of the Portuguese-language page of the diocesan newspaper) and as diocesan Director of Vocations.<br />
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He was asked by his bishop to continue further studies in 1992, and, in 1995, received a JCL (degree in [[canon law]]) from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. During this time, his relationship with Orthodoxy continued with his research, and his study of canon law brought him closer to Orthodoxy. He nevertheless returned to his diocese and was assigned to the Diocesan Tribunal and a small, rural mission parish.<br />
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It was ultimately his study of canon law that brought him to petition to be received into the Orthodox Church in America, and he was received by vesting by Bp [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon]] of San Francisco and the West at the [[Monastery of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco (Manton, California)|Monastery of St John of Shanghai & San Francisco]]. He served at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga, until he was assigned to St Paul the Apostle Church in Las Vegas. He was transferred to the [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]] in August 1998 and assigned rector of St Gregory Palamas Mission, Flemington, New Jersey. He was appointed Secretary to Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] in 2000, continuing his service under Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]. He also served on several Church committees and commissions, including those utilising his knowledge of canon law.<br />
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In December 2005, he asked to return to parish ministry, and in July 2006 he was transferred to the Diocese of the West and appointed Rector of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Phoenix. He was elected a member of the Diocesan Council in October 2006.<br />
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On April 7, 2014, he was tonsured a monastic at the Monastery of St John of Shanghai, receiving the name Daniel<ref>[http://www.dowoca.org/news_140411_2.html Hieromonk Daniel (Brum) tonsured; Hierodeacon Innocent ordained] // dowoca.org</ref>.<br />
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On October 21, 2014, he was canonically elected Bishop of Santa Rosa, to serve as Auxiliary Bishop to Abp [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]] in the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod concludes fall session]</ref>. He was [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Santa Rosa on [[January 24]], 2015, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco.<br />
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On July 18, 2022, he was elected as the bishop of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-daniel The Right Reverend Daniel, Bishop of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[https://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-daniel-of-santa-rosa The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]<br />
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<div>[[Image:Philip Saliba2.jpg|right|frame|Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) of New York]]<br />
His Eminence the Most Reverend '''Philip (Saliba)''', Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America ([[June 10]], 1931 &ndash; March 19, 2014), was the primate of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] (1966 to 2014). He was the longest serving Orthodox bishop in American history.<br />
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He was also one of two Vice Chairmen of the [[Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
===Early years: The Middle East and UK===<br />
Philip was born '''Abdullah Saliba''' in the small village of Abou Mizan in Lebanon. In 1945, at the age of 14, he went to seminary at the [[Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in Tripoli, Lebanon, where he met his lifelong friend, known today as His Grace, Bishop [[Antoun (Khouri) of Miami]]. He finished his schooling there in 1947, going to to further his studies at the Orthodox Secondary School in Homs, Syria (1947-1949).<br />
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He was ordained a [[deacon]] on [[August 6]], 1949, and appointed Secretary (1949-1953) to Patriarch [[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch|Alexander III of Antioch]], while continuing his studies at Assiyah College, Damascus, Syria (1949-1951). During his service as Patriarchal Secretary, he returned to Balamand Seminary and served as Dean of Students and Lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature (1952), eventually going to England and and pursuing further studies at Kelham Theological School, Nottinghamshire, UK (1953) and the University of London (1953).<br />
[[Image:Philip Saliba.jpg|left|Metropolitan Philip]]<br />
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===Coming to America===<br />
Dcn. Philip then came to the country where he would embark upon his life's work&mdash;the United States. At first, he continued his theological studies at [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]], Brookline, Massachusetts (1956), but left in 1956 to earn a B.A. in History at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (1956-1959), serving at nearby St. George Church (also in Detroit) as a [[deacon]].<br />
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In 1959, he was ordained to the holy [[priest|priesthood]] on [[March 1]] by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Bashir) of New York]] and appointed to pastor St. George Church in Cleveland, Ohio, where he served from 1959 to 1964. He then went on to complete his theological education at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York, earning the M.Div. degree in 1965.<br />
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In 1966, while still a priest and only 35 years of age, he was elected to serve as primate of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North American archdiocese]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. In June of that year, he was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]] by Metropolitan [[Elias (Kurban) of Tripoli]]. On [[August 14]], 1966, he was consecrated to the sacred [[bishop|episcopacy]] and made an [[archbishop]] at St. Elias Monastery in Lebanon, performed by Patriarch [[Theodosius VI (Abou Rjeily) of Antioch|Theodosius VI of Antioch]]. His enthronement as Metropolitan of New York was held in New York on [[October 13]] of that year.<br />
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===Achievements as Metropolitan===<br />
During his tenure as metropolitan, His Eminence made multiple major achievements for his flock, including the founding of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women of North America]] (1973), the [[Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch]] (1975), and the [[St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Theology]] (1980). In 1978, he purchased the land for and founded the [[Antiochian Village]] retreat center and summer camp, where the Antiochian House of Studies program (founded 1992) is held. One of his most famous acts was the reception of the majority of the [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] in 1987, renaming them the ''Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission''.<br />
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In 1975, Metropolitan Philip led the healing of the division between the two Antiochian archdioceses in America. With Metropolitan [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]], he combined the Archdioceses of New York and Toledo into a single archdiocese, becoming its primate while Archbishop Michael retired as an auxiliary archbishop.<br />
[[Image:Philip Saliba3.jpg|right|frame|Metropolitan Philip at the [[enthronement]] of Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita]]]]<br />
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For more than 40 years, Metropolitan Philip led the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], more than tripling the size of the archdiocese from about 65 parishes to around 250 parishes and missions today. He also served as the Vice Chairman of [[SCOBA]].<br />
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==Books==<br />
===By Metropolitan Philip===<br />
*''And He Leads Them: The Mind and Heart of Philip Saliba'', edited by Joseph J. Allen (Conciliar Press, 2001 - ISBN 1888212292)<br />
*''Feed My Sheep: The Thought and Words of Philip Saliba - On the Occasion of His Twentieth Year in the Episcopacy'', edited by Joseph J. Allen (SVS Press, 1997 - ISBN 0881410667)<br />
*''Out of the Depths Have I Cried: Thoughts on Incarnational Theology in the Eastern Christian Experience'', edited by Joseph J. Allen (Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1979 - ISBN 0916586324)<br />
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===About Metropolitan Philip===<br />
*''The First One Hundred Years: A Centennial Anthology Celebrating Antiochian Orthodoxy in North America'' by George S. Corey (Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, 1995 - ISBN 0962419028)<br />
*''Metropolitan Philip: His Life and Dreams - The Authorized Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan Philip Saliba'' by [[Peter Gillquist|Peter E. Gillquist]] (Thomas Nelson, 1991 - ISBN 0840775881)<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/MetropolitanPHILIP Metropolitan Philip (Saliba)] (official biography)<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/668 History of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/memory-eternal-his-eminence-metropolitan-philip Memory Eternal! His Eminence Metropolitan Philip]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.metropolitanphilip.com MetropolitanPhilip.com], comprehensive biographical website in honor of Metr. Philip's 40th year of his metropolitanate<br />
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===Writings===<br />
====Speeches and Articles====<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/fasts_feasts/saliba_no_room_for_him.htm There Was No Room for Him], January 1966<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/misc/philip_saliba_blessed_nation.htm Blessed is the Nation Whose God is the Lord], October 1976<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/fasts_feasts/philip_christmas_eve.htm Christmas Eve], December 1979<br />
*[http://www.schmemann.org/memoriam/1984.svtq5.philip.html I Have Fought the Good Fight], delivered at the funeral of Fr. [[Alexander Schmemann]], December 15, 1983<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/philip_saliba_orthodoxy_in_america.htm Orthodoxy in America: Success and Failure], April 1984<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/mission/saliba_mission_evangelism.htm The Orthodox Church in North America: Mission and Evangelism], January 1985<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/pastoral/philip_message_parish_councils.htm A Message to Parish Councils], December 1992<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_1999_archdiocese_convention.htm Address to the 1999 Archdiocese Convention]<br />
*[http://www.ocl.org/AS%20DELIVERED.htm Mission and Evangelism], delivered at the famous [[Ligonier Meeting]] in 1994<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/misc/philip_arab_world.htm The Future of the Arab World: A Vision], June 1998<br />
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====Encyclicals====<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_christmas_1966.htm Christmas Encyclical], 1966<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_saliba_christmas_1970.htm Christmas Encyclical], 1970<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_saliba_pascha_1971.htm Paschal Meditation], 1971<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_christmas_1973.htm Christmas Encyclical], 1973<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_directive_feb1998.htm Archpastoral Directive] regarding the Ben Lomond Crisis, February 1998<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/antioch/philip_saliba/philip_kosovo.htm Statement on Kosovo], April 6, 1999<br />
*[http://www2.wcc-coe.org/iraqstatements.nsf/0/c7a4e3dda9c56905c1256cfa002aca35?OpenDocument Statement on Iraq], October 9, 2002<br />
*[http://www.monachos.net/pascha/2004/philip_aausa.shtml Paschal Message], 2004<br />
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===Articles and other sites about Metropolitan Philip===<br />
*[http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/orthodoxy/PHILIPunity.php Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba and Christian Orthodox Unity in America], by Richard H. Curtiss<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20050827080521/http://www.ocl.org/AGAIN%20INTERVIEW.htm Again Magazine interview with Metr. Philip (November, 2003) (Archive.org)], especially regarding Orthodox unity in America<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20021020052147/http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/NEWS/phili0602/metphil0602.htm Pictures of the Historic Visit of Metropolitan PHILIP to Balamand (Archive.org)], June 21, 2002<br />
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<div>[[Image:BishopJOSEPH.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Archbishop Joseph of Los Angeles and the West]]<br />
His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui), Archbishop of New York and All North America is the former [[primate]] of the Self-Ruled [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], serving since his election by the Holy Synod of Antioch on July 3, 2014 until his retirement in 2022. He previously served as the auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the West.<br />
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==Life==<br />
===Early Years===<br />
Joseph G. Al-Zehlaoui was born on November 2, 1950, in Damascus, Syria to Georgi and Mathil (Baghdan) Al Zehlaoui. He received his elementary education at the St. John of Damascus and Al Assiyeh schools in Damascus, and his secondary education at [[Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand|Balamand Monastery]] in Koura, Northern Lebanon. He then studied philosophy at Lebanese University in Beirut and theology, languages and music at Salonika University in Greece. He is fluent in Arabic, English and Greek.<br />
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===Early pastoral roles===<br />
Bishop Joseph was [[ordination|ordained]] to the holy [[deacon|diaconate]] while a student in Salonica, in December, 1976. Subsequently, he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Beatitude, Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]], at St. Mary Cathedral in Damascus in December, 1980. While a deacon, he served parishes in Salonica. As a [[priest]], he was dean of St. Mary Cathedral of Damascus, and overseer of the Holy Cross Church and other parishes in the suburbs of Damascus. In 1983, he pastored the Arab Orthodox faithful living in London, England, and in 1986 was sent to Cyprus to minister to the Arab Orthodox living on the island. His election to the holy [[episcopate]] was on [[May 5]], 1991, and the [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] was on [[June 30]], 1991, in the Holy Cathedral of the [[Church of Antioch|Patriarchate]] in Damascus with the title ''Bishop of Katana, Syria''. <br />
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[[Image:Joseph Al-Zehlaoui.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bp. Joseph serving the [[Divine Liturgy]] at the side of Metr. [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]] in Brooklyn, New York.]] <br />
===Administrative roles===<br />
During his clerical ministry, he served as General Supervisor and Professor of Religious Education at the Al Assiyeh Orthodox College and supervised the Patriarchal headquarters in Damascus. Besides being the Patriarchal Assistant during the past several years, Bishop Joseph served as the secretary to the Holy Synod of Antioch, Editor-in-Chief of the Patriarchal Bulletin and participated in several theological conferences in Greece, Texas and Australia.<br />
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===A bishop for the Western USA===<br />
At the request of His Eminence, Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]], His Grace was selected by the [[Holy Synod]] of Antioch on [[January 24]], 1995, to be an [[auxiliary bishop]] for the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. <br />
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On [[September 12]], 2004, His Grace, Bishop Joseph, was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the first bishop of the Holy Diocese of Los Angeles and the West by Metr. Philip and the Local Holy Synod of the Archdiocese.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/ Archdiocese Website] <br />
*[http://www.antiochianladiocese.org/ Diocese Website]<br />
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<div>[[Image:Antiochian local synod.jpg|right|thumb|350px|'''The Local Synod of the Antiochian Archdiocese'''<br>L to R: Bp. [[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo|Mark]], Bp. [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Basil]], Bp. [[Antoun (Khouri) of Miami|Antoun]], Metr. [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip]], Bp. [[Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui) of Los Angeles|Joseph]], Bp. [[Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland|Thomas]], Bp. [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa|Alexander]]]]<br />
The '''Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America''' is the sole jurisdiction of the [[Church of Antioch]] in the United States and Canada with exclusive jurisdiction over the Antiochian Orthodox faithful in those countries. It is currently led by patriarchal vicar [[Antonios (Al-Souri) of Zahle, Baalbek, and Dependencies|Antonios (Al-Souri)]], following the retirement of [[Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui) of New York|Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui)]].<br />
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hq=Englewood, New Jersey|<br />
territory=United States and Canada|<br />
language=English, Arabic, Spanish|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant]], [[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|<br />
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== History of the Archdiocese ==<br />
[[Image:Raphael of Brooklyn.jpg|left|thumb|150px|St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]]]]<br />
''Main Article: [[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in America]]''<br />
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The first Orthodox bishop [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] in North America, [[Raphael of Brooklyn|St. Raphael Hawaweeny]], was consecrated by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] in America to care for the Orthodox Arab faithful in the USA and Canada. The Antiochian Archdiocese in North America traces its genesis to his ministry. His initial arrival in America was not to serve in the episcopacy, however, but he came as an [[archimandrite]] in 1895 at the request of members of the Syrian Orthodox Benevolent Society, an ostensibly philanthropic group whose primary purpose was to maintain ties between Orthodox Arabs living in America. He thus came to the US and was canonically received under the [[omophorion]] of Bishop [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of the Aleutians]], the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]'s exarch in America at the time.<br />
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Upon arriving in New York, Fr. Raphael established a [[parish]] in lower Manhattan, then the center of the Syrian immigrant community. By 1900, however some 3,000 of these immigrants had moved across the East River, shifting the center of their life to Brooklyn. Thus, in 1902, the parish purchased a larger church building in that borough on Pacific Street. The church was named for St. [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas the Wonderworker]], renovated for Orthodox [[worship]], and then consecrated on [[October 27]], 1902, by St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]]. St. Nicholas Cathedral was later relocated to State Street in Brooklyn and is today considered the mother cathedral of the Archdiocese.<br />
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At the request of St. Tikhon, Fr. Raphael was chosen as his [[auxiliary bishop]], consecrated at [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (New York, New York)|St. Nicholas Cathedral]] as Bishop of Brooklyn and given more authority for his care of Arabic Orthodox Christians in America. Not long after, he founded ''Al-Kalimat'' (''The Word'') magazine, published service books in Arabic which were used in America, the Middle East, and throughout the Arabic Orthodox diaspora. St. Raphael fell asleep in the [[Lord]] at the age of 54 on [[February 27]], 1915, after short, but fruitful, years of service. <br />
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[[Image:St Elias Ottawa.jpg|left|thumb|250px|St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, Ottawa, Canada]]<br />
However, after the Bolshevik Revolution threw the Russian Orthodox Church and its faithful abroad into chaos, the Orthodox Arab faithful in North America, simultaneously shaken by the death of their beloved bishop St. Raphael, chose to come under the direct care of the [[Church of Antioch|Patriarchate of Antioch]]. Due to internal conflicts, however, the Antiochian Orthodox faithful in North America were divided between two [[archdiocese]]s, those of New York and Toledo, generally representing those who were loyal to the [[Church of Antioch]] and the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Church of Russia]], respectively. This division of the Arabic faithful resulted significantly from the division in loyalty to the bishops who aligned themselves at the time with the [[Orthodox Church in America|Russian Metropolia]], those who were involved with the formation of the now-defunct [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]], and those who chose to have canonical recourse directly to the [[Holy Synod]] of Antioch.<br />
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With the signing of the Articles of Reunification by Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]] and Metropolitan [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo|Michael (Shaheen)]] in 1975, the two Antiochian Orthodox archdioceses were united as one Archdiocese of North America (now with its headquarters in Englewood, New Jersey). Metropolitan Philip became the primate of the newly reunified archdiocese, and Metropolitan Michael became an auxiliary archbishop. Since then the Archdiocese has experienced rapid and significant growth through the [[conversion]] of a number of Evangelical Protestants&mdash;both individually and as congregations, especially with the reception of the majority of the [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] in the 1980s&mdash;and also through ongoing evangelization and the immigration of Orthodox Arabs from the Middle East.<br />
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== The Archdiocese today ==<br />
The archdiocese is currently led by patriarchal vicar [[Antonios (Al-Souri) of Zahle, Baalbek, and Dependencies|Antonios (Al-Souri)]], who has five [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] [[bishop]]s assisting him in caring for the nine [[diocese]]s of the growing Archdiocese, which is the third largest Orthodox Christian [[jurisdiction]] in North America, having 236 communities (38 of which are missions). Estimates of the number of faithful range from 51,320 to 84,000[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] to 380,000[http://www.electronicchurch.org/2002/NCC_members.htm] depending on the report and the counting method being used. The number of new Antiochian parishes in the decade between 1990 and 2000 rose by approximately 33%, and the primary membership growth in the Archdiocese has been from American converts.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] From 2003 to 2005, an increase of 1,229 communicants was reported at the conventions, an increase of 2.5%.<br />
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The Archdiocese also includes the [[Western Rite Vicariate]], a group of about 16 [[parish]]es and 7 missions which worship according to the [[Western Rite]].<br />
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[[Image:Antiochian bishops.jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''New bishops with the patriarch'''<br>Left to Right: Bp. [[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo|Mark]], Patr. [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]], Bp. [[Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland|Thomas]], Bp. [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa|Alexander]]]]<br />
On [[October 9]], 2003, the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Antioch]] granted the Archdiocese's request to be granted self-rule (as distinct from [[autonomy]], and though the words have the same literal meaning in English, they are distinct in Arabic) to allow it to better govern itself, improve and increase its outreach efforts, internally organize itself into several dioceses, and continue progress toward Orthodox administrative unity in the Americas. Three new [[bishop]]s were consecrated in December of 2004 to assist in the governance of the reorganized Archdiocese.<br />
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The Archdiocese also includes one [[monasticism|monastic]] community, [[St. Paul Skete (Grand Junction, Tennessee)]], a community for women. It does not run any of its own seminaries, but sends its seminarians to theological schools run by other [[jurisdiction]]s or overseas. The Archdiocese does run various non-seminary educational programs, however, including the [[St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Theology]].<br />
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The Antiochian Archdiocese is also a member of the [[Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America]] which superseded [[SCOBA]] and was formerly a member of the [[National Council of Churches]] (NCC), but on [[July 28]], 2005, its Archdiocesan Convention voted unanimously to withdraw fully from that organization, thus making it the first of the major Orthodox jurisdictions in the US to do so.<br />
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Additionally, the 2005 convention voted another first for a major American Orthodox jurisdiction: to alter the assessment-based model of archdiocesan revenue to a [[tithing|tithe]] (10%) of each parish's income (excepting building funds), to be phased in at 8% in 2007 and then followed by 1% increases in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Of the Archdiocese's 236 communities, 31 are already tithing. <br />
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===Diocesan structure===<br />
*[[Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian)|Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest (Antiochian)|Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Los Angeles and the West (Antiochian)|Diocese of Los Angeles and the West]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Miami and the Southeast (Antiochian)|Diocese of Miami and the Southeast]]<br />
*[[Diocese of New York and Washington, DC (Antiochian)|Diocese of New York and Washington, D.C]].<br />
*[[Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York (Antiochian)|Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York]].<br />
*[[Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian)|Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America (Antiochian)|Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Worcester and New England (Antiochian)|Diocese of Worcester and New England]]<br />
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===Membership figures===<br />
According to the November 2007 issue of the ''Word'' magazine (p. 5)[http://www.antiochian.org/assets/word/NOV2007WORD.PDF], the following membership figures were reported at the 2007 Archdiocesan Convention:<br />
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{| border="1" class="toccolours" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="clear:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; font-size:95%; text-align:left; border-collapse: collapse;"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:150%;" | Archdiocese membership figures (2007)<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| '''Diocese'''<br />
| '''Parishes'''<br />
| '''Baptized souls'''<br />
|-<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of New York and Washington, DC (Antiochian)|Archdiocesan District]]<br />
| 15 <br />
| 4639 <br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York (Antiochian)|Ottawa]] <br />
| 18 <br />
| 6617 <br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian)|Charleston and Oakland]]<br />
| 29 <br />
| 5838<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America (Antiochian)|Wichita]] <br />
| 45<br />
| 6976<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian)|Toledo]] <br />
| 45<br />
| 11145<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest (Antiochian)|Eagle River]]<br />
| 20<br />
| 2257<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Worcester and New England (Antiochian)|Worcester]]<br />
| 11<br />
| 4547 <br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Miami and the Southeast (Antiochian)|Miami]]<br />
| 36<br />
| 4055<br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| [[Diocese of Los Angeles and the West (Antiochian)|Los Angeles]]<br />
| 33<br />
| 8594 <br />
|- style="vertical-align: top;"<br />
| '''Total''' <br />
| '''252'''<br />
| '''54667''' <br />
|}<br />
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== The Episcopacy ==<br />
===Current bishops===<br />
*Most Reverend [[Antonios (Al-Souri) of Zahle, Baalbek, and Dependencies|Antonios (Al-Souri)]], Patriarchal Vicar<br />
*Right Reverend [[Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland|Thomas (Joseph)]], Bishop of Charleston/Oakland<br />
*Right Reverend [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa|Alexander (Mufarrij)]], Bishop of Ottawa<br />
*Right Reverend [[John (Abdalah) of Worcester|John (Abdalah)]], Bishop of Worcester and New England<br />
*Right Reverend [[Anthony (Michaels) of Toledo|Anthony (Michaels)]], Bishop of Toledo and the Midwest<br />
*Right Reverend [[Nicholas (Ozone) of Brooklyn|Nicholas (Ozone)]], Bishop of Brooklyn<br />
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===Primates===<br />
*New York Archdiocese (1924-1975)<br />
**Metropolitan [[Victor (Abo-Assaley) of New York|Victor (Abo-Assaley)]], 1924-1935<br />
**Metropolitan [[Anthony (Bashir) of New York|Anthony (Bashir)]], 1936-1966<br />
**Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]], 1966-1975<br />
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*Toledo Archdiocese (1936-1975)<br />
**Metropolitan [[Samuel (David) of Toledo|Samuel (David)]], 1936-1958<br />
**Metropolitan [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo|Michael (Shaheen)]], 1958-1975<br />
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*Archdiocese of North America (1975-present)<br />
**Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]], 1975-2014<br />
**Metropolitan [[Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui) of Los Angeles|Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui)]], 2014-2022<br />
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===Former bishops===<br />
*Right Reverend [[Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh|Demetri (Khoury)]], auxiliary bishop for Toledo<br />
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==Book==<br />
*Corey, George S., ed. ''The First One Hundred Years: a Centennial Anthology Celebrating Antiochian Orthodoxy in North America'', Englewood, NJ: Antakya Press, 1995 (ISBN 0962419028)<br />
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==External links==<br />
[[Image:Antiochian logo.jpg|right|The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/ Official Website of the Archdiocese]<br />
*[http://www.antiochpat.org/ Official Website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch]<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/668 History of the Archdiocese] (book excerpt)<br />
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<div>His Excellency, '''Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion''' was the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America]] serving as titular Metropolitan of Philomelion from 2002 until his repose on 7 October 2022. The Albanian Diocese is under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
In 1937, Ilia was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Albanian immigrants who had emigrated to the United States in 1920. During his youth, he attended the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George whose [[priest]] influenced his decision to become a priest. During this period he learned the Albanian and Greek languages as he completed his secondary education. <br />
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While choosing to serve the Albanian community, Ilia chose a theological education at the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Theological Seminary]] in Brookline, Massachusetts, that would also serve the Greek community. In 1961, he married Helen, with whom he had two children, Sotir Mark and Eugenia. Helen died in 2001.<br />
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After his graduation from Holy Cross in 1961, Ilia was [[ordination|ordained]] a priest and was assigned to the Holy Trinity Albanian Orthodox Church in Boston, After serving at Holy Trinity until [[August 31]], 1983, Fr. Ilia continued his education at Holy Cross Seminary where he received a Master of Divinity degree. He then accepted an assignment as Dean of Student Affairs at the [[Hellenic College (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Hellenic College]] and Holy Cross Seminary. <br />
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In 1988, he was assigned as priest of St. John Greek Orthodox Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving until 2002. During his service at St. John Church, Fr. Ilia was twice sent in 1992 to Albania by [[Patriarch]] [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew]] to assist in the re-organization and re-building the Albanian Church that had almost been destroyed while the country was under communist rule. He also was involved in the construction of a new church, community center, and administration building for the community of St. John. <br />
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In 2002, Fr. Ilia was elected to the episcopate by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Constantinople as Bishop of Philomelion to lead the Albanian Orthodox [[Diocese]] of America. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] on [[May 12]], 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey. <br />
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In 2004, Bishop Ilia was assigned by Patr. Bartholomew to the [[Church of Albania]] to [[Archbishop]] [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios of Tirana]], to serve as [[dean]] of the Resurrection of Christ Theological Academy at St. Vlash Monastery near Durres, Albania. After serving as dean for three years, Bp. Ilia returned full-time to serve the Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America.<br />
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Bp. Ilia also served some years as acting [[abbot]] of the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou in Astoria, New York starting in December 2010.<br />
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In 2019 in recognition of his exceptional contributions to Orthodox theological formation, praxis, and ecumenical dialogue, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople elevated him to titular Metropolitan of Philomenion. <br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160316092045/http://mgatours.com:80/html/bishop_ilia_katre.html ''Archive of'' Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion]<br />
*[http://www.greeknewsonline.com/?p=14150 Fanar accepts resignations of Paisios and Vikentios, appoints acting abbot]<br />
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<div>His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Paul (Yazigi) of Diyarbakir''' is the former metropolitan of the [[archdiocese]] of Aleppo (Haleb), Syria, of the [[Church of Antioch]]. <br />
[[Image:Paul of Aleppo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo]]<br />
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==Life==<br />
Metropolitan Paul (Rami) Yazigi was born in 1959 in the coastal city of Lattakya (Syria) into a very devout Christian family. After graduating from the secondary school, where he excelled in his studies, he entered the University of Tishreen and pursued courses for a Civil Engineering degree. While at the university, he was active in youth ministry, sunday school, and Byzantine music training. In 1985, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a deacon. After graduating, he studied theology at the University of Thessaloniki, graduating in 1989 with a Master's degree and in 1992 with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Theology, with excellence. His thesis, written in Greek, has been published as a book titled: ''Eschatology & Ethics: The Eschatological Foundations of the Life in Christ According to St. John Chrysostom'' (Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992). He also studied Byzantine music and iconography in Greece and at [[Mount Athos]]. <br />
[[Image:Mt-PaulYazigi2.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo]]<br />
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In 1992, Metr. Paul was ordained to the [[priest]]hood and began teaching patrology, ethics, and homiletics at the [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Institute]] at the University of Balamand in Lebanon. In 1994, he was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. From 1994 to 2001 he served as Dean of the Institute of Theology. In 1999, the Holy Synod commended him for his work at the Institute. On [[October 2]], 2000, he was elected Metropolitan of Aleppo by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Antioch. His election was followed by his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] as [[bishop]] at Mariamieh Cathedral in Damascus on [[October 20]]. He was enthroned in Aleppo on [[October 22]].<br />
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Since his elevation to [[metropolitan]], Metr. Paul was active in ordination of his [[clergy]]. He had, through mid 2008, performed 24 ordinations to the holy diaconate and to the holy priesthood in Aleppo and in Turkey. He was appointed, in September 2005, representative of the Patriarchate of Antioch to the official theological discussions between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He also was commissioned by the Patriarch to minister the region of Hatay in Turkey that is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate.<br />
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He was kidnapped in Aleppo along with the Syriac Orthodox archbishop John Ibrahim on April 22nd 2013.<br />
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In October 2021, Paul was transferred in absentia to the honorary (titular) see of Diyarbakir, with Ephreim Maalouli becoming metropolitan of Aleppo in his stead. <br />
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==Writings and translations==<br />
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* Homelies (I), Triodion and Pentecostarion, ed. Greek Orthodox [[Archdiocese of Aleppo]], 2006.<br />
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* Homelies (II), Minaion, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo, 2006.<br />
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* Two Voyagers between heaven & earth, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Bosra, 2005.<br />
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* St Arsenios the Capadoc, of Gerontas Paissios, ed. Holy Monastery of Balamand – Lebanon, 1997 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* Psalms 50 & 62, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 74, 1996.<br />
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* Staretz Ilarion, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 67, 1995 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* Staretz Samson, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 657, 1995 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* The power of the Name, ed. Holy Monastery of the Dormition – Blemana, 1994 (Translation from English).<br />
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* Letter of love – Basics of the Christian faith, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 58, 1994 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* Spiritual Anthologia (I), ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 57, 1994.<br />
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* St Cassionos the Roman, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 54, 1993 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* ''Self knowledge and agape according to Gerontas Joseph the Hesychas'' (Greek), Holy Monastery of Makhairas, Cyprus 2005.<br />
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* ''Brief account of the Ecumenical Activities in the Middle East'' (English), Fairacres Chronicle, Vol. 36, Issue 2, Spring 2003, Oxford, England, pp. 27-33.<br />
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* ''Woman in the Bible and the Church Fathers'' (Greek), Synaxis Eukharistias, ed. Indoktos, Greece, 2003, pp. 205-236.<br />
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* ''Fleshly, psychic and spiritual man according to Apostle Paul and to St John Chrysostom'', Chronicle of the Theological Faculty of Balamand, issues 3-5, 2001-2002 & 2002-2003, pp. 48-65.<br />
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* ''Globalization'' (Arabic & English), Chronicle of the Theological Faculty of Balamand, issues 2-3, 1999-2000 & 2000-2001, pp. 155-203.<br />
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* ''Woman in the Bible and the Church Fathers'' (Arabic), Al Nashra, Patriarchate of Antioch; AL Arabiya, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Bosra.<br />
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* ''The Christian vision of unity in a multicultural world – the approach of St Maxim the Confessor'' (Arabic), Al Nashra, Patriarchate of Antioch.<br />
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==Sermons==<br />
=== Elevation of the Cross===<br />
* Elevation of the Cross-1 [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/cross-b-7-1.pdf The Sign of the Cross]<br />
* Sunday After Elevation [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/cross-c-7-1.pdf Who I Am & What I Own]<br />
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=== Luke Sundays===<br />
* 1st Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke01-7-1.pdf The Fisher’s and The Apostle’s Faith] <br />
* 3rd Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke03-7-1.pdf Mankind And Divine Providence]<br />
* 4th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke04-7-1.pdf The Sower & the Earth]<br />
* 5th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke05-7-1.pdf The Human Sensitiveness About Life And Death]<br />
* 8th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke08-7-1.pdf Who Is My Neighbour]<br />
* 9th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke09-7-1.pdf The Fool]<br />
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===Nativity/Epiphany===<br />
* Nativity [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/nat-nat-b-1.pdf Christ's Cradle or Grave]<br />
* Sunday before Epiphany [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/nat-epi-a-1.pdf Prepare the way of the Lord]<br />
* Epiphany [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/nat-epi-b-1.pdf The Divine Pleasure and Human Love]<br />
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===Triodion===<br />
* Sunday of the Prodigal Son [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/triodion02-7-1.pdf The Door of Repentance]<br />
* Sunday of the Last Judgment [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/triodion03-7-1.pdf The meaning of love]<br />
* Sunday of Forgivness [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/triodion04-7-1.pdf The Healing of Humanity]<br />
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===Great Lent===<br />
* Sunday of Orthodoxy [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent01-7-1.pdf The Icon & The Vision of God][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent01-7-2.pdf The Vision of God][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent01-7-3.pdf Orthodoxy through the Past and into the Future]<br />
* Sunday of Gregory Palamas [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent02-7-1.pdf Sin from a Palamite View and from a Rational view]<br />
* Veneration of the Cross [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent03-7-1.pdf Is Christ the last Christian][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent03-7-2.pdf The Eternal Wooden Altar]<br />
* Sunday of St John Climacus [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent04-7-1.pdf Prayer and fasting][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent04-7-2.pdf Faith and Pain]<br />
* Sunday of St Mary of Egypt [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent05-7-1.pdf The Pleasurable or the Wearisome][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent05-7-2.pdf The Blood of Christ and our Baptism]<br />
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===Holy Week===<br />
* Palm Sunday [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw1-pa-1.pdf The King of Peace]<br />
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* Great Monday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw2-mo-a-1.pdf The Unfruitful Fig Tree]<br />
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* Great Tuesday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw3-tu-a-1.pdf The Dynamic Love & the Rigid Attitude of the Pharisee]<br />
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* Great Wednesday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw4-we-a-1.pdf Chastity & Resurrection]<br />
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* Great Wednesday (Liturgy) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw4-we-b-1.pdf Theory & Practice]<br />
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* Great Friday (Mattin)[http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw6-fr-a-1.pdf The Golgotha of History]<br />
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* Great Saturday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw7-sa-a-1.pdf The Death of God & the Life of Man]<br />
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===Pentecostarion===<br />
* Pascha [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent00-7-1.pdf Christ is Risen]<br />
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* Sunday of Thomas [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent01-7-1.pdf My Lord and My God]<br />
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* The Myhrr bearers Women [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent02-7-1.pdf The Myrrh-Bearers]<br />
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* Sunday of the Paralytic [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent03-7-1.pdf The Living and Life-Giving Word]<br />
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* Sunday of the Samaritan [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent04-7-1.pdf Who is Jesus Christ Risen from the Dead and Living Eternally]<br />
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* Sunday of the Blind Man [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent05-7-1.pdf Pain & the Resurrection][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent05-7-2.pdf The Christening of Creation]<br />
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* The Ascension [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent06-4-1.pdf The Divine Glory & Human Joy]<br />
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* The Fathers of 1st Ecumenical Synod [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent06-7-1.pdf The Unity of Christians]<br />
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* Pentecost [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent07-7-1.pdf The Kneeling Service]<br />
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===Matthew's Sundays===<br />
* 1st Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew01-7-1.pdf Jesus, the All in All]<br />
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* 2sd Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew02-7-1.pdf The Call of the First Disciples]<br />
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* 4th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew04-7-1.pdf The Effective Word of God]<br />
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* 5th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew05-7-1.pdf Thy Kingdom Come]<br />
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* 6th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew06-7-1.pdf An Age of Spirit or of Matter]<br />
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* 10th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew10-7-1.pdf The Mustard Seed of Man’s Work & the Mountains of Grace]<br />
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* 11th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew11-7-1.pdf The Bond Linking Myself to my Neighbor]<br />
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* 14th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew14-7-1.pdf The Heavenly Wedding Garments]<br />
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* 17th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew17-7-1.pdf Faith & the Atheism of Religions]<br />
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=== Minaion ===<br />
* The Three Hierarchs [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-01-30-1.pdf The Three Hierarchs][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-01-30-2.pdf The Word and Pastoral Care]<br />
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* The Feast of Sts Peter & Paul [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-06-29-1.pdf The Kiss of Virtues]<br />
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* Feast of St. John the Theologian [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-09-26-1.pdf Heavenly Wings]<br />
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* The Feast of the Archangels [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-11-08-1.pdf Who Are You]<br />
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==Articles==<br />
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* Metropolitan Paul's lecture as Dean of St John Damascene Institute of theology - Balamand, at the opening of the academic year 98 - 99 [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_who%20is%20the%20theologian.pdf Who is the Theologian]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture, at Cambridge University Autumn 2002, addressing the students of the master degree program [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_interpreting%20john%20chap.%203.pdf The Scope of Knowledge and that of Faith]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture, November 8th 2002, addressing the members of the Orthodox Institute at Camvridge University and memvers of St Alban & Peter Fellowship [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_fleshly%20psychic%20spiritual%20man.pdf Fleshly, Psychic and Spiritual Man - Flesh’s and Soul’s Warfare - According to the Apostle Paul and St John Chrysostom]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture, September 11th 2002, at "East & West Meeting", Minster Abbey, U.K. [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_account%20of%20ecumenical%20activities%20in%20middle%20east.pdf A Brief Account of Ecumenical Activities in the Middle East]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture at the International Peace Conference in Aachen - Germany, September 7th 2003, organized by St Egidio Community [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_religiosity%20&%20fondamentalism.pdf Symphony and Heterophony Among Religions-Demarcation Line between Religiosity and Fundamentalism-]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.alepporthodox.org/templates/en/metropolitan_biography.html Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo]<br />
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[[Category:Bishops]]<br />
[[Category:Bishops of Aleppo]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]<br />
[[Category:St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology Graduates]]<br />
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<div>His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Paul (Yazigi) of Diyarbakir''' is the former metropolitan of the [[archdiocese]] of Aleppo (Haleb), Syria, of the [[Church of Antioch]]. <br />
[[Image:Paul of Aleppo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo]]<br />
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==Life==<br />
Metropolitan Paul (Rami) Yazigi was born in 1959 in the coastal city of Lattakya (Syria) into a very devout Christian family. After graduating from the secondary school, where he excelled in his studies, he entered the University of Tishreen and pursued courses for a Civil Engineering degree. While at the university, he was active in youth ministry, sunday school, and Byzantine music training. In 1985, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a deacon. After graduating, he studied theology at the University of Thessaloniki, graduating in 1989 with a Master's degree and in 1992 with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Theology, with excellence. His thesis, written in Greek, has been published as a book titled: ''Eschatology & Ethics: The Eschatological Foundations of the Life in Christ According to St. John Chrysostom'' (Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992). He also studied Byzantine music and iconography in Greece and at [[Mount Athos]]. <br />
[[Image:Mt-PaulYazigi2.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo]]<br />
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In 1992, Metr. Paul was ordained to the [[priest]]hood and began teaching patrology, ethics, and homiletics at the [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Institute]] at the University of Balamand in Lebanon. In 1994, he was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. From 1994 to 2001 he served as Dean of the Institute of Theology. In 1999, the Holy Synod commended him for his work at the Institute. On [[October 2]], 2000, he was elected Metropolitan of Aleppo by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Antioch. His election was followed by his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] as [[bishop]] at Mariamieh Cathedral in Damascus on [[October 20]]. He was enthroned in Aleppo on [[October 22]].<br />
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Since his elevation to [[metropolitan]], Metr. Paul was active in ordination of his [[clergy]]. He had, through mid 2008, performed 24 ordinations to the holy diaconate and to the holy priesthood in Aleppo and in Turkey. He was appointed, in September 2005, representative of the Patriarchate of Antioch to the official theological discussions between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He also was commissioned by the Patriarch to minister the region of Hatay in Turkey that is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate.<br />
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He was kidnapped in Aleppo along with the Syriac Orthodox archbishop John Ibrahim on April 22nd 2013.<br />
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In October 2021, Paul was transferred in absentia to the honorary (titular) see of Diyarbakir, with Ephreim Maalouli becoming metropolitan of Aleppo in his stead. <br />
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==Writings and translations==<br />
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* Homelies (I), Triodion and Pentecostarion, ed. Greek Orthodox [[Archdiocese of Aleppo]], 2006.<br />
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* Homelies (II), Minaion, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo, 2006.<br />
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* Two Voyagers between heaven & earth, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Bosra, 2005.<br />
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* St Arsenios the Capadoc, of Gerontas Paissios, ed. Holy Monastery of Balamand – Lebanon, 1997 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* Psalms 50 & 62, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 74, 1996.<br />
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* Staretz Ilarion, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 67, 1995 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* Staretz Samson, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 657, 1995 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* The power of the Name, ed. Holy Monastery of the Dormition – Blemana, 1994 (Translation from English).<br />
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* Letter of love – Basics of the Christian faith, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 58, 1994 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* Spiritual Anthologia (I), ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 57, 1994.<br />
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* St Cassionos the Roman, ed. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Lattakia, no. 54, 1993 (Translation from Greek).<br />
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* ''Self knowledge and agape according to Gerontas Joseph the Hesychas'' (Greek), Holy Monastery of Makhairas, Cyprus 2005.<br />
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* ''Brief account of the Ecumenical Activities in the Middle East'' (English), Fairacres Chronicle, Vol. 36, Issue 2, Spring 2003, Oxford, England, pp. 27-33.<br />
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* ''Woman in the Bible and the Church Fathers'' (Greek), Synaxis Eukharistias, ed. Indoktos, Greece, 2003, pp. 205-236.<br />
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* ''Fleshly, psychic and spiritual man according to Apostle Paul and to St John Chrysostom'', Chronicle of the Theological Faculty of Balamand, issues 3-5, 2001-2002 & 2002-2003, pp. 48-65.<br />
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* ''Globalization'' (Arabic & English), Chronicle of the Theological Faculty of Balamand, issues 2-3, 1999-2000 & 2000-2001, pp. 155-203.<br />
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* ''Woman in the Bible and the Church Fathers'' (Arabic), Al Nashra, Patriarchate of Antioch; AL Arabiya, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Bosra.<br />
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* ''The Christian vision of unity in a multicultural world – the approach of St Maxim the Confessor'' (Arabic), Al Nashra, Patriarchate of Antioch.<br />
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==Sermons==<br />
=== Elevation of the Cross===<br />
* Elevation of the Cross-1 [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/cross-b-7-1.pdf The Sign of the Cross]<br />
* Sunday After Elevation [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/cross-c-7-1.pdf Who I Am & What I Own]<br />
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=== Luke Sundays===<br />
* 1st Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke01-7-1.pdf The Fisher’s and The Apostle’s Faith] <br />
* 3rd Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke03-7-1.pdf Mankind And Divine Providence]<br />
* 4th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke04-7-1.pdf The Sower & the Earth]<br />
* 5th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke05-7-1.pdf The Human Sensitiveness About Life And Death]<br />
* 8th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke08-7-1.pdf Who Is My Neighbour]<br />
* 9th Sunday of Luke [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/luke09-7-1.pdf The Fool]<br />
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===Nativity/Epiphany===<br />
* Nativity [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/nat-nat-b-1.pdf Christ's Cradle or Grave]<br />
* Sunday before Epiphany [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/nat-epi-a-1.pdf Prepare the way of the Lord]<br />
* Epiphany [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/nat-epi-b-1.pdf The Divine Pleasure and Human Love]<br />
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===Triodion===<br />
* Sunday of the Prodigal Son [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/triodion02-7-1.pdf The Door of Repentance]<br />
* Sunday of the Last Judgment [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/triodion03-7-1.pdf The meaning of love]<br />
* Sunday of Forgivness [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/triodion04-7-1.pdf The Healing of Humanity]<br />
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===Great Lent===<br />
* Sunday of Orthodoxy [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent01-7-1.pdf The Icon & The Vision of God][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent01-7-2.pdf The Vision of God][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent01-7-3.pdf Orthodoxy through the Past and into the Future]<br />
* Sunday of Gregory Palamas [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent02-7-1.pdf Sin from a Palamite View and from a Rational view]<br />
* Veneration of the Cross [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent03-7-1.pdf Is Christ the last Christian][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent03-7-2.pdf The Eternal Wooden Altar]<br />
* Sunday of St John Climacus [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent04-7-1.pdf Prayer and fasting][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent04-7-2.pdf Faith and Pain]<br />
* Sunday of St Mary of Egypt [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent05-7-1.pdf The Pleasurable or the Wearisome][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/lent05-7-2.pdf The Blood of Christ and our Baptism]<br />
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===Holy Week===<br />
* Palm Sunday [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw1-pa-1.pdf The King of Peace]<br />
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* Great Monday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw2-mo-a-1.pdf The Unfruitful Fig Tree]<br />
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* Great Tuesday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw3-tu-a-1.pdf The Dynamic Love & the Rigid Attitude of the Pharisee]<br />
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* Great Wednesday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw4-we-a-1.pdf Chastity & Resurrection]<br />
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* Great Wednesday (Liturgy) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw4-we-b-1.pdf Theory & Practice]<br />
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* Great Friday (Mattin)[http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw6-fr-a-1.pdf The Golgotha of History]<br />
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* Great Saturday (Mattin) [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/hw7-sa-a-1.pdf The Death of God & the Life of Man]<br />
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===Pentecostarion===<br />
* Pascha [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent00-7-1.pdf Christ is Risen]<br />
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* Sunday of Thomas [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent01-7-1.pdf My Lord and My God]<br />
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* The Myhrr bearers Women [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent02-7-1.pdf The Myrrh-Bearers]<br />
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* Sunday of the Paralytic [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent03-7-1.pdf The Living and Life-Giving Word]<br />
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* Sunday of the Samaritan [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent04-7-1.pdf Who is Jesus Christ Risen from the Dead and Living Eternally]<br />
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* Sunday of the Blind Man [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent05-7-1.pdf Pain & the Resurrection][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent05-7-2.pdf The Christening of Creation]<br />
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* The Ascension [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent06-4-1.pdf The Divine Glory & Human Joy]<br />
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* The Fathers of 1st Ecumenical Synod [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent06-7-1.pdf The Unity of Christians]<br />
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* Pentecost [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/pent07-7-1.pdf The Kneeling Service]<br />
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===Matthew's Sundays===<br />
* 1st Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew01-7-1.pdf Jesus, the All in All]<br />
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* 2sd Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew02-7-1.pdf The Call of the First Disciples]<br />
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* 4th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew04-7-1.pdf The Effective Word of God]<br />
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* 5th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew05-7-1.pdf Thy Kingdom Come]<br />
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* 6th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew06-7-1.pdf An Age of Spirit or of Matter]<br />
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* 10th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew10-7-1.pdf The Mustard Seed of Man’s Work & the Mountains of Grace]<br />
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* 11th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew11-7-1.pdf The Bond Linking Myself to my Neighbor]<br />
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* 14th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew14-7-1.pdf The Heavenly Wedding Garments]<br />
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* 17th Sunday of Matthew [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/matthew17-7-1.pdf Faith & the Atheism of Religions]<br />
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=== Minaion ===<br />
* The Three Hierarchs [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-01-30-1.pdf The Three Hierarchs][http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-01-30-2.pdf The Word and Pastoral Care]<br />
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* The Feast of Sts Peter & Paul [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-06-29-1.pdf The Kiss of Virtues]<br />
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* Feast of St. John the Theologian [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-09-26-1.pdf Heavenly Wings]<br />
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* The Feast of the Archangels [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/min-11-08-1.pdf Who Are You]<br />
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==Articles==<br />
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* Metropolitan Paul's lecture as Dean of St John Damascene Institute of theology - Balamand, at the opening of the academic year 98 - 99 [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_who%20is%20the%20theologian.pdf Who is the Theologian]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture, at Cambridge University Autumn 2002, addressing the students of the master degree program [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_interpreting%20john%20chap.%203.pdf The Scope of Knowledge and that of Faith]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture, November 8th 2002, addressing the members of the Orthodox Institute at Camvridge University and memvers of St Alban & Peter Fellowship [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_fleshly%20psychic%20spiritual%20man.pdf Fleshly, Psychic and Spiritual Man - Flesh’s and Soul’s Warfare - According to the Apostle Paul and St John Chrysostom]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture, September 11th 2002, at "East & West Meeting", Minster Abbey, U.K. [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_account%20of%20ecumenical%20activities%20in%20middle%20east.pdf A Brief Account of Ecumenical Activities in the Middle East]<br />
* Metropolitan Paul's lecture at the International Peace Conference in Aachen - Germany, September 7th 2003, organized by St Egidio Community [http://www.alepporthodox.org/files/writings-en/writings/eng_religiosity%20&%20fondamentalism.pdf Symphony and Heterophony Among Religions-Demarcation Line between Religiosity and Fundamentalism-]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.alepporthodox.org/templates/en/metropolitan_biography.html Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo]<br />
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[[el:Παύλος Χαλεπίου]]</div>Vyprhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Kallistos_(Ware)_of_Diokleia&diff=130244Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia2022-08-25T04:41:04Z<p>Vypr: More past-tense stuff.</p>
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<div>[[Image:Kallistos Ware.jpg|right|frame|Metr. Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]]<br />
His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia''' (September 11, 1934 - [[August 24]], 2022, also known by his lay name, '''Timothy Ware''') was a [[titular bishop|titular metropolitan]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in Great Britain. From 1966-2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University, and had authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox Christian faith, and Orthodoxy's relationship to broader culture, including the sciences]]. He reposed in the Lord after struggling with various illness on August 24th, 2022.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born '''Timothy Ware''' in Bath, Somerset, England, Metropolitan Kallistos was educated at Westminster School (to which he had won a scholarship) and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a Double First in Classics as well as reading Theology. In 1958, at the age of 24, he embraced the Orthodox Christian faith (having been raised Anglican), traveling subsequently throughout Greece, spending a great deal of time at the [[Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Patmos, Greece)|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] in Patmos. He also frequented other major centers of Orthodoxy such as Jerusalem and [[Mount Athos]]. In 1966, he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest|priesthood]] and was [[tonsure|tonsured]] as a [[monk]], receiving the name Kallistos, in honour of St. [[w:Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos|Kallistos Xanthopoulos]].<ref group="note">A late 13th and early 14th century Byzantine theological [[w:Polymath|polymath]], the last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians.</ref><br />
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In the same year, he became a lecturer at Oxford, teaching Eastern Orthodox Studies, a position which he held for 35 years until his retirement. In 1979, he was appointed to a Fellowship at Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1982, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the [[bishop|episcopacy]] as a [[titular bishop]] with the title ''Bishop of Diokleia'', appointed to serve as the assistant to the bishop of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]'s [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]]. Despite his elevation, Kallistos remained in Oxford and carried on his duties both as the parish priest of the Oxford Greek Orthodox community and as a lecturer at the University. <br />
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Since his retirement in 2001, Kallistos had continued to publish and to give lectures on Orthodox Christianity, traveling widely. Until recently, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the [[Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies]] in Cambridge. He was the chairman of the group [[Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona]] and served on the advisory board of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.<br />
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On [[March 30]], 2007, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated the Diocese of Diokleia to Metropolis and Bishop Kallistos to Titular Metropolitan of Diokleia.<br />
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==List of Writings by Kallistos (Timothy) Ware, Bishop of Diokleia==<br />
Metropolitan Kallistos was perhaps best known as the author of the book ''The Orthodox Church'', published when he was a layman in 1963 and subsequently revised several times. More recently, he produced a companion volume, ''The Orthodox Way''. <br />
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However his most substantial publications have emerged from his translation work. Together with [[G. E. Palmer]] and [[Philip Sherrard]]), he had undertaken to translate the [[Philokalia]] (four volumes of five published to date); and with Mother Mary he produced English translations of the [[Lenten Triodion]] and Festal [[Menaion]].<br />
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The list below contains the complete writings of Metropolitan Kallistos (up until the year 2001), as published in the [[w:Festschrift|Festschrift]] that was written for him,<ref group="note">John Behr, Andrew Louth, Dimitri Conomos (eds.). ''Abba, The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West: Festschrift for Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia.'' Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003. 376 pp. ISBN 0-88141-248-1</ref> celebrating his retirement from active professional responsibilities in 2001.<ref group="note">For 35 years, from 1966 to 2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford.</ref> Each section below is listed in chronological order .<br />
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===Books===<br />
* ''The Orthodox Church'' (Pelican Original: Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963), 352 pp. <br />
:[New edition, fully revised (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1993). Translated into various languages.]<br />
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* ''Eustratios Argenti: A Study of the Greek Church under Turkish Rule'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964), xii + 196pp. <br />
:[Photographic reprint (California: Eastern Orthodox Books, 1974).]<br />
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* ''The Orthodox Way'' (London & Oxford: Mowbrays/Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary press, 1979), 195pp. [Translated into various languages.]<br />
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* ''The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church'' (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2000), 96 pp.<br />
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===Translations===<br />
* Translated and edited with Mother Mary (of [[w:Bussy-en-Othe|Bussy-en-Othe]]), ''The Festal [[Menaion]]'' (London: Faber & Faber, 1969), 564 pp. <br />
:[The introduction and appendices are by KW; the translation was made jointly.]<br />
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* Translated and edited with Mother Mary (of Bussy-en-Othe), ''The Lenten Triodon'' (London: Faber and Faber, 1978), 699pp. <br />
:[The introduction is by KW, the translation was made jointly.]<br />
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* Translated with Mother Mary (of Bussy-en-Othe), ''The Lenten Triodon. Supplementary Texts'', duplicated publication by the Orthodox Monastery of the Veil of the Mother of God, Bussy-en-Othe, 1979 [in fact 1980], 305pp.<br />
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* Translated and edited with G. E. H. Palmer and [[Philip Sherrard|P. Sherrard]], ''The [[Philokalia]]. The Complete Text compiled by St. [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain|Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain]] and St. [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Makarios of Corinth]]'' (London: Faber & Faber, vol. I, 1979, 378pp.; vol, II, 1981, 414pp.; vol. III, 1984, 379pp.; vol. IV, 1995, 458pp.).<br />
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===Writings===<br />
* “ ‘Economy’ according to Orthodox Theology: Its Application to Non-Orthodox Sacraments,” ''Chrysostom'', 5 (1961), 6-8.<br />
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* “ ‘Guarding the Walls’: The Greek Orthodox Monk and his Service to the World,” ''Chrysostom'', 9 (1962), 5-7.<br />
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* “Saints and Beasts: The Undistorted Image,” ''The Franciscan'', 5.4 (1963) , 144-52.<br />
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* “The Communion of Saints,” in A.J. Philippou (ed.), ''The Orthodox Ethos'', Studies in Orthodoxy, 1 (Oxford: Holywell Press, 1964), 140-9.<br />
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* “The Orthodox Church in England,” in [[Brotherhood of Theologians Zoe|Zoe Brotherhood]] (ed.), ''A Sign of God: Orthodoxy 1964'' (Athens: Zoe, 1964), 47-62.<br />
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* “The Doctrine of the Church in Reunion Discussions,” ''Eastern Churches Newsletter'', 48 (1968), 4-13.<br />
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* “The Mother of God in Orthodox Theology and Devotion,” in the series “Mother of Jesus,” No. 6 (Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary), 1970, 14pp. <br />
:[Reprinted in A. Stacpoole (ed.), ''Mary’s Place in Christian Dialogue'' (Slough: St Paul’s Publications, 1982), 169-81.]<br />
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* “The Sacrament of Baptism and the Ascetic Life in the Teaching of Mark the Monk,” ''Studia Patristica'', X, Texte und Untersuchungen, 107 (Berlin, 1970), 441-52.<br />
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* “Orthodox and Catholics in the Seventeenth Century: Schism or Intercommunion?” in Derek Baker (ed.), ''Schism, Heresy and Religious Protest'', Studies in Church History, 9 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), 259-76. <br />
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* ''The Power of the Name: The Jesus Prayer in Orthodox Spirituality'', Fairacres Publications no. 43 (Oxford, 1974), 25pp. <br />
:[New edition: Oxford: Fairacres Publications, 1986.] <br />
:[Reprinted in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, ''The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality'' (Torrance, CA: Oakwood Publications, 1992), 135-73.]<br />
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* “The Ecumenical Councils and the Conscience of the Church,” in ''Kanon'', II, Jahrbuch der gesellschaft fur das Recht der Ostkirchen (Vienna, 1974), 217-33.<br />
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* “Death and Life,” ''Christian'', 2.4 (175), 363-9.<br />
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* “The Fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and His Secret Conversion to the Orthodox Church ,” in D. Baker (ed.), ''The Orthodox Churches and the West'', Studies in Church History, 13 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, for the Ecclesiastical History Society, 1976), 247-56.<br />
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* “Mount Athos Today,” ''Christian'', 3.4 (1976), 322-33.<br />
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* “ ‘Separated from All and United to All’: The Hermit Life in the Christian East,” in A. M. Allchin (ed.), ''Solitude and Communion'', Fairacres Publications, 66 (Oxford: Fairacres Publications, 1977), 30-47.<br />
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* “The Moscow Conference, 1976,” in Kallistos Ware and Colin Davey, ''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue'', (London: SPCK, 1977), 39-81. <br />
:[French trans. ''Istina'', 24 (Jan-Mar 1979), 7-43.]<br />
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* “Conversation with Kallistos Ware,” in E. Robinson (ed.), ''This Time-Bound Ladder: Ten Dialogues on Religious Experience'' (Oxford: The Religious Experience Research Unit, Manchester College, 1977), 107-23.<br />
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* “Man, Woman, and the Priesthood in Christ,” in Peter Moore (ed.), ''Man, Woman, and Priesthood'' (London: SPCK, 1978), 68-90, 177-80. <br />
:[Reprinted in [[Thomas Hopko]] (ed.), ''Women and the Priesthood'' (Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1983), 9-37.] <br />
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* “The ARCIC Agreed Statement on Authority: An Orthodox Comment,” ''One in Christ'', 14.3 (1978), 198-206.<br />
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* “The Holy Spirit in the Personal Life of the Christian,” in ''Unity in the Spirit – Diversity in the Churches'', The Report of the Conference of European Churches, Assembly VIII, 18th-25th October, 1979, Crete (Geneva: WCC, 1980), 139-69.<br />
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* “Kirkon Salaisuus” [“The Mystery of the Church”], ''Ortodoksia'', 29 (1980), 7-75. [In Finnish: the English original remains unpublished.]<br />
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* “Patterns of Episcopacy in the Early Church and Today: An Orthodox View,” in Peter Moore (ed.), ''Bishops: But What Kind?'' (London: SPCK, 1982), 1-24. <br />
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* “The Church: A Time of Transition,” in R. Clogg (ed.), ''Greece in the 1980s'' (London: Macmillan, 1983), 208-30.<br />
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* “Salvation and Theosis in Orthodox Theology,” in ''Luther et la Reforme allemande dans une perspective oecumenique'' (Chambesy: Editions du centre Orthodoxe du Patriarchat Oecumenique, 1983), 167-84.<br />
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* “Unity and Mission,” in Unity and Mission, The Report of the Eleventh General Assembly of Syndesmos, (Kuopio: Syndesmos, 1984), 5-15.<br />
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* “The Sanctity and Glory of the Mother of God: Orthodox Approaches,” ''The Way'', Supplement 51, Papers of the 1984 International Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1984), 79-96.<br />
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* “The Humanity of Christ,” The Fourth Constantinople Lecture, 29/30 November 1984 (London: The Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, 1984), 12pp.<br />
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* “Bishop Kallistos of Oxford Looks at Ecumenism” (Interview with A. Kelleher), ''Diakonia'', 19.1-3 (1984-85), 132-6.<br />
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* “Image and Likeness: An Interview with Bishop Kallistos Ware” (by J. Morgan), ''Parabola'', 10.1 (1985), 62-71. <br />
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* “Why I am an Orthodox,” ''The Tablet'' (16 February 1985), 159-60.<br />
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* “The Jesus Prayer in St. [[Diadochos of Photiki|Diadochus of Photice]],” ''Aksum Thyateira: A Festschrift for Archbishop Methodios'' (London, 1985), 557-68.<br />
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* “[[Nous]] and Noesis in Plato, Aristotle and [[Evagrius Ponticus|Evagrius of Pontus]],” ''Diotima'' 13, Proceedings of the Second International Week on the Philosophy of Greek Culture, Kalamata 1982, Part II (1985), 158-63.<br />
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* “Ways of Prayer and Contemplation. I. Eastern,” in B. McGinn & [[John Meyendorff|J. Meyendorff]] (edd.), ''Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century'', World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, vol. 16 (New York: Crossroad, 1985), 395-414.<br />
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* ''Praying Home: The Contemplative Journey'', with Mary Clare and Robert Llewelyn (Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 1987).<br />
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* “The Theology and Spirituality of the Icon,” ''From Byzantium to El Greco'', Royal Academy of Arts, (London, 1987), 37-9.<br />
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* “Spirit, Church, Eucharist,” ''The Franciscan'', 29.2 (1987), 77-84.<br />
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* “The Unity of the Human Person according to the Greek Fathers,” in Arthur Peacocke and Grant Gillett (edd.), ''Persons and Personality. A Contemporary Inquiry'', Ian Ramsey Centre Publication no. I (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987), 197-206, 215-17.<br />
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* ''How to Read your Bible'' (Mt. Hermon , Ca: Conciliar Press, 1988), 16pp.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Britain: Its Origins and Future,” in ''Directory of Parishes and Clergy in the British Isles 1988/89'' (Stylite Publishing and Orthodox Fellowship of St. John the Baptist, 1988), 3-6.<br />
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* “St. Maximos of Kapsokalyvia and Fourteenth-Century Athonite Hesychasm,” in Julian Chrysostomides (ed.), ''ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΡΙΑ: Essays presented to Joan Hussey for her 80th birthday'' (London: Porphyrogenitus, 1989), 409-30.<br />
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* “Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition,” ''Epiphany'', 9.2 (1989), 48-59. <br />
:[Reprinted in ''Marianum'' 52, 1-2 (1990), 210-27.]<br />
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* “The Feast of Mary’s Silence: The Entry into the Temple (21 November),” ''The Month'', August/September (1989), 337-41. <br />
:[Also printed in Alberic Stacpoole (ed.), ''Mary in Doctrine and Devotion'': Papers of the Liverpool Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dublin: The Columba Press, 1990), 34-41.] <br />
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* “The Meaning of ‘Pathos’ in Abba Isaias and Theodoret of Cyrus,” ''Studia Patristica'', XX (Leuven: Peeters, 1989), 315-22.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Britain: Its Origins and Future,” ''Sourozh'', 42 (1990), 23-8.<br />
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* “The Spiritual Father in St. [[John Climacus]] and St. [[Symeon the New Theologian]],” ''Studia Patristica'', XVIII.2 (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications/Leuven: Peeters, 1989), 299-316. <br />
:[Reprinted in Irenee Hausherr, ''Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East'', Cistercian Studies Series, 116 (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1990), vii-xxxiii.]<br />
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* “Eastern Christendom,” in John McManners (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), 122-61.<br />
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* “The Meaning of the [[Divine Liturgy]] for the Byzantine Worshipper,” in Rosemary Morris (ed.), ''Church and People in Byzantium'', Twentieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Manchester, 1986 (Birmingham: Center for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, 1990), 7-28.<br />
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* “Tradition, the Bible and the Holy Spirit,” ''Epiphany'', II.2 (1991), 7-16.<br />
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* “Saints in the Image of the Trinity,” in ''The Reckless Saints: Sermons from All Saints Margaret Street'', Festival 1990 (London, 1991), 1-5.<br />
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* “The Sacrament of Love: The Orthodox Understanding of Marriage and its Breakdown,” ''The Downside Review'', 109, no. 375 (April 1991), 79-93.<br />
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* “Praying with Icons,” in Paul McPartlan (ed.), ''One in 2000? Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity'' (Slough: St. Paul’s, 1993), 141-168. <br />
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* “Athos after Ten Years: the Good News and the Bad,” ''[[Friends of Mount Athos]], Annual Report 1992'' (published 1993), 8-17.<br />
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* “How to Read the Bible,” in Peter E. Gillquist (ed.), ''The [[Orthodox Study Bible]]: New Testament and Psalms'' (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1993), 726-70. (revised version on 1988 Conciliar Press pamphlet).<br />
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* “The Church of God: Our Shared Vision,” ''Logos'', 34.1-2 (1993), 10-29.<br />
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* “Response to the Presentation by His Grace Bishop Basil (Losten): ‘The Roman Primacy and the Church of Kiev,’ ” ''Logos'', 34.1-2 (1993), 107-16.<br />
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* “Prayer and Sacraments in the Synagogue,” in Margaret Mullett and Anthony Kirby (edd.), ''The Theotokos Evergetis and Eleventh-Century Monasticism'', Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations 6.1 (Belfast, 1994), 325-47.<br />
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* “The Tension Between the ‘Already’ and ‘Not Yet,’ “ in Colin Davey (ed.), ''Returning Pilgrims. Insights from British and Irish participants in the Fifth World Faith and Order Conference Santiago de Compostela'' 3-14 August 1993 (London: Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, 1994), 29-33.<br />
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* “The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition,” in Rienk Lannoy (ed.), ''For Us and Our Salvation'', IIMO Research Publication 40 (Utrecht-Leiden, 1994), 107-31. <br />
:[Reprinted separately with the title ''How are we Saved? The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition'' (Minneapolis Mn: Light and Life, 1996), 19 pp.]<br />
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* “Response to Fr Andriy Chirovsky: ‘Towards an Ecclesial Self-Identity for the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church,’ ” ''Logos'', 35.1-4 (1994), 125-31.<br />
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* “Gerald Palmer, the Philokalia and the Holy Mountain,” in ''[[Friends of Mount Athos]], Annual Report 1994'' (published 1995), 23-28.<br />
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* “The Way of the [[Asceticism|Ascetics]]: Negative of Affirmative?” in Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (edd.), ''Asceticism'' (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), 3-15.<br />
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* “A Fourteenth-Century Manual of Hesychast Prayer: The ''Century'' of St. Kallistos and St. Ignatios Xanthopoulos” (Toronto: Canadian institute of Balkan Studies, 1995), 32pp.<br />
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* “ ‘Act out of Stillness’: The Influence of Fourteenth-Century [[Hesychasm]] on Byzantine and Slav Civilization,” The “Byzantine Heritage” Annual Lecture, 28 May, 1995, ed. Daniel J. Sahas (Toronto: The Hellenic Canadian Association of Constantinople and the Thessalonikean Society of Metro Toronto, 1995), 25pp.<br />
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* “ ‘In the Image and Likeness’: The Uniqueness of the Human Person,” in John T. Chirban (ed.), ''Personhood: Orthodox Christianity and the Connection Between Body, Mind, and Soul'' (Westport, CN: Bergin & Garvey, 1996), 1-13.<br />
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* ''Spirituality: Eastern and Western Perspectives'', talks given by Bishop Kallistos Ware and Philip Sheldrake, Great St. Mary’s Papers, Two (Cambridge, 1996), 41pp.<br />
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* “Has God Rejected His People? Saint Paul on the Vocation of Israel,” ''Saint John of Kronstadt Bulletin'' (September 1996); also ''In Communion'', Journal of Orthodox Peace Fellowship (October 1996), 1-4.<br />
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* “Lent and the Consumer Society,” in Andrew Walker and Costa Carras (edd.), ''Living Orthodoxy in the Modern World'' (London: SPCK, 1996), 64-84.<br />
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* “St Athanasius the Athonite: Traditionalist or Innovator?” in Anthony Bryer and Mary Cunningham (edd.), ''Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism''. Papers from the Twenty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1994, Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Publications, 4 (Aldershot: Variorum/Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1996), 3-16. <br />
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* “An Icon of Human Freedom,” in Mircea Pacurariu and Aurel Jivi (edd.), ''Teologie, Slujire, Ecumenism: Inalt Prea Sfintului Dr Antoine Plamadeala, Mitropolitul Ardealului, la implinirea varstei de 70 ani'' (Facultatea de Teologie “Andrei Saguna”), extract from Revista Teologica, 3-4 (Sibiu, 1996), 103-9.<br />
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* ''Through the Creation to the Creator'' (London: Friends of the Centre, 1997), 30pp.<br />
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* “ ‘My Helper and My Enemy’: The Body in Greek Christianity,” in Sarah Coakley (ed.), ''Religion and the Body'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 90-110.<br />
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* “The Trinity, Heart of Our Life,” in James S. Cutsinger (ed.), ''Reclaiming the Great Tradition'' (Downers Grove, Illinois: Inter Varsity Press, 1997), 125-46.<br />
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* “Confession” ''Saint John of Kronstadt Bulletin'' (December 1997).<br />
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* ''Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition'' (Wallington, Surrey: The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1997), 20pp.<br />
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* “The Place of Mary: I. No New Dogmas, Please,” ''The Tablet'' (17 January 1998), 93. <br />
:[Reprinted in Edward Yarnold (ed.), ''The Place of Mary in the Church: Mariologists on Mary – Co-Redeemer'' (Wallington, Surrey: Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1998), 3-5.]<br />
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* “God of the Fathers: [[C. S. Lewis]] and Eastern Christianity,” in David Mills (ed.), ''The Pilgrim’s Tale: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998), 53-69.<br />
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* “Man, Woman and the Priesthood of Christ” [revised version of 1978], in [[Thomas Hopko]] (ed.), ''Women and the Priesthood'' (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999), 5-53.<br />
:[Reprinted in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel and Kallistos Ware, ''The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church'' (Geneva: Risk Book Series, WCC Publications, 2000), 49-96. <br />
:French trans. “Homme, femme et pretrise du Christ,” in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (ed.), ''L’ordination des femmes dans l’Eglise orthodoxe'' (Paris : Cerf, 1998), 51-96.]<br />
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* “The Soul in Greek Christianity,” in M. James C. Crabbe (ed.), ''From Soul to Self'' (London & New York: Routledge, 1999), 49-69.<br />
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* “Prayer in [[Evagrius Ponticus|Evagrius of Pontus]] and the Macarian Homilies,” in Ralph Waller and Benedicta Ward (edd.), ''An Introduction to Christian Spirituality'' (London: SPCK, 1999), 14-30.<br />
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* “The Passions: Enemy or Friend?” ''In Communion'', 17, Journal of Orthodox Peace Fellowship (Fall 1999), I-8. [Also translated into Dutch and Finnish.]<br />
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* “Open to a New Situation: A Fresh Approach to Old Problems?” in ''Orientale Lumen II: Conference Proceedings-1998'' (Washingtom DC: Eastern Churches Journal, 1999), 101-20.<br />
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* “Not Peace, But a Sword,” in ''Orientale Lumen III: Conference Proceedings-1999'' (Washingtom DC: Eastern Churches Journal, 1999), 187-91.<br />
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* “With All Our Heart, In Thanksgiving Let Us Offer The World Back To God,” in ''The Orthodox Church'', 35.10-11 (October-November 1999), 3, 9, 16.<br />
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* “Personal Experience of the Holy Spirit according to the Greek Fathers,” ''Stranitsi'' 4.1 (Moscow: St. Andrew’s Biblical College, 1999), 10-23. [Russian trans.; English text still unpublished.]<br />
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* “What is a Saint?” Sermon at the St. Birinus Pilgrimage Service, Dorchester. II July 1999 (issued separately).<br />
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* “Body, Intellect, Heart: Prayer of the Total Self,” ''The St. Nina Quarterly'', 3.1 (Winter 1999), I, 9-11, 15.<br />
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* “The Use of the [[Jesus Prayer]] in Daily Life,” ''Saint Mark Annual Review 1999'' (Bethesda, Maryland: Saint Mark Orthodox Church, 2000), 1-13.<br />
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* “The Witness of the Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century,” Address at the Tenth Orthodox Congress in Western Europe, Paray-le-Monial, 30 October - 1 November 1999, ''Sourozh'', 80 (May 2000), 1-14.<br />
:[Reprinted in ''The Ecumenical Review'', 52.1 (2000), 46-56; also in translation in French, Italian, Flemish, and Greek.]<br />
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* “Saint [[Gregory Palamas]],” ''The Tablet'' (18 March 2000), 400.<br />
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* “The Nearness yet Otherness of the Eternal in Meister Eckhardt and St. Gregory Palamas,” ''Eckhardt Review'', 9 (Spring 2000), 41-53.<br />
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* “Go Forth in Peace,” ''In Communion'' (May 2000), I-7. [Also trans. Into Dutch.]<br />
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* “A Peaceful Ending to our Life.” Lecture given at Vezelay, April 1999; in Finnish trans., ''Aamun Koitto'', 2 (2000), 4-8.<br />
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* “What is Eastern Christianity? The Christian East: Unity and Diversity,” in William Joseph Buckley (ed.), ''Kosovo: Contending Voices on Balkan Interventions'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000), 116-19.<br />
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* ''The Inner Kingdom'', The Collected Works, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000).<br />
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* “Eastern Orthodox Theology,” in Adrian Hastings et al. (edd.), ''The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought'' (Oxford: OUP, 2000), 184-7.<br />
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* “ ‘The Light that Lightens Everyone’: The Knowledge of God Among Non-Christians according to the Greek Fathers and St. Innocent,” ''Greek Orthodox Theological Review'', 44, “1999” (in fact, 2001), 557-64.<br />
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* “The Orthodox Understanding of Pilgrimage,” ''Forerunner'', 38 (Winter 2001-2). 1-10.<br />
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* “Glorify God with your Body,” ''In Communion'' (Spring 2001), 7-13.<br />
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* “Eastern Christianity,” in Richard Harries and Henry Mayr-Harting (edd.), ''Christianity: Two Thousand Years'' (Oxford: OUP, 2001), 65-95.<br />
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* “ ‘The Earthly Heaven’: The Mother of God in the Teaching of St. [[John of Damascus]],” in William M. McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock (edd.), ''Mary for Earth and Heaven'' (Leominster: Gracewing, 2002), 355-68.<br />
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* “How do we enter the heart?” in James S. Cutsinger (ed.), ''Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East'' (Bloomington, Ind.: World Wisdom/Fons Vitae, 2002), 2-23.<br />
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===In ''‘Eastern Churches Review’''===<br />
* “Patmos and its Monastery,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 1.3 (1967), 231-7.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Alaska: The Centenary of the Sale to America,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 1.4 (1967-8), 395-8.<br />
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* “Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.1 (1968), 24-28.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in America: Some Statistics,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.1 (1968), 70-3.<br />
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* “A Conference on the Problems of the Orthodox Diaspora,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.2 (1968), 185-9.<br />
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* “Inter-Orthodox Committee at Geneva, 1968,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.2 (1968), 189-90.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement: Recent Developments in America,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.4 (1969), 422-4.<br />
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* “Primacy, Collegiality, and the People of God,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.1 (1970), 18-29. <br />
:[reprinted in A. J. Philippou (ed.), ''Orthodoxy: Life and Freedom. Essays in honour of Archbishop Iakovos'' (Oxford: Studion Publications, 1973), 116-29.]<br />
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* “Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.1 (1970), 78-81.<br />
<br />
* “Tradition and Personal Experience in Later Byzantine Theology,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.2 (1970), 131-141.<br />
<br />
* “Autocephaly Crisis: Deadlock between Constantinople and Moscow,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.3 (1971), 311-15.<br />
<br />
* “Members of Christ: Extracts from the Hymns of St. Symeon the new Theologian (949-1022),” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.4 (1971), 415-18.<br />
<br />
* “Chalcedonians and Non-Chalcedonians: The Latest Developments,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.4 (1971), 428-32.<br />
<br />
* “The Jesus Prayer in St. Gregory of Sinai,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.1 (1972), 3-22.<br />
<br />
* “The Jesus Prayer and the Mother of God,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1973), 149-50.<br />
<br />
* “Towards the Great Council?” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1972), 162-8.<br />
<br />
* “Scholasticism and Orthodoxy: Theological Method as a Factor in the Schism,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.1 (1973), 16-27.<br />
<br />
* “Thessalonika and Crestwood: Two International Conferences of Orthodox Theologians,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.1 (1973), 60-2.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the Charismatic Movement,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.2 (1973), 182-6.<br />
<br />
* “Solzhenitsyn and the Moscow Patriarchate,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 94-7.<br />
<br />
* “Cyprus” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 100-2.<br />
<br />
* “Greece” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 103-7.<br />
<br />
* “Athos” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 108-11.<br />
<br />
* “The Monk and the Married Christian” Some Comparisons in early Monastic Sources,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 72-83.<br />
<br />
* “The Problem of Mixed Marriages: A Recent Correspondence,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.2 (1974), 194-9.<br />
<br />
* “God Hidden and Revealed: The Apophatic Way and the Essence-Energies Distinction,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 7.2 (1975), 125-36.<br />
<br />
* “The Theology of the Icon: A Short Anthology,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 74-8.<br />
<br />
* “Religious Persecution and the Nairobi Assembly,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 74-8.<br />
<br />
* “A Common Easter: How Soon?” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 79-81.<br />
<br />
* “The Debate about Palamism,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 9.1-2 (1977), 45-63.<br />
<br />
* “Catholicity and Nationalism: A Recent Debate at Athens,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 10-16.<br />
<br />
<br />
===In ''‘Sobornost’''===<br />
* “Between Heaven and Earth: Some Notes on Contemporary Greek Monasticism,” ''Sobornost'', 4.7 (1962), 398-408.<br />
<br />
* “The Transfiguration of the Body,” ''Sobornost'', 4.8 (1963), 420-434. Reprinted (with revisions) in A.M. Allchin (ed.), ''Sacrament and Image'' (London: [[Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]], 1967), 17-32.<br />
<br />
* “Intercommunion: The Decisions of Vatican II and the Orthodox Standpoint.” ''Sobornost'', 5.4 (1967), 258-72.<br />
<br />
* “The Value of Material Creation,” ''Sobornost'', 6.3 (1971), 154-65.<br />
<br />
* “The Mystery of God and Man in St. Symeon the New Theologian,” ''Sobornost'', 6.4 (1971), 227-36.<br />
<br />
* “Church and Eucharist, Communion and Intercommunion,” ''Sobornost'', 7.7 (1978), 550-67. <br />
:[Issued also as pamphlet: ''Communion and Intercommunion'' (Minneapolis Mn: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1980), 39pp.]<br />
<br />
'''New Series'''<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the World Council of Churches,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 1.1 (1979), 74-82.<br />
<br />
* “The Mystery of the Human Person,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 62-9. [Translated into Greek, 1991].<br />
<br />
* “ ‘One Body in Christ’: Death and the Communion of the Saints,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.2 (1981), 179-91.<br />
<br />
* “The Library of the House of St Gregory and St. Macrina, Oxford: The D.J. Chitty Papers,” with S. Brock, ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.1 (1982). 56-8.<br />
<br />
* “The Holy Name of Jesus in East and West: The Hesychasts and Richard Rolle,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.2 (1982), 163-84.<br />
<br />
* “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue. 1982: A Second Spring,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.2 (1982), 219-22.<br />
<br />
* “Wolves and Monks: Life on the Holy Mountain Today,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 5.2 (1983), 56-68.<br />
<br />
* “The House of St. Gregory and St. Macrina: The First Quarter Century,” with Ralph Townsend, ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 6.2 (1984), 55-63.<br />
<br />
* “The Human Person as an Icon of the Trinity,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 8.2 (1986), 6-23.<br />
<br />
* “The Spirituality of the Philokalia,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 13.1 (1991), 6-24.<br />
<br />
* “Praying with the Body: The Hesychast Method and Non-Christian Parallels,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 14.2 (1992), 6-35.<br />
<br />
* “Address on Orthodox/Catholic Dialogue,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.1 (1993), 44-5.<br />
<br />
* “Father Lev Gillet and the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.2 (1993), 7-15. [French trans. Contacts, 36 (1994), 36-44.]<br />
<br />
* “ ‘The Monk of the Eastern Church’ and the Jesus Prayer,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.2 (1993), 17-27. [French trans. Contacts, 36 (1994). 60-70.]<br />
<br />
* “C. S. Lewis: An ‘Anonymous Orthodox’?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 17.2 (1995) , 9-27.<br />
<br />
* “The Estonian Crisis: A Salutary Warning?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 18.2 (1996), 59-68.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘We Must Pray for All’: Salvation according to St. Silouan,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 19.1 (1997), 34-51.<br />
<br />
* “Kenosis and Christ-Like Humility according to Saint Silouan,” Sobornost (incorporating Eastern Churches Review) , new series 21.2 (1999), 21-31.<br />
:[French trans. In ''Buisson Ardent: Cahiers Saint Silouane l’Athonite'' 6, (2000), 30-8;<br />
:Italian trans. In Adalberto Mainardi (ed.), ''Silvano dell’ Athos'' (Magnano: Edizione Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1999), 63-77.]<br />
<br />
* “ ‘It Is Time For The Lord To Act’: The Divine Liturgy as Heaven on Earth,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 23.1 (2001), 7-22.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Included in ''“The Inner Kingdom”'' (2001)<ref group="note">''The Inner Kingdom'', The Collected Works, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000).</ref>===<br />
* “ ‘Pray Without Ceasing’: The Ideal of Continual [[Prayer]] in Eastern [[Monasticism]],” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.3 (1969), 253-261. <br />
<br />
* “The Theology of Worship,” ''Sobornost'', 5.10 (1970), 729-37.<br />
<br />
* “The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity,” Cross Currents, 24.2-3 (1974), 296-313. <br />
:[Reprinted (with revisions) in ''Spiritual Direction: Contemporary Readings'', ed. K. G. Culligan (Locust Valley: Living Flame Press, 1983), 20-40.] <br />
<br />
* “Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of [[Hesychasm|Hesychia]],” in A. M. Allchin (ed.), ''Theology and Prayer'', Studies Supplementary to Sobornost, no. 3 (1975), 8-28. <br />
:[Also in M. Basil Pennington (ed.), ''One Yet Two: Monastic Tradition East and West'', Cistercian Studies 29 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 1976), 22-47.]<br />
<br />
* “The Orthodox Experience of [[Repentance]],” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 2.1 (1980), 18-28.<br />
<br />
* “What is a [[Martyr]]?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 5.1 (1983), 7-18.<br />
<br />
* “The [[Fool-for-Christ|Fool in Christ]] as [[Prophet]] and [[Apostles|Apostle]],” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 6.2 (1984), 6-28.<br />
<br />
* “Time: Prison or Path to Freedom?” ''Fairacres Chronicle'', 22.3 (1989), 5-15.<br />
<br />
* “A Sense of Wonder,” in Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed.), ''Tradition and Unity: Sermons Published in Honour of Robert Runcie'' (London: Bellew Publishing, 1991), 79-83.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘Go Joyfully’: The Mystery of [[Death]] and [[Resurrection]],” in Dan-Cohn-Sherbok and Christopher Lewis (edd.), ''Beyond Death: Theological Reflections on Life after Death'' (Basingstoke and London: Macmillan, 1995), 27-41.<br />
<br />
* “Strange Yet Familiar,” in Thomas Doulis (ed.), ''Towards the Authentic Church. Orthodox Christians Discuss Their Conversion: A Collection of Essays'' (Minneapolis: Light and Life, 1996), 145-68.<br />
<br />
* “Dare We Hope for the Salvation of All?” ''Theology Digest'', 45.4 (1998), 303-17.<br />
<br />
===Contributions===<br />
* Contributions to H. Cunliffe-Jones & B. Drewery (edd.), ''A History of Christian Doctrine'' (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1978 [in fact 1979]): <br />
:“Christian Theology in the East 600-1453,” pp.181-225; <br />
:“A Note on Theology in the Christian East: The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries,” pp.307-9; <br />
:“A Note on Theology in the Christian East: The Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries,” pp.455-7.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainright & Edward Yarnold (edd.), ''The Study of Spirituality'' (London: SPCK, 1986): <br />
:“The Eastern Fathers, Introduction,” pp. 159-60; <br />
:“The Origins of the Jesus Prayer: Diadochus, Gaza, Sinai,” pp. 175-84; <br />
:“The Spirituality of the Icon,” pp. 195-8; <br />
:“Symeon the New Theologian,” pp.235-42;<br />
:“The Hesychasts: Gregory of Sinai, Gregory Palamas, Nicolas Cabasilas,” pp. 242-55;<br />
:“The Hesychast Renaissance,” pp. 255-8.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Mircea Eliade (ed.), ''The Encyclopedia of Religion'' (New York: Macmillan, 1987):<br />
:“Cyril I (Loukaris),” 4.189-91;<br />
:“Eastern Christianity,” 4.558-76;<br />
:“Petr Moghila,” II.260-I.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Nicholas Lossky et al. (edd.), ''Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement'' (Geneva: WCC Publications/Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans, 1991): <br />
:“Ethnicity,” p.373;<br />
:“Tradition and traditions,” pp.1013-18.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Obituaries===<br />
* “The Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1972), 156-62.<br />
<br />
* “Derwas James Chitty 1901-1971” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 1-6.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop [[Makarios III (Mouskos) of Cyprus|Makarios of Cyprus]]” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 151-2.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop Evgenios of Cyprus” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 152-3.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras of Thyateira]] (1909-79)” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 2.1 (1980), 58-68.<br />
<br />
* “[[Nicolas Zernov]] (1898-1980)” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 11-32.<br />
<br />
* “Patriarch [[Benedict of Jerusalem]]” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 102.<br />
<br />
* “Mother Mary” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 103.<br />
<br />
* “Joice Loch” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 5.1 (1983), 71-2.<br />
<br />
* “In Memoriam Demetrios Koutroubis” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 6.1 (1984), 67-71.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop Basil of Brussels” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 8.1 (1986), 51-4.<br />
<br />
* “David Balfour” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 12.1 (1990), 52-61.<br />
<br />
* “Father [[Dumitru Staniloae]]” (obituary), ''Forerunner'' (The Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist). No. 23 (Summer, 1994), 14-17.<br />
<br />
* “[[Philip Sherrard]]” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 17.2 (1995), 45-52. <br />
:[Reprinted with corrections in ''Friends of Mount Athos, Annual Report 1995'' (published 1996), 26-34.]<br />
<br />
* “Constance Babington Smith” (obituary), ''Forerunner'', 36 (Winter 2000-1). 34-5.<br />
<br />
===Introductions to Other Works===<br />
* Edited, with an introduction: Igumen Chariton, ''The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology'', translated by E. Kadloubovsky and E. M. Palmer (London: Faber & Faber, 1966), 287pp. [Introduction: pp.9-38.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''The Arena: An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism'', trans. by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Madras, 1970), iii-xvi.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Leo Allatius, ''De Ecclesiae Occidentalis atque Orientalis Perpetua Consensione'', reprint (Farnham: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), 5pp. [Not numbered.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction to John Climacus, ''The Ladder of Divine Ascent'', The Classics of Western Spirituality (New York NY: Paulist Press, 1982), 1-70.<br />
<br />
* Edited with George Every and Richard Harries, ''Seasons of the Spirit: Readings through the Christian Year'' (London: SPCK, 1984), x + 259pp. [Published in the USA by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood NY with the title The Time of the Spirit.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction to ''Marc le Moine'', translated by Soeur Claire-Agnes Zirnheld, Spiritualite Orientale, 41 (Abbaye de Bellefontaine, 1985), ix-li.<br />
<br />
* Edited: A Monk of the Eastern Church (Lev Gillet), ''The Jesus Prayer'' (Crestwood NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1987) 120pp. [Foreward on pp. 5-20.]<br />
<br />
* Preface to George Maloney, ''Pseudo-Macarius: The Fifty Spiritual Homilies and the Great Letter'', The Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1992), pp. xi-xviii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to ''Journals of the Priest Ioann Veniaminov in Alaska, 1823-1836'', trans. by Jerome Kisslinger, ed. by S. A. Mousalimas, The Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series, Vol. VII (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1993), ix-xi. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to Dumitru Staniloae, ''The Experience of God'', trans. Ioan Ionita and Robert Barringer (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1994), ix-xxvii. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to David and Mary Ford, ''Marriage as a Path to Holiness: Lives of Married Saints'' (South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 1994), ix-xii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Mother Thekla, ''The Dark Glass: Meditations in Orthodox Spirituality'' (London: Harper/Collins (Fount), 1996), v-vii.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Nikolai Velimirovic, Bishop of Ochrid, ''Homilies'', I, translated by Mother Maria (Rule) (Birmingham: Lazarica Press, 1996), v-vii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Donald Nicoll, ''Triumphs of the Spirit in Russia'' (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997), ix-x.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Barbara Pappas, ''The Christian Life in the Early Church and Today according to St Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians'' (Westchester, Illinois: Amnos Publications, 1998), ix-xi.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Philip Sherrard, ''Christianity: Lineaments of a Sacred Tradition'' (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998), ix-xiv.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Columba Graham Flegg, ''An Introduction to Reading the Apocalypse'' (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999), vii-viii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, ''Lev Gillet'' (Oxford: Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1999), 9-13.<br />
<br />
* Preface to Alphonse and Rachel Goettmann, ''Priere de Jesus: Priere du Coeur'' (Paris: Albin Michael, 1999), II-21. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to ''The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity'' (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999), viii-ix.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Emil Bartos, ''Deification in Eastern Orthodox Theology. An Evaluation and Critique of the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae'' (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1999), ix-x.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Hilarion Alfeyev, ''The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian'', Cistercian Studies Series 175 (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 2000), 9-13.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to John Chryssavgis, ''Soul Mending. The Art of Spiritual Direction'' (Brookline: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2000), ix-xi.<br />
<br />
===In Other Languages===<br />
'''In French'''<br />
* “L’unite dans la diversite: La vocation orthodoxe en Europe occidentale,” ''Contacts'', 35.2, no. 122 (1983), 179-90 . <br />
<br />
* “Philocalie,” in ''Dictionaire de Spiritualite'', 12 (1984), cols. 1336-52.<br />
<br />
* ''Le royaume interieur'' (Pully, Switzerland : Le Sel de la Terre, 1993; 2nd edn. 1994), 112pp. [Introduction by Maxime Egger, pp. 6-17. French trans. by Lucie & Maxime Egger of:<br />
:“Go Joyfully: The Mystery of Death and Resurrection” (1995);<br />
:“The Mystery of the Human Person” (1981);<br />
:“The Orthodox Experience of Repentance” (1980);<br />
:“The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity” (1974); <br />
:“Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of Hesychia” (1975).]<br />
:(I) Greek trans. ''Η εντος ημων βασιλεια'', trans. Joseph Roilidis (Athens: Akritas, 1994), 151pp.; <br />
:(II) Italian trans. ''Riconoscete'' Cristo in Voi?, trans. Riccardo Larini (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1994), 128pp.<br />
<br />
* “L’education theologique selon l’Ecriture et les Peres,” in ''Planete St-Serge: Les feuillets de Saint Serge'', 4 (Nov. 1998), 3-11. [Romanian trans. in Renastearea (Archdiocese of Cluj), nos. 10-11 (1994).] <br />
<br />
* “Orient et Occident: Sources et esperances de l’Eglise indivise,” in Philipp Baud and Maxime Egger (edd.), ''Les richesses de l’Orient chretien'' (Pully, Switzerland: Le Sel de la Terre, 2000), 171-92.<br />
<br />
'''In German'''<br />
* “Diadochus von Photice,” ''Theologische Realenzyklopadie'', 8 (1981), 617-20.<br />
<br />
* “Gottesdienst. Orthodoxe Kirche,” ''Theologische Realenzyklopadie'', 14.1-2 (1985), 46-51.<br />
<br />
* “Gefangnis oder Weg zur Freiheit?” ''Oikumenische Rundschau'', 49.2 (2000), 191-200. [Translation of a University Sermon given in St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, II June 1989.]<br />
<br />
'''In Greek'''<br />
* “The Monastic Life as a Sacrament of Love,” ''Εκκλησια και Θεολογια'', 2 (1981), 690-700.<br />
<br />
* “The Exercise of Authority in the Orthodox Church,” ''Εκκλησια και Θεολογia'', 3 (1982), 941-69. [French trans. Irenikon, 54.4 (1981), 451-71; 55.1 (1982), 25-34.]<br />
<br />
* « Η δοξα της Μεταμορφωσης. Θεματα απ΄ τα λειτουργικα κειμενα,» in ''Μεταμορφωση'' (Athens: Akritas, 1984), 13-33.<br />
<br />
* “The Monastic Ideal according to St. Christodoulos of Patmos,” in Διεθνες Συμποσιο. Πρακτικα. Ι. Μονη Αγ. Ιωαννου του Θεολογου. 900 Χρονια Ιστορικης Μαρτυριας (1088-1988), Πατμος, 22-24 Σεπτεμβριου 1988, Εταιρεια Βυζαντινων και Μεταβυζαντινων Μελετων. Διπτυχων Παραφυλλα 2, (Athens, 1989), 23-35.<br />
<br />
* «Ενορια και Ευχαριστια. Η ορθοδοξη εμπειρια στον Δυτικο Κοσμο,» ''Ενορια. Προς μια νεα ανακαλυψη της'' (Athens: Akritas, 1991), 125-34. <br />
<br />
* «Πορευεσθε μετα χαρας» Το μυστυριο του θανατου και της αναστασεως, in Συναξη, 49 (Jan.-March, 1994), 19-33.<br />
<br />
* «Αθηνα και Ιερουσαλημ: η Κλασσικη Παραδοσι και οι Ελληνες Πατερες,» in ''Ορθοδοξια Ελληνισμος: Πορεια στην Τριτη Χιλιετια'', 2, Ιερα Μονη Κοθτλοθμουσιου, Αγιον Ορος, (1996) , 43-9.<br />
<br />
* «Αληθως Θεος και Αληθως Ανθρωπος,» in Athenagoras Dikaikos et al. (edd.), ''2000 Χρονια μετα. Τινα με λεγουσιν οι ανθρωποι ειναι;'' (Athens: Akritas, 1999), 86-9.<br />
<br />
'''In Italian'''<br />
* “Possiamo parlare di spiritualita della Filocalia?” in Olivier Racquez (ed.), ''Amore del Bello: Studi sulla Filocalia'', Atti del “Simposio Internationale sulla Filocalia,” Pontificio Collegio Greco, Roma, novembre 1989 (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1991), 27-52.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<references group="note" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ec-patr.org/hierarchs/show.php?lang=en&id=112 Biographical page from the Ecumenical Patriarchate]<br />
* [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_1.htm Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware - Part I: History]<br />
* [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_2.htm Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware - Part II: Faith and Worship]<br />
* [http://realserver.goarch.org/ram/en/kallistos_ware_interview.ram Interview with Bishop Kallistos (RealVideo)]<br />
* [http://www.octelevision.net/archives/07%2002%2005/Christian%20Unity.wmv Bishop Kallistos on Unity (Windows Media Video)]<br />
* [http://incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/sacraments-of-healing Bishop Kallistos on Sacraments of Healing (talks given by him at a retreat for members of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship)]<br />
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<div>[[Image:Kallistos Ware.jpg|right|frame|Metr. Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]]<br />
His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia''' (September 11, 1934 - [[August 24]], 2022, also known by his lay name, '''Timothy Ware''') was a [[titular bishop|titular metropolitan]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in Great Britain. From 1966-2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University, and has authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox Christian faith, and Orthodoxy's relationship to broader culture, including the sciences]]. He reposed in the Lord after struggling with various illness on August 24th, 2022.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born '''Timothy Ware''' in Bath, Somerset, England, Metropolitan Kallistos was educated at Westminster School (to which he had won a scholarship) and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a Double First in Classics as well as reading Theology. In 1958, at the age of 24, he embraced the Orthodox Christian faith (having been raised Anglican), traveling subsequently throughout Greece, spending a great deal of time at the [[Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Patmos, Greece)|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] in Patmos. He also frequented other major centers of Orthodoxy such as Jerusalem and [[Mount Athos]]. In 1966, he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest|priesthood]] and was [[tonsure|tonsured]] as a [[monk]], receiving the name Kallistos, in honour of St. [[w:Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos|Kallistos Xanthopoulos]].<ref group="note">A late 13th and early 14th century Byzantine theological [[w:Polymath|polymath]], the last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians.</ref><br />
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In the same year, he became a lecturer at Oxford, teaching Eastern Orthodox Studies, a position which he held for 35 years until his retirement. In 1979, he was appointed to a Fellowship at Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1982, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the [[bishop|episcopacy]] as a [[titular bishop]] with the title ''Bishop of Diokleia'', appointed to serve as the assistant to the bishop of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]'s [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]]. Despite his elevation, Kallistos remained in Oxford and carried on his duties both as the parish priest of the Oxford Greek Orthodox community and as a lecturer at the University. <br />
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Since his retirement in 2001, Kallistos has continued to publish and to give lectures on Orthodox Christianity, traveling widely. Until recently, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the [[Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies]] in Cambridge. He is the chairman of the group [[Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona]]. He serves on the advisory board of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.<br />
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On [[March 30]], 2007, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated the Diocese of Diokleia to Metropolis and Bishop Kallistos to Titular Metropolitan of Diokleia.<br />
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==List of Writings by Kallistos (Timothy) Ware, Bishop of Diokleia==<br />
Metropolitan Kallistos was perhaps best known as the author of the book ''The Orthodox Church'', published when he was a layman in 1963 and subsequently revised several times. More recently, he produced a companion volume, ''The Orthodox Way''. <br />
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However his most substantial publications have emerged from his translation work. Together with [[G. E. Palmer]] and [[Philip Sherrard]]), he had undertaken to translate the [[Philokalia]] (four volumes of five published to date); and with Mother Mary he produced English translations of the [[Lenten Triodion]] and Festal [[Menaion]].<br />
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The list below contains the complete writings of Metropolitan Kallistos (up until the year 2001), as published in the [[w:Festschrift|Festschrift]] that was written for him,<ref group="note">John Behr, Andrew Louth, Dimitri Conomos (eds.). ''Abba, The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West: Festschrift for Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia.'' Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003. 376 pp. ISBN 0-88141-248-1</ref> celebrating his retirement from active professional responsibilities in 2001.<ref group="note">For 35 years, from 1966 to 2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford.</ref> Each section below is listed in chronological order .<br />
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===Books===<br />
* ''The Orthodox Church'' (Pelican Original: Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963), 352 pp. <br />
:[New edition, fully revised (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1993). Translated into various languages.]<br />
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* ''Eustratios Argenti: A Study of the Greek Church under Turkish Rule'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964), xii + 196pp. <br />
:[Photographic reprint (California: Eastern Orthodox Books, 1974).]<br />
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* ''The Orthodox Way'' (London & Oxford: Mowbrays/Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary press, 1979), 195pp. [Translated into various languages.]<br />
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* ''The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church'' (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2000), 96 pp.<br />
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===Translations===<br />
* Translated and edited with Mother Mary (of [[w:Bussy-en-Othe|Bussy-en-Othe]]), ''The Festal [[Menaion]]'' (London: Faber & Faber, 1969), 564 pp. <br />
:[The introduction and appendices are by KW; the translation was made jointly.]<br />
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* Translated and edited with Mother Mary (of Bussy-en-Othe), ''The Lenten Triodon'' (London: Faber and Faber, 1978), 699pp. <br />
:[The introduction is by KW, the translation was made jointly.]<br />
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* Translated with Mother Mary (of Bussy-en-Othe), ''The Lenten Triodon. Supplementary Texts'', duplicated publication by the Orthodox Monastery of the Veil of the Mother of God, Bussy-en-Othe, 1979 [in fact 1980], 305pp.<br />
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* Translated and edited with G. E. H. Palmer and [[Philip Sherrard|P. Sherrard]], ''The [[Philokalia]]. The Complete Text compiled by St. [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain|Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain]] and St. [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Makarios of Corinth]]'' (London: Faber & Faber, vol. I, 1979, 378pp.; vol, II, 1981, 414pp.; vol. III, 1984, 379pp.; vol. IV, 1995, 458pp.).<br />
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===Writings===<br />
* “ ‘Economy’ according to Orthodox Theology: Its Application to Non-Orthodox Sacraments,” ''Chrysostom'', 5 (1961), 6-8.<br />
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* “ ‘Guarding the Walls’: The Greek Orthodox Monk and his Service to the World,” ''Chrysostom'', 9 (1962), 5-7.<br />
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* “Saints and Beasts: The Undistorted Image,” ''The Franciscan'', 5.4 (1963) , 144-52.<br />
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* “The Communion of Saints,” in A.J. Philippou (ed.), ''The Orthodox Ethos'', Studies in Orthodoxy, 1 (Oxford: Holywell Press, 1964), 140-9.<br />
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* “The Orthodox Church in England,” in [[Brotherhood of Theologians Zoe|Zoe Brotherhood]] (ed.), ''A Sign of God: Orthodoxy 1964'' (Athens: Zoe, 1964), 47-62.<br />
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* “The Doctrine of the Church in Reunion Discussions,” ''Eastern Churches Newsletter'', 48 (1968), 4-13.<br />
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* “The Mother of God in Orthodox Theology and Devotion,” in the series “Mother of Jesus,” No. 6 (Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary), 1970, 14pp. <br />
:[Reprinted in A. Stacpoole (ed.), ''Mary’s Place in Christian Dialogue'' (Slough: St Paul’s Publications, 1982), 169-81.]<br />
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* “The Sacrament of Baptism and the Ascetic Life in the Teaching of Mark the Monk,” ''Studia Patristica'', X, Texte und Untersuchungen, 107 (Berlin, 1970), 441-52.<br />
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* “Orthodox and Catholics in the Seventeenth Century: Schism or Intercommunion?” in Derek Baker (ed.), ''Schism, Heresy and Religious Protest'', Studies in Church History, 9 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), 259-76. <br />
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* ''The Power of the Name: The Jesus Prayer in Orthodox Spirituality'', Fairacres Publications no. 43 (Oxford, 1974), 25pp. <br />
:[New edition: Oxford: Fairacres Publications, 1986.] <br />
:[Reprinted in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, ''The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality'' (Torrance, CA: Oakwood Publications, 1992), 135-73.]<br />
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* “The Ecumenical Councils and the Conscience of the Church,” in ''Kanon'', II, Jahrbuch der gesellschaft fur das Recht der Ostkirchen (Vienna, 1974), 217-33.<br />
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* “Death and Life,” ''Christian'', 2.4 (175), 363-9.<br />
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* “The Fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and His Secret Conversion to the Orthodox Church ,” in D. Baker (ed.), ''The Orthodox Churches and the West'', Studies in Church History, 13 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, for the Ecclesiastical History Society, 1976), 247-56.<br />
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* “Mount Athos Today,” ''Christian'', 3.4 (1976), 322-33.<br />
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* “ ‘Separated from All and United to All’: The Hermit Life in the Christian East,” in A. M. Allchin (ed.), ''Solitude and Communion'', Fairacres Publications, 66 (Oxford: Fairacres Publications, 1977), 30-47.<br />
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* “The Moscow Conference, 1976,” in Kallistos Ware and Colin Davey, ''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue'', (London: SPCK, 1977), 39-81. <br />
:[French trans. ''Istina'', 24 (Jan-Mar 1979), 7-43.]<br />
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* “Conversation with Kallistos Ware,” in E. Robinson (ed.), ''This Time-Bound Ladder: Ten Dialogues on Religious Experience'' (Oxford: The Religious Experience Research Unit, Manchester College, 1977), 107-23.<br />
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* “Man, Woman, and the Priesthood in Christ,” in Peter Moore (ed.), ''Man, Woman, and Priesthood'' (London: SPCK, 1978), 68-90, 177-80. <br />
:[Reprinted in [[Thomas Hopko]] (ed.), ''Women and the Priesthood'' (Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1983), 9-37.] <br />
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* “The ARCIC Agreed Statement on Authority: An Orthodox Comment,” ''One in Christ'', 14.3 (1978), 198-206.<br />
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* “The Holy Spirit in the Personal Life of the Christian,” in ''Unity in the Spirit – Diversity in the Churches'', The Report of the Conference of European Churches, Assembly VIII, 18th-25th October, 1979, Crete (Geneva: WCC, 1980), 139-69.<br />
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* “Kirkon Salaisuus” [“The Mystery of the Church”], ''Ortodoksia'', 29 (1980), 7-75. [In Finnish: the English original remains unpublished.]<br />
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* “Patterns of Episcopacy in the Early Church and Today: An Orthodox View,” in Peter Moore (ed.), ''Bishops: But What Kind?'' (London: SPCK, 1982), 1-24. <br />
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* “The Church: A Time of Transition,” in R. Clogg (ed.), ''Greece in the 1980s'' (London: Macmillan, 1983), 208-30.<br />
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* “Salvation and Theosis in Orthodox Theology,” in ''Luther et la Reforme allemande dans une perspective oecumenique'' (Chambesy: Editions du centre Orthodoxe du Patriarchat Oecumenique, 1983), 167-84.<br />
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* “Unity and Mission,” in Unity and Mission, The Report of the Eleventh General Assembly of Syndesmos, (Kuopio: Syndesmos, 1984), 5-15.<br />
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* “The Sanctity and Glory of the Mother of God: Orthodox Approaches,” ''The Way'', Supplement 51, Papers of the 1984 International Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1984), 79-96.<br />
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* “The Humanity of Christ,” The Fourth Constantinople Lecture, 29/30 November 1984 (London: The Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, 1984), 12pp.<br />
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* “Bishop Kallistos of Oxford Looks at Ecumenism” (Interview with A. Kelleher), ''Diakonia'', 19.1-3 (1984-85), 132-6.<br />
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* “Image and Likeness: An Interview with Bishop Kallistos Ware” (by J. Morgan), ''Parabola'', 10.1 (1985), 62-71. <br />
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* “Why I am an Orthodox,” ''The Tablet'' (16 February 1985), 159-60.<br />
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* “The Jesus Prayer in St. [[Diadochos of Photiki|Diadochus of Photice]],” ''Aksum Thyateira: A Festschrift for Archbishop Methodios'' (London, 1985), 557-68.<br />
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* “[[Nous]] and Noesis in Plato, Aristotle and [[Evagrius Ponticus|Evagrius of Pontus]],” ''Diotima'' 13, Proceedings of the Second International Week on the Philosophy of Greek Culture, Kalamata 1982, Part II (1985), 158-63.<br />
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* “Ways of Prayer and Contemplation. I. Eastern,” in B. McGinn & [[John Meyendorff|J. Meyendorff]] (edd.), ''Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century'', World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, vol. 16 (New York: Crossroad, 1985), 395-414.<br />
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* ''Praying Home: The Contemplative Journey'', with Mary Clare and Robert Llewelyn (Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 1987).<br />
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* “The Theology and Spirituality of the Icon,” ''From Byzantium to El Greco'', Royal Academy of Arts, (London, 1987), 37-9.<br />
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* “Spirit, Church, Eucharist,” ''The Franciscan'', 29.2 (1987), 77-84.<br />
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* “The Unity of the Human Person according to the Greek Fathers,” in Arthur Peacocke and Grant Gillett (edd.), ''Persons and Personality. A Contemporary Inquiry'', Ian Ramsey Centre Publication no. I (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987), 197-206, 215-17.<br />
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* ''How to Read your Bible'' (Mt. Hermon , Ca: Conciliar Press, 1988), 16pp.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Britain: Its Origins and Future,” in ''Directory of Parishes and Clergy in the British Isles 1988/89'' (Stylite Publishing and Orthodox Fellowship of St. John the Baptist, 1988), 3-6.<br />
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* “St. Maximos of Kapsokalyvia and Fourteenth-Century Athonite Hesychasm,” in Julian Chrysostomides (ed.), ''ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΡΙΑ: Essays presented to Joan Hussey for her 80th birthday'' (London: Porphyrogenitus, 1989), 409-30.<br />
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* “Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition,” ''Epiphany'', 9.2 (1989), 48-59. <br />
:[Reprinted in ''Marianum'' 52, 1-2 (1990), 210-27.]<br />
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* “The Feast of Mary’s Silence: The Entry into the Temple (21 November),” ''The Month'', August/September (1989), 337-41. <br />
:[Also printed in Alberic Stacpoole (ed.), ''Mary in Doctrine and Devotion'': Papers of the Liverpool Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dublin: The Columba Press, 1990), 34-41.] <br />
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* “The Meaning of ‘Pathos’ in Abba Isaias and Theodoret of Cyrus,” ''Studia Patristica'', XX (Leuven: Peeters, 1989), 315-22.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Britain: Its Origins and Future,” ''Sourozh'', 42 (1990), 23-8.<br />
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* “The Spiritual Father in St. [[John Climacus]] and St. [[Symeon the New Theologian]],” ''Studia Patristica'', XVIII.2 (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications/Leuven: Peeters, 1989), 299-316. <br />
:[Reprinted in Irenee Hausherr, ''Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East'', Cistercian Studies Series, 116 (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1990), vii-xxxiii.]<br />
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* “Eastern Christendom,” in John McManners (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), 122-61.<br />
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* “The Meaning of the [[Divine Liturgy]] for the Byzantine Worshipper,” in Rosemary Morris (ed.), ''Church and People in Byzantium'', Twentieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Manchester, 1986 (Birmingham: Center for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, 1990), 7-28.<br />
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* “Tradition, the Bible and the Holy Spirit,” ''Epiphany'', II.2 (1991), 7-16.<br />
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* “Saints in the Image of the Trinity,” in ''The Reckless Saints: Sermons from All Saints Margaret Street'', Festival 1990 (London, 1991), 1-5.<br />
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* “The Sacrament of Love: The Orthodox Understanding of Marriage and its Breakdown,” ''The Downside Review'', 109, no. 375 (April 1991), 79-93.<br />
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* “Praying with Icons,” in Paul McPartlan (ed.), ''One in 2000? Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity'' (Slough: St. Paul’s, 1993), 141-168. <br />
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* “Athos after Ten Years: the Good News and the Bad,” ''[[Friends of Mount Athos]], Annual Report 1992'' (published 1993), 8-17.<br />
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* “How to Read the Bible,” in Peter E. Gillquist (ed.), ''The [[Orthodox Study Bible]]: New Testament and Psalms'' (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1993), 726-70. (revised version on 1988 Conciliar Press pamphlet).<br />
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* “The Church of God: Our Shared Vision,” ''Logos'', 34.1-2 (1993), 10-29.<br />
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* “Response to the Presentation by His Grace Bishop Basil (Losten): ‘The Roman Primacy and the Church of Kiev,’ ” ''Logos'', 34.1-2 (1993), 107-16.<br />
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* “Prayer and Sacraments in the Synagogue,” in Margaret Mullett and Anthony Kirby (edd.), ''The Theotokos Evergetis and Eleventh-Century Monasticism'', Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations 6.1 (Belfast, 1994), 325-47.<br />
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* “The Tension Between the ‘Already’ and ‘Not Yet,’ “ in Colin Davey (ed.), ''Returning Pilgrims. Insights from British and Irish participants in the Fifth World Faith and Order Conference Santiago de Compostela'' 3-14 August 1993 (London: Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, 1994), 29-33.<br />
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* “The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition,” in Rienk Lannoy (ed.), ''For Us and Our Salvation'', IIMO Research Publication 40 (Utrecht-Leiden, 1994), 107-31. <br />
:[Reprinted separately with the title ''How are we Saved? The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition'' (Minneapolis Mn: Light and Life, 1996), 19 pp.]<br />
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* “Response to Fr Andriy Chirovsky: ‘Towards an Ecclesial Self-Identity for the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church,’ ” ''Logos'', 35.1-4 (1994), 125-31.<br />
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* “Gerald Palmer, the Philokalia and the Holy Mountain,” in ''[[Friends of Mount Athos]], Annual Report 1994'' (published 1995), 23-28.<br />
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* “The Way of the [[Asceticism|Ascetics]]: Negative of Affirmative?” in Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (edd.), ''Asceticism'' (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), 3-15.<br />
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* “A Fourteenth-Century Manual of Hesychast Prayer: The ''Century'' of St. Kallistos and St. Ignatios Xanthopoulos” (Toronto: Canadian institute of Balkan Studies, 1995), 32pp.<br />
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* “ ‘Act out of Stillness’: The Influence of Fourteenth-Century [[Hesychasm]] on Byzantine and Slav Civilization,” The “Byzantine Heritage” Annual Lecture, 28 May, 1995, ed. Daniel J. Sahas (Toronto: The Hellenic Canadian Association of Constantinople and the Thessalonikean Society of Metro Toronto, 1995), 25pp.<br />
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* “ ‘In the Image and Likeness’: The Uniqueness of the Human Person,” in John T. Chirban (ed.), ''Personhood: Orthodox Christianity and the Connection Between Body, Mind, and Soul'' (Westport, CN: Bergin & Garvey, 1996), 1-13.<br />
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* ''Spirituality: Eastern and Western Perspectives'', talks given by Bishop Kallistos Ware and Philip Sheldrake, Great St. Mary’s Papers, Two (Cambridge, 1996), 41pp.<br />
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* “Has God Rejected His People? Saint Paul on the Vocation of Israel,” ''Saint John of Kronstadt Bulletin'' (September 1996); also ''In Communion'', Journal of Orthodox Peace Fellowship (October 1996), 1-4.<br />
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* “Lent and the Consumer Society,” in Andrew Walker and Costa Carras (edd.), ''Living Orthodoxy in the Modern World'' (London: SPCK, 1996), 64-84.<br />
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* “St Athanasius the Athonite: Traditionalist or Innovator?” in Anthony Bryer and Mary Cunningham (edd.), ''Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism''. Papers from the Twenty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1994, Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Publications, 4 (Aldershot: Variorum/Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1996), 3-16. <br />
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* “An Icon of Human Freedom,” in Mircea Pacurariu and Aurel Jivi (edd.), ''Teologie, Slujire, Ecumenism: Inalt Prea Sfintului Dr Antoine Plamadeala, Mitropolitul Ardealului, la implinirea varstei de 70 ani'' (Facultatea de Teologie “Andrei Saguna”), extract from Revista Teologica, 3-4 (Sibiu, 1996), 103-9.<br />
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* ''Through the Creation to the Creator'' (London: Friends of the Centre, 1997), 30pp.<br />
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* “ ‘My Helper and My Enemy’: The Body in Greek Christianity,” in Sarah Coakley (ed.), ''Religion and the Body'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 90-110.<br />
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* “The Trinity, Heart of Our Life,” in James S. Cutsinger (ed.), ''Reclaiming the Great Tradition'' (Downers Grove, Illinois: Inter Varsity Press, 1997), 125-46.<br />
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* “Confession” ''Saint John of Kronstadt Bulletin'' (December 1997).<br />
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* ''Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition'' (Wallington, Surrey: The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1997), 20pp.<br />
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* “The Place of Mary: I. No New Dogmas, Please,” ''The Tablet'' (17 January 1998), 93. <br />
:[Reprinted in Edward Yarnold (ed.), ''The Place of Mary in the Church: Mariologists on Mary – Co-Redeemer'' (Wallington, Surrey: Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1998), 3-5.]<br />
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* “God of the Fathers: [[C. S. Lewis]] and Eastern Christianity,” in David Mills (ed.), ''The Pilgrim’s Tale: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998), 53-69.<br />
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* “Man, Woman and the Priesthood of Christ” [revised version of 1978], in [[Thomas Hopko]] (ed.), ''Women and the Priesthood'' (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999), 5-53.<br />
:[Reprinted in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel and Kallistos Ware, ''The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church'' (Geneva: Risk Book Series, WCC Publications, 2000), 49-96. <br />
:French trans. “Homme, femme et pretrise du Christ,” in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (ed.), ''L’ordination des femmes dans l’Eglise orthodoxe'' (Paris : Cerf, 1998), 51-96.]<br />
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* “The Soul in Greek Christianity,” in M. James C. Crabbe (ed.), ''From Soul to Self'' (London & New York: Routledge, 1999), 49-69.<br />
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* “Prayer in [[Evagrius Ponticus|Evagrius of Pontus]] and the Macarian Homilies,” in Ralph Waller and Benedicta Ward (edd.), ''An Introduction to Christian Spirituality'' (London: SPCK, 1999), 14-30.<br />
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* “The Passions: Enemy or Friend?” ''In Communion'', 17, Journal of Orthodox Peace Fellowship (Fall 1999), I-8. [Also translated into Dutch and Finnish.]<br />
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* “Open to a New Situation: A Fresh Approach to Old Problems?” in ''Orientale Lumen II: Conference Proceedings-1998'' (Washingtom DC: Eastern Churches Journal, 1999), 101-20.<br />
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* “Not Peace, But a Sword,” in ''Orientale Lumen III: Conference Proceedings-1999'' (Washingtom DC: Eastern Churches Journal, 1999), 187-91.<br />
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* “With All Our Heart, In Thanksgiving Let Us Offer The World Back To God,” in ''The Orthodox Church'', 35.10-11 (October-November 1999), 3, 9, 16.<br />
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* “Personal Experience of the Holy Spirit according to the Greek Fathers,” ''Stranitsi'' 4.1 (Moscow: St. Andrew’s Biblical College, 1999), 10-23. [Russian trans.; English text still unpublished.]<br />
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* “What is a Saint?” Sermon at the St. Birinus Pilgrimage Service, Dorchester. II July 1999 (issued separately).<br />
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* “Body, Intellect, Heart: Prayer of the Total Self,” ''The St. Nina Quarterly'', 3.1 (Winter 1999), I, 9-11, 15.<br />
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* “The Use of the [[Jesus Prayer]] in Daily Life,” ''Saint Mark Annual Review 1999'' (Bethesda, Maryland: Saint Mark Orthodox Church, 2000), 1-13.<br />
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* “The Witness of the Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century,” Address at the Tenth Orthodox Congress in Western Europe, Paray-le-Monial, 30 October - 1 November 1999, ''Sourozh'', 80 (May 2000), 1-14.<br />
:[Reprinted in ''The Ecumenical Review'', 52.1 (2000), 46-56; also in translation in French, Italian, Flemish, and Greek.]<br />
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* “Saint [[Gregory Palamas]],” ''The Tablet'' (18 March 2000), 400.<br />
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* “The Nearness yet Otherness of the Eternal in Meister Eckhardt and St. Gregory Palamas,” ''Eckhardt Review'', 9 (Spring 2000), 41-53.<br />
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* “Go Forth in Peace,” ''In Communion'' (May 2000), I-7. [Also trans. Into Dutch.]<br />
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* “A Peaceful Ending to our Life.” Lecture given at Vezelay, April 1999; in Finnish trans., ''Aamun Koitto'', 2 (2000), 4-8.<br />
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* “What is Eastern Christianity? The Christian East: Unity and Diversity,” in William Joseph Buckley (ed.), ''Kosovo: Contending Voices on Balkan Interventions'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000), 116-19.<br />
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* ''The Inner Kingdom'', The Collected Works, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000).<br />
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* “Eastern Orthodox Theology,” in Adrian Hastings et al. (edd.), ''The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought'' (Oxford: OUP, 2000), 184-7.<br />
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* “ ‘The Light that Lightens Everyone’: The Knowledge of God Among Non-Christians according to the Greek Fathers and St. Innocent,” ''Greek Orthodox Theological Review'', 44, “1999” (in fact, 2001), 557-64.<br />
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* “The Orthodox Understanding of Pilgrimage,” ''Forerunner'', 38 (Winter 2001-2). 1-10.<br />
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* “Glorify God with your Body,” ''In Communion'' (Spring 2001), 7-13.<br />
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* “Eastern Christianity,” in Richard Harries and Henry Mayr-Harting (edd.), ''Christianity: Two Thousand Years'' (Oxford: OUP, 2001), 65-95.<br />
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* “ ‘The Earthly Heaven’: The Mother of God in the Teaching of St. [[John of Damascus]],” in William M. McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock (edd.), ''Mary for Earth and Heaven'' (Leominster: Gracewing, 2002), 355-68.<br />
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* “How do we enter the heart?” in James S. Cutsinger (ed.), ''Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East'' (Bloomington, Ind.: World Wisdom/Fons Vitae, 2002), 2-23.<br />
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===In ''‘Eastern Churches Review’''===<br />
* “Patmos and its Monastery,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 1.3 (1967), 231-7.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy in Alaska: The Centenary of the Sale to America,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 1.4 (1967-8), 395-8.<br />
<br />
* “Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.1 (1968), 24-28.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy in America: Some Statistics,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.1 (1968), 70-3.<br />
<br />
* “A Conference on the Problems of the Orthodox Diaspora,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.2 (1968), 185-9.<br />
<br />
* “Inter-Orthodox Committee at Geneva, 1968,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.2 (1968), 189-90.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement: Recent Developments in America,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.4 (1969), 422-4.<br />
<br />
* “Primacy, Collegiality, and the People of God,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.1 (1970), 18-29. <br />
:[reprinted in A. J. Philippou (ed.), ''Orthodoxy: Life and Freedom. Essays in honour of Archbishop Iakovos'' (Oxford: Studion Publications, 1973), 116-29.]<br />
<br />
* “Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.1 (1970), 78-81.<br />
<br />
* “Tradition and Personal Experience in Later Byzantine Theology,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.2 (1970), 131-141.<br />
<br />
* “Autocephaly Crisis: Deadlock between Constantinople and Moscow,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.3 (1971), 311-15.<br />
<br />
* “Members of Christ: Extracts from the Hymns of St. Symeon the new Theologian (949-1022),” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.4 (1971), 415-18.<br />
<br />
* “Chalcedonians and Non-Chalcedonians: The Latest Developments,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.4 (1971), 428-32.<br />
<br />
* “The Jesus Prayer in St. Gregory of Sinai,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.1 (1972), 3-22.<br />
<br />
* “The Jesus Prayer and the Mother of God,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1973), 149-50.<br />
<br />
* “Towards the Great Council?” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1972), 162-8.<br />
<br />
* “Scholasticism and Orthodoxy: Theological Method as a Factor in the Schism,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.1 (1973), 16-27.<br />
<br />
* “Thessalonika and Crestwood: Two International Conferences of Orthodox Theologians,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.1 (1973), 60-2.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the Charismatic Movement,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.2 (1973), 182-6.<br />
<br />
* “Solzhenitsyn and the Moscow Patriarchate,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 94-7.<br />
<br />
* “Cyprus” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 100-2.<br />
<br />
* “Greece” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 103-7.<br />
<br />
* “Athos” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 108-11.<br />
<br />
* “The Monk and the Married Christian” Some Comparisons in early Monastic Sources,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 72-83.<br />
<br />
* “The Problem of Mixed Marriages: A Recent Correspondence,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.2 (1974), 194-9.<br />
<br />
* “God Hidden and Revealed: The Apophatic Way and the Essence-Energies Distinction,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 7.2 (1975), 125-36.<br />
<br />
* “The Theology of the Icon: A Short Anthology,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 74-8.<br />
<br />
* “Religious Persecution and the Nairobi Assembly,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 74-8.<br />
<br />
* “A Common Easter: How Soon?” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 79-81.<br />
<br />
* “The Debate about Palamism,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 9.1-2 (1977), 45-63.<br />
<br />
* “Catholicity and Nationalism: A Recent Debate at Athens,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 10-16.<br />
<br />
<br />
===In ''‘Sobornost’''===<br />
* “Between Heaven and Earth: Some Notes on Contemporary Greek Monasticism,” ''Sobornost'', 4.7 (1962), 398-408.<br />
<br />
* “The Transfiguration of the Body,” ''Sobornost'', 4.8 (1963), 420-434. Reprinted (with revisions) in A.M. Allchin (ed.), ''Sacrament and Image'' (London: [[Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]], 1967), 17-32.<br />
<br />
* “Intercommunion: The Decisions of Vatican II and the Orthodox Standpoint.” ''Sobornost'', 5.4 (1967), 258-72.<br />
<br />
* “The Value of Material Creation,” ''Sobornost'', 6.3 (1971), 154-65.<br />
<br />
* “The Mystery of God and Man in St. Symeon the New Theologian,” ''Sobornost'', 6.4 (1971), 227-36.<br />
<br />
* “Church and Eucharist, Communion and Intercommunion,” ''Sobornost'', 7.7 (1978), 550-67. <br />
:[Issued also as pamphlet: ''Communion and Intercommunion'' (Minneapolis Mn: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1980), 39pp.]<br />
<br />
'''New Series'''<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the World Council of Churches,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 1.1 (1979), 74-82.<br />
<br />
* “The Mystery of the Human Person,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 62-9. [Translated into Greek, 1991].<br />
<br />
* “ ‘One Body in Christ’: Death and the Communion of the Saints,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.2 (1981), 179-91.<br />
<br />
* “The Library of the House of St Gregory and St. Macrina, Oxford: The D.J. Chitty Papers,” with S. Brock, ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.1 (1982). 56-8.<br />
<br />
* “The Holy Name of Jesus in East and West: The Hesychasts and Richard Rolle,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.2 (1982), 163-84.<br />
<br />
* “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue. 1982: A Second Spring,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.2 (1982), 219-22.<br />
<br />
* “Wolves and Monks: Life on the Holy Mountain Today,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 5.2 (1983), 56-68.<br />
<br />
* “The House of St. Gregory and St. Macrina: The First Quarter Century,” with Ralph Townsend, ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 6.2 (1984), 55-63.<br />
<br />
* “The Human Person as an Icon of the Trinity,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 8.2 (1986), 6-23.<br />
<br />
* “The Spirituality of the Philokalia,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 13.1 (1991), 6-24.<br />
<br />
* “Praying with the Body: The Hesychast Method and Non-Christian Parallels,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 14.2 (1992), 6-35.<br />
<br />
* “Address on Orthodox/Catholic Dialogue,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.1 (1993), 44-5.<br />
<br />
* “Father Lev Gillet and the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.2 (1993), 7-15. [French trans. Contacts, 36 (1994), 36-44.]<br />
<br />
* “ ‘The Monk of the Eastern Church’ and the Jesus Prayer,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.2 (1993), 17-27. [French trans. Contacts, 36 (1994). 60-70.]<br />
<br />
* “C. S. Lewis: An ‘Anonymous Orthodox’?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 17.2 (1995) , 9-27.<br />
<br />
* “The Estonian Crisis: A Salutary Warning?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 18.2 (1996), 59-68.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘We Must Pray for All’: Salvation according to St. Silouan,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 19.1 (1997), 34-51.<br />
<br />
* “Kenosis and Christ-Like Humility according to Saint Silouan,” Sobornost (incorporating Eastern Churches Review) , new series 21.2 (1999), 21-31.<br />
:[French trans. In ''Buisson Ardent: Cahiers Saint Silouane l’Athonite'' 6, (2000), 30-8;<br />
:Italian trans. In Adalberto Mainardi (ed.), ''Silvano dell’ Athos'' (Magnano: Edizione Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1999), 63-77.]<br />
<br />
* “ ‘It Is Time For The Lord To Act’: The Divine Liturgy as Heaven on Earth,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 23.1 (2001), 7-22.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Included in ''“The Inner Kingdom”'' (2001)<ref group="note">''The Inner Kingdom'', The Collected Works, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000).</ref>===<br />
* “ ‘Pray Without Ceasing’: The Ideal of Continual [[Prayer]] in Eastern [[Monasticism]],” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.3 (1969), 253-261. <br />
<br />
* “The Theology of Worship,” ''Sobornost'', 5.10 (1970), 729-37.<br />
<br />
* “The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity,” Cross Currents, 24.2-3 (1974), 296-313. <br />
:[Reprinted (with revisions) in ''Spiritual Direction: Contemporary Readings'', ed. K. G. Culligan (Locust Valley: Living Flame Press, 1983), 20-40.] <br />
<br />
* “Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of [[Hesychasm|Hesychia]],” in A. M. Allchin (ed.), ''Theology and Prayer'', Studies Supplementary to Sobornost, no. 3 (1975), 8-28. <br />
:[Also in M. Basil Pennington (ed.), ''One Yet Two: Monastic Tradition East and West'', Cistercian Studies 29 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 1976), 22-47.]<br />
<br />
* “The Orthodox Experience of [[Repentance]],” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 2.1 (1980), 18-28.<br />
<br />
* “What is a [[Martyr]]?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 5.1 (1983), 7-18.<br />
<br />
* “The [[Fool-for-Christ|Fool in Christ]] as [[Prophet]] and [[Apostles|Apostle]],” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 6.2 (1984), 6-28.<br />
<br />
* “Time: Prison or Path to Freedom?” ''Fairacres Chronicle'', 22.3 (1989), 5-15.<br />
<br />
* “A Sense of Wonder,” in Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed.), ''Tradition and Unity: Sermons Published in Honour of Robert Runcie'' (London: Bellew Publishing, 1991), 79-83.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘Go Joyfully’: The Mystery of [[Death]] and [[Resurrection]],” in Dan-Cohn-Sherbok and Christopher Lewis (edd.), ''Beyond Death: Theological Reflections on Life after Death'' (Basingstoke and London: Macmillan, 1995), 27-41.<br />
<br />
* “Strange Yet Familiar,” in Thomas Doulis (ed.), ''Towards the Authentic Church. Orthodox Christians Discuss Their Conversion: A Collection of Essays'' (Minneapolis: Light and Life, 1996), 145-68.<br />
<br />
* “Dare We Hope for the Salvation of All?” ''Theology Digest'', 45.4 (1998), 303-17.<br />
<br />
===Contributions===<br />
* Contributions to H. Cunliffe-Jones & B. Drewery (edd.), ''A History of Christian Doctrine'' (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1978 [in fact 1979]): <br />
:“Christian Theology in the East 600-1453,” pp.181-225; <br />
:“A Note on Theology in the Christian East: The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries,” pp.307-9; <br />
:“A Note on Theology in the Christian East: The Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries,” pp.455-7.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainright & Edward Yarnold (edd.), ''The Study of Spirituality'' (London: SPCK, 1986): <br />
:“The Eastern Fathers, Introduction,” pp. 159-60; <br />
:“The Origins of the Jesus Prayer: Diadochus, Gaza, Sinai,” pp. 175-84; <br />
:“The Spirituality of the Icon,” pp. 195-8; <br />
:“Symeon the New Theologian,” pp.235-42;<br />
:“The Hesychasts: Gregory of Sinai, Gregory Palamas, Nicolas Cabasilas,” pp. 242-55;<br />
:“The Hesychast Renaissance,” pp. 255-8.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Mircea Eliade (ed.), ''The Encyclopedia of Religion'' (New York: Macmillan, 1987):<br />
:“Cyril I (Loukaris),” 4.189-91;<br />
:“Eastern Christianity,” 4.558-76;<br />
:“Petr Moghila,” II.260-I.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Nicholas Lossky et al. (edd.), ''Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement'' (Geneva: WCC Publications/Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans, 1991): <br />
:“Ethnicity,” p.373;<br />
:“Tradition and traditions,” pp.1013-18.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Obituaries===<br />
* “The Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1972), 156-62.<br />
<br />
* “Derwas James Chitty 1901-1971” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 1-6.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop [[Makarios III (Mouskos) of Cyprus|Makarios of Cyprus]]” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 151-2.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop Evgenios of Cyprus” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 152-3.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras of Thyateira]] (1909-79)” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 2.1 (1980), 58-68.<br />
<br />
* “[[Nicolas Zernov]] (1898-1980)” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 11-32.<br />
<br />
* “Patriarch [[Benedict of Jerusalem]]” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 102.<br />
<br />
* “Mother Mary” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 103.<br />
<br />
* “Joice Loch” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 5.1 (1983), 71-2.<br />
<br />
* “In Memoriam Demetrios Koutroubis” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 6.1 (1984), 67-71.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop Basil of Brussels” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 8.1 (1986), 51-4.<br />
<br />
* “David Balfour” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 12.1 (1990), 52-61.<br />
<br />
* “Father [[Dumitru Staniloae]]” (obituary), ''Forerunner'' (The Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist). No. 23 (Summer, 1994), 14-17.<br />
<br />
* “[[Philip Sherrard]]” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 17.2 (1995), 45-52. <br />
:[Reprinted with corrections in ''Friends of Mount Athos, Annual Report 1995'' (published 1996), 26-34.]<br />
<br />
* “Constance Babington Smith” (obituary), ''Forerunner'', 36 (Winter 2000-1). 34-5.<br />
<br />
===Introductions to Other Works===<br />
* Edited, with an introduction: Igumen Chariton, ''The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology'', translated by E. Kadloubovsky and E. M. Palmer (London: Faber & Faber, 1966), 287pp. [Introduction: pp.9-38.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''The Arena: An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism'', trans. by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Madras, 1970), iii-xvi.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Leo Allatius, ''De Ecclesiae Occidentalis atque Orientalis Perpetua Consensione'', reprint (Farnham: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), 5pp. [Not numbered.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction to John Climacus, ''The Ladder of Divine Ascent'', The Classics of Western Spirituality (New York NY: Paulist Press, 1982), 1-70.<br />
<br />
* Edited with George Every and Richard Harries, ''Seasons of the Spirit: Readings through the Christian Year'' (London: SPCK, 1984), x + 259pp. [Published in the USA by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood NY with the title The Time of the Spirit.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction to ''Marc le Moine'', translated by Soeur Claire-Agnes Zirnheld, Spiritualite Orientale, 41 (Abbaye de Bellefontaine, 1985), ix-li.<br />
<br />
* Edited: A Monk of the Eastern Church (Lev Gillet), ''The Jesus Prayer'' (Crestwood NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1987) 120pp. [Foreward on pp. 5-20.]<br />
<br />
* Preface to George Maloney, ''Pseudo-Macarius: The Fifty Spiritual Homilies and the Great Letter'', The Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1992), pp. xi-xviii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to ''Journals of the Priest Ioann Veniaminov in Alaska, 1823-1836'', trans. by Jerome Kisslinger, ed. by S. A. Mousalimas, The Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series, Vol. VII (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1993), ix-xi. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to Dumitru Staniloae, ''The Experience of God'', trans. Ioan Ionita and Robert Barringer (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1994), ix-xxvii. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to David and Mary Ford, ''Marriage as a Path to Holiness: Lives of Married Saints'' (South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 1994), ix-xii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Mother Thekla, ''The Dark Glass: Meditations in Orthodox Spirituality'' (London: Harper/Collins (Fount), 1996), v-vii.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Nikolai Velimirovic, Bishop of Ochrid, ''Homilies'', I, translated by Mother Maria (Rule) (Birmingham: Lazarica Press, 1996), v-vii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Donald Nicoll, ''Triumphs of the Spirit in Russia'' (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997), ix-x.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Barbara Pappas, ''The Christian Life in the Early Church and Today according to St Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians'' (Westchester, Illinois: Amnos Publications, 1998), ix-xi.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Philip Sherrard, ''Christianity: Lineaments of a Sacred Tradition'' (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998), ix-xiv.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Columba Graham Flegg, ''An Introduction to Reading the Apocalypse'' (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999), vii-viii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, ''Lev Gillet'' (Oxford: Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1999), 9-13.<br />
<br />
* Preface to Alphonse and Rachel Goettmann, ''Priere de Jesus: Priere du Coeur'' (Paris: Albin Michael, 1999), II-21. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to ''The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity'' (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999), viii-ix.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Emil Bartos, ''Deification in Eastern Orthodox Theology. An Evaluation and Critique of the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae'' (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1999), ix-x.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Hilarion Alfeyev, ''The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian'', Cistercian Studies Series 175 (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 2000), 9-13.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to John Chryssavgis, ''Soul Mending. The Art of Spiritual Direction'' (Brookline: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2000), ix-xi.<br />
<br />
===In Other Languages===<br />
'''In French'''<br />
* “L’unite dans la diversite: La vocation orthodoxe en Europe occidentale,” ''Contacts'', 35.2, no. 122 (1983), 179-90 . <br />
<br />
* “Philocalie,” in ''Dictionaire de Spiritualite'', 12 (1984), cols. 1336-52.<br />
<br />
* ''Le royaume interieur'' (Pully, Switzerland : Le Sel de la Terre, 1993; 2nd edn. 1994), 112pp. [Introduction by Maxime Egger, pp. 6-17. French trans. by Lucie & Maxime Egger of:<br />
:“Go Joyfully: The Mystery of Death and Resurrection” (1995);<br />
:“The Mystery of the Human Person” (1981);<br />
:“The Orthodox Experience of Repentance” (1980);<br />
:“The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity” (1974); <br />
:“Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of Hesychia” (1975).]<br />
:(I) Greek trans. ''Η εντος ημων βασιλεια'', trans. Joseph Roilidis (Athens: Akritas, 1994), 151pp.; <br />
:(II) Italian trans. ''Riconoscete'' Cristo in Voi?, trans. Riccardo Larini (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1994), 128pp.<br />
<br />
* “L’education theologique selon l’Ecriture et les Peres,” in ''Planete St-Serge: Les feuillets de Saint Serge'', 4 (Nov. 1998), 3-11. [Romanian trans. in Renastearea (Archdiocese of Cluj), nos. 10-11 (1994).] <br />
<br />
* “Orient et Occident: Sources et esperances de l’Eglise indivise,” in Philipp Baud and Maxime Egger (edd.), ''Les richesses de l’Orient chretien'' (Pully, Switzerland: Le Sel de la Terre, 2000), 171-92.<br />
<br />
'''In German'''<br />
* “Diadochus von Photice,” ''Theologische Realenzyklopadie'', 8 (1981), 617-20.<br />
<br />
* “Gottesdienst. Orthodoxe Kirche,” ''Theologische Realenzyklopadie'', 14.1-2 (1985), 46-51.<br />
<br />
* “Gefangnis oder Weg zur Freiheit?” ''Oikumenische Rundschau'', 49.2 (2000), 191-200. [Translation of a University Sermon given in St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, II June 1989.]<br />
<br />
'''In Greek'''<br />
* “The Monastic Life as a Sacrament of Love,” ''Εκκλησια και Θεολογια'', 2 (1981), 690-700.<br />
<br />
* “The Exercise of Authority in the Orthodox Church,” ''Εκκλησια και Θεολογia'', 3 (1982), 941-69. [French trans. Irenikon, 54.4 (1981), 451-71; 55.1 (1982), 25-34.]<br />
<br />
* « Η δοξα της Μεταμορφωσης. Θεματα απ΄ τα λειτουργικα κειμενα,» in ''Μεταμορφωση'' (Athens: Akritas, 1984), 13-33.<br />
<br />
* “The Monastic Ideal according to St. Christodoulos of Patmos,” in Διεθνες Συμποσιο. Πρακτικα. Ι. Μονη Αγ. Ιωαννου του Θεολογου. 900 Χρονια Ιστορικης Μαρτυριας (1088-1988), Πατμος, 22-24 Σεπτεμβριου 1988, Εταιρεια Βυζαντινων και Μεταβυζαντινων Μελετων. Διπτυχων Παραφυλλα 2, (Athens, 1989), 23-35.<br />
<br />
* «Ενορια και Ευχαριστια. Η ορθοδοξη εμπειρια στον Δυτικο Κοσμο,» ''Ενορια. Προς μια νεα ανακαλυψη της'' (Athens: Akritas, 1991), 125-34. <br />
<br />
* «Πορευεσθε μετα χαρας» Το μυστυριο του θανατου και της αναστασεως, in Συναξη, 49 (Jan.-March, 1994), 19-33.<br />
<br />
* «Αθηνα και Ιερουσαλημ: η Κλασσικη Παραδοσι και οι Ελληνες Πατερες,» in ''Ορθοδοξια Ελληνισμος: Πορεια στην Τριτη Χιλιετια'', 2, Ιερα Μονη Κοθτλοθμουσιου, Αγιον Ορος, (1996) , 43-9.<br />
<br />
* «Αληθως Θεος και Αληθως Ανθρωπος,» in Athenagoras Dikaikos et al. (edd.), ''2000 Χρονια μετα. Τινα με λεγουσιν οι ανθρωποι ειναι;'' (Athens: Akritas, 1999), 86-9.<br />
<br />
'''In Italian'''<br />
* “Possiamo parlare di spiritualita della Filocalia?” in Olivier Racquez (ed.), ''Amore del Bello: Studi sulla Filocalia'', Atti del “Simposio Internationale sulla Filocalia,” Pontificio Collegio Greco, Roma, novembre 1989 (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1991), 27-52.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<references group="note" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ec-patr.org/hierarchs/show.php?lang=en&id=112 Biographical page from the Ecumenical Patriarchate]<br />
* [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_1.htm Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware - Part I: History]<br />
* [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_2.htm Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware - Part II: Faith and Worship]<br />
* [http://realserver.goarch.org/ram/en/kallistos_ware_interview.ram Interview with Bishop Kallistos (RealVideo)]<br />
* [http://www.octelevision.net/archives/07%2002%2005/Christian%20Unity.wmv Bishop Kallistos on Unity (Windows Media Video)]<br />
* [http://incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/sacraments-of-healing Bishop Kallistos on Sacraments of Healing (talks given by him at a retreat for members of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship)]<br />
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His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia''' (1934 - [[August 24]] 2022, also known by his lay name, '''Timothy Ware''') was a [[titular bishop|titular metropolitan]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in Great Britain. From 1966-2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University, and has authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox Christian faith, and Orthodoxy's relationship to broader culture, including the sciences]]. He reposed in the Lord after struggling with various illness on August 24th, 2022.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born '''Timothy Ware''' in Bath, Somerset, England, Metropolitan Kallistos was educated at Westminster School (to which he had won a scholarship) and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a Double First in Classics as well as reading Theology. In 1958, at the age of 24, he embraced the Orthodox Christian faith (having been raised Anglican), traveling subsequently throughout Greece, spending a great deal of time at the [[Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Patmos, Greece)|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]] in Patmos. He also frequented other major centers of Orthodoxy such as Jerusalem and [[Mount Athos]]. In 1966, he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest|priesthood]] and was [[tonsure|tonsured]] as a [[monk]], receiving the name Kallistos, in honour of St. [[w:Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos|Kallistos Xanthopoulos]].<ref group="note">A late 13th and early 14th century Byzantine theological [[w:Polymath|polymath]], the last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians.</ref><br />
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In the same year, he became a lecturer at Oxford, teaching Eastern Orthodox Studies, a position which he held for 35 years until his retirement. In 1979, he was appointed to a Fellowship at Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1982, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the [[bishop|episcopacy]] as a [[titular bishop]] with the title ''Bishop of Diokleia'', appointed to serve as the assistant to the bishop of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]'s [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]]. Despite his elevation, Kallistos remained in Oxford and carried on his duties both as the parish priest of the Oxford Greek Orthodox community and as a lecturer at the University. <br />
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Since his retirement in 2001, Kallistos has continued to publish and to give lectures on Orthodox Christianity, traveling widely. Until recently, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the [[Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies]] in Cambridge. He is the chairman of the group [[Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona]]. He serves on the advisory board of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.<br />
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On [[March 30]], 2007, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated the Diocese of Diokleia to Metropolis and Bishop Kallistos to Titular Metropolitan of Diokleia.<br />
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==List of Writings by Kallistos (Timothy) Ware, Bishop of Diokleia==<br />
Metropolitan Kallistos is perhaps best known as the author of the book ''The Orthodox Church'', published when he was a layman in 1963 and subsequently revised several times. More recently, he produced a companion volume, ''The Orthodox Way''. <br />
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However his most substantial publications have emerged from his translation work. Together with [[G. E. Palmer]] and [[Philip Sherrard]]), he has undertaken to translate the [[Philokalia]] (four volumes of five published to date); and with Mother Mary he produced English translations of the [[Lenten Triodion]] and Festal [[Menaion]].<br />
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The list below contains the complete writings of Metropolitan Kallistos (up until the year 2001), as published in the [[w:Festschrift|Festschrift]] that was written for him,<ref group="note">John Behr, Andrew Louth, Dimitri Conomos (eds.). ''Abba, The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West: Festschrift for Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia.'' Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003. 376 pp. ISBN 0-88141-248-1</ref> celebrating his retirement from active professional responsibilities in 2001.<ref group="note">For 35 years, from 1966 to 2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford.</ref> Each section below is listed in chronological order .<br />
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===Books===<br />
* ''The Orthodox Church'' (Pelican Original: Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963), 352 pp. <br />
:[New edition, fully revised (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1993). Translated into various languages.]<br />
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* ''Eustratios Argenti: A Study of the Greek Church under Turkish Rule'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964), xii + 196pp. <br />
:[Photographic reprint (California: Eastern Orthodox Books, 1974).]<br />
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* ''The Orthodox Way'' (London & Oxford: Mowbrays/Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary press, 1979), 195pp. [Translated into various languages.]<br />
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* ''The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church'' (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2000), 96 pp.<br />
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===Translations===<br />
* Translated and edited with Mother Mary (of [[w:Bussy-en-Othe|Bussy-en-Othe]]), ''The Festal [[Menaion]]'' (London: Faber & Faber, 1969), 564 pp. <br />
:[The introduction and appendices are by KW; the translation was made jointly.]<br />
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* Translated and edited with Mother Mary (of Bussy-en-Othe), ''The Lenten Triodon'' (London: Faber and Faber, 1978), 699pp. <br />
:[The introduction is by KW, the translation was made jointly.]<br />
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* Translated with Mother Mary (of Bussy-en-Othe), ''The Lenten Triodon. Supplementary Texts'', duplicated publication by the Orthodox Monastery of the Veil of the Mother of God, Bussy-en-Othe, 1979 [in fact 1980], 305pp.<br />
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* Translated and edited with G. E. H. Palmer and [[Philip Sherrard|P. Sherrard]], ''The [[Philokalia]]. The Complete Text compiled by St. [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain|Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain]] and St. [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Makarios of Corinth]]'' (London: Faber & Faber, vol. I, 1979, 378pp.; vol, II, 1981, 414pp.; vol. III, 1984, 379pp.; vol. IV, 1995, 458pp.).<br />
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===Writings===<br />
* “ ‘Economy’ according to Orthodox Theology: Its Application to Non-Orthodox Sacraments,” ''Chrysostom'', 5 (1961), 6-8.<br />
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* “ ‘Guarding the Walls’: The Greek Orthodox Monk and his Service to the World,” ''Chrysostom'', 9 (1962), 5-7.<br />
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* “Saints and Beasts: The Undistorted Image,” ''The Franciscan'', 5.4 (1963) , 144-52.<br />
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* “The Communion of Saints,” in A.J. Philippou (ed.), ''The Orthodox Ethos'', Studies in Orthodoxy, 1 (Oxford: Holywell Press, 1964), 140-9.<br />
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* “The Orthodox Church in England,” in [[Brotherhood of Theologians Zoe|Zoe Brotherhood]] (ed.), ''A Sign of God: Orthodoxy 1964'' (Athens: Zoe, 1964), 47-62.<br />
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* “The Doctrine of the Church in Reunion Discussions,” ''Eastern Churches Newsletter'', 48 (1968), 4-13.<br />
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* “The Mother of God in Orthodox Theology and Devotion,” in the series “Mother of Jesus,” No. 6 (Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary), 1970, 14pp. <br />
:[Reprinted in A. Stacpoole (ed.), ''Mary’s Place in Christian Dialogue'' (Slough: St Paul’s Publications, 1982), 169-81.]<br />
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* “The Sacrament of Baptism and the Ascetic Life in the Teaching of Mark the Monk,” ''Studia Patristica'', X, Texte und Untersuchungen, 107 (Berlin, 1970), 441-52.<br />
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* “Orthodox and Catholics in the Seventeenth Century: Schism or Intercommunion?” in Derek Baker (ed.), ''Schism, Heresy and Religious Protest'', Studies in Church History, 9 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), 259-76. <br />
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* ''The Power of the Name: The Jesus Prayer in Orthodox Spirituality'', Fairacres Publications no. 43 (Oxford, 1974), 25pp. <br />
:[New edition: Oxford: Fairacres Publications, 1986.] <br />
:[Reprinted in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, ''The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality'' (Torrance, CA: Oakwood Publications, 1992), 135-73.]<br />
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* “The Ecumenical Councils and the Conscience of the Church,” in ''Kanon'', II, Jahrbuch der gesellschaft fur das Recht der Ostkirchen (Vienna, 1974), 217-33.<br />
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* “Death and Life,” ''Christian'', 2.4 (175), 363-9.<br />
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* “The Fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and His Secret Conversion to the Orthodox Church ,” in D. Baker (ed.), ''The Orthodox Churches and the West'', Studies in Church History, 13 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, for the Ecclesiastical History Society, 1976), 247-56.<br />
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* “Mount Athos Today,” ''Christian'', 3.4 (1976), 322-33.<br />
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* “ ‘Separated from All and United to All’: The Hermit Life in the Christian East,” in A. M. Allchin (ed.), ''Solitude and Communion'', Fairacres Publications, 66 (Oxford: Fairacres Publications, 1977), 30-47.<br />
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* “The Moscow Conference, 1976,” in Kallistos Ware and Colin Davey, ''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue'', (London: SPCK, 1977), 39-81. <br />
:[French trans. ''Istina'', 24 (Jan-Mar 1979), 7-43.]<br />
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* “Conversation with Kallistos Ware,” in E. Robinson (ed.), ''This Time-Bound Ladder: Ten Dialogues on Religious Experience'' (Oxford: The Religious Experience Research Unit, Manchester College, 1977), 107-23.<br />
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* “Man, Woman, and the Priesthood in Christ,” in Peter Moore (ed.), ''Man, Woman, and Priesthood'' (London: SPCK, 1978), 68-90, 177-80. <br />
:[Reprinted in [[Thomas Hopko]] (ed.), ''Women and the Priesthood'' (Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1983), 9-37.] <br />
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* “The ARCIC Agreed Statement on Authority: An Orthodox Comment,” ''One in Christ'', 14.3 (1978), 198-206.<br />
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* “The Holy Spirit in the Personal Life of the Christian,” in ''Unity in the Spirit – Diversity in the Churches'', The Report of the Conference of European Churches, Assembly VIII, 18th-25th October, 1979, Crete (Geneva: WCC, 1980), 139-69.<br />
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* “Kirkon Salaisuus” [“The Mystery of the Church”], ''Ortodoksia'', 29 (1980), 7-75. [In Finnish: the English original remains unpublished.]<br />
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* “Patterns of Episcopacy in the Early Church and Today: An Orthodox View,” in Peter Moore (ed.), ''Bishops: But What Kind?'' (London: SPCK, 1982), 1-24. <br />
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* “The Church: A Time of Transition,” in R. Clogg (ed.), ''Greece in the 1980s'' (London: Macmillan, 1983), 208-30.<br />
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* “Salvation and Theosis in Orthodox Theology,” in ''Luther et la Reforme allemande dans une perspective oecumenique'' (Chambesy: Editions du centre Orthodoxe du Patriarchat Oecumenique, 1983), 167-84.<br />
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* “Unity and Mission,” in Unity and Mission, The Report of the Eleventh General Assembly of Syndesmos, (Kuopio: Syndesmos, 1984), 5-15.<br />
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* “The Sanctity and Glory of the Mother of God: Orthodox Approaches,” ''The Way'', Supplement 51, Papers of the 1984 International Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1984), 79-96.<br />
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* “The Humanity of Christ,” The Fourth Constantinople Lecture, 29/30 November 1984 (London: The Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, 1984), 12pp.<br />
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* “Bishop Kallistos of Oxford Looks at Ecumenism” (Interview with A. Kelleher), ''Diakonia'', 19.1-3 (1984-85), 132-6.<br />
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* “Image and Likeness: An Interview with Bishop Kallistos Ware” (by J. Morgan), ''Parabola'', 10.1 (1985), 62-71. <br />
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* “Why I am an Orthodox,” ''The Tablet'' (16 February 1985), 159-60.<br />
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* “The Jesus Prayer in St. [[Diadochos of Photiki|Diadochus of Photice]],” ''Aksum Thyateira: A Festschrift for Archbishop Methodios'' (London, 1985), 557-68.<br />
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* “[[Nous]] and Noesis in Plato, Aristotle and [[Evagrius Ponticus|Evagrius of Pontus]],” ''Diotima'' 13, Proceedings of the Second International Week on the Philosophy of Greek Culture, Kalamata 1982, Part II (1985), 158-63.<br />
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* “Ways of Prayer and Contemplation. I. Eastern,” in B. McGinn & [[John Meyendorff|J. Meyendorff]] (edd.), ''Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century'', World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, vol. 16 (New York: Crossroad, 1985), 395-414.<br />
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* ''Praying Home: The Contemplative Journey'', with Mary Clare and Robert Llewelyn (Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 1987).<br />
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* “The Theology and Spirituality of the Icon,” ''From Byzantium to El Greco'', Royal Academy of Arts, (London, 1987), 37-9.<br />
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* “Spirit, Church, Eucharist,” ''The Franciscan'', 29.2 (1987), 77-84.<br />
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* “The Unity of the Human Person according to the Greek Fathers,” in Arthur Peacocke and Grant Gillett (edd.), ''Persons and Personality. A Contemporary Inquiry'', Ian Ramsey Centre Publication no. I (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987), 197-206, 215-17.<br />
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* ''How to Read your Bible'' (Mt. Hermon , Ca: Conciliar Press, 1988), 16pp.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Britain: Its Origins and Future,” in ''Directory of Parishes and Clergy in the British Isles 1988/89'' (Stylite Publishing and Orthodox Fellowship of St. John the Baptist, 1988), 3-6.<br />
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* “St. Maximos of Kapsokalyvia and Fourteenth-Century Athonite Hesychasm,” in Julian Chrysostomides (ed.), ''ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΡΙΑ: Essays presented to Joan Hussey for her 80th birthday'' (London: Porphyrogenitus, 1989), 409-30.<br />
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* “Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition,” ''Epiphany'', 9.2 (1989), 48-59. <br />
:[Reprinted in ''Marianum'' 52, 1-2 (1990), 210-27.]<br />
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* “The Feast of Mary’s Silence: The Entry into the Temple (21 November),” ''The Month'', August/September (1989), 337-41. <br />
:[Also printed in Alberic Stacpoole (ed.), ''Mary in Doctrine and Devotion'': Papers of the Liverpool Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dublin: The Columba Press, 1990), 34-41.] <br />
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* “The Meaning of ‘Pathos’ in Abba Isaias and Theodoret of Cyrus,” ''Studia Patristica'', XX (Leuven: Peeters, 1989), 315-22.<br />
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* “Orthodoxy in Britain: Its Origins and Future,” ''Sourozh'', 42 (1990), 23-8.<br />
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* “The Spiritual Father in St. [[John Climacus]] and St. [[Symeon the New Theologian]],” ''Studia Patristica'', XVIII.2 (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications/Leuven: Peeters, 1989), 299-316. <br />
:[Reprinted in Irenee Hausherr, ''Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East'', Cistercian Studies Series, 116 (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1990), vii-xxxiii.]<br />
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* “Eastern Christendom,” in John McManners (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), 122-61.<br />
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* “The Meaning of the [[Divine Liturgy]] for the Byzantine Worshipper,” in Rosemary Morris (ed.), ''Church and People in Byzantium'', Twentieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Manchester, 1986 (Birmingham: Center for Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, 1990), 7-28.<br />
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* “Tradition, the Bible and the Holy Spirit,” ''Epiphany'', II.2 (1991), 7-16.<br />
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* “Saints in the Image of the Trinity,” in ''The Reckless Saints: Sermons from All Saints Margaret Street'', Festival 1990 (London, 1991), 1-5.<br />
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* “The Sacrament of Love: The Orthodox Understanding of Marriage and its Breakdown,” ''The Downside Review'', 109, no. 375 (April 1991), 79-93.<br />
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* “Praying with Icons,” in Paul McPartlan (ed.), ''One in 2000? Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity'' (Slough: St. Paul’s, 1993), 141-168. <br />
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* “Athos after Ten Years: the Good News and the Bad,” ''[[Friends of Mount Athos]], Annual Report 1992'' (published 1993), 8-17.<br />
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* “How to Read the Bible,” in Peter E. Gillquist (ed.), ''The [[Orthodox Study Bible]]: New Testament and Psalms'' (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1993), 726-70. (revised version on 1988 Conciliar Press pamphlet).<br />
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* “The Church of God: Our Shared Vision,” ''Logos'', 34.1-2 (1993), 10-29.<br />
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* “Response to the Presentation by His Grace Bishop Basil (Losten): ‘The Roman Primacy and the Church of Kiev,’ ” ''Logos'', 34.1-2 (1993), 107-16.<br />
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* “Prayer and Sacraments in the Synagogue,” in Margaret Mullett and Anthony Kirby (edd.), ''The Theotokos Evergetis and Eleventh-Century Monasticism'', Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations 6.1 (Belfast, 1994), 325-47.<br />
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* “The Tension Between the ‘Already’ and ‘Not Yet,’ “ in Colin Davey (ed.), ''Returning Pilgrims. Insights from British and Irish participants in the Fifth World Faith and Order Conference Santiago de Compostela'' 3-14 August 1993 (London: Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, 1994), 29-33.<br />
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* “The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition,” in Rienk Lannoy (ed.), ''For Us and Our Salvation'', IIMO Research Publication 40 (Utrecht-Leiden, 1994), 107-31. <br />
:[Reprinted separately with the title ''How are we Saved? The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition'' (Minneapolis Mn: Light and Life, 1996), 19 pp.]<br />
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* “Response to Fr Andriy Chirovsky: ‘Towards an Ecclesial Self-Identity for the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church,’ ” ''Logos'', 35.1-4 (1994), 125-31.<br />
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* “Gerald Palmer, the Philokalia and the Holy Mountain,” in ''[[Friends of Mount Athos]], Annual Report 1994'' (published 1995), 23-28.<br />
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* “The Way of the [[Asceticism|Ascetics]]: Negative of Affirmative?” in Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (edd.), ''Asceticism'' (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), 3-15.<br />
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* “A Fourteenth-Century Manual of Hesychast Prayer: The ''Century'' of St. Kallistos and St. Ignatios Xanthopoulos” (Toronto: Canadian institute of Balkan Studies, 1995), 32pp.<br />
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* “ ‘Act out of Stillness’: The Influence of Fourteenth-Century [[Hesychasm]] on Byzantine and Slav Civilization,” The “Byzantine Heritage” Annual Lecture, 28 May, 1995, ed. Daniel J. Sahas (Toronto: The Hellenic Canadian Association of Constantinople and the Thessalonikean Society of Metro Toronto, 1995), 25pp.<br />
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* “ ‘In the Image and Likeness’: The Uniqueness of the Human Person,” in John T. Chirban (ed.), ''Personhood: Orthodox Christianity and the Connection Between Body, Mind, and Soul'' (Westport, CN: Bergin & Garvey, 1996), 1-13.<br />
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* ''Spirituality: Eastern and Western Perspectives'', talks given by Bishop Kallistos Ware and Philip Sheldrake, Great St. Mary’s Papers, Two (Cambridge, 1996), 41pp.<br />
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* “Has God Rejected His People? Saint Paul on the Vocation of Israel,” ''Saint John of Kronstadt Bulletin'' (September 1996); also ''In Communion'', Journal of Orthodox Peace Fellowship (October 1996), 1-4.<br />
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* “Lent and the Consumer Society,” in Andrew Walker and Costa Carras (edd.), ''Living Orthodoxy in the Modern World'' (London: SPCK, 1996), 64-84.<br />
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* “St Athanasius the Athonite: Traditionalist or Innovator?” in Anthony Bryer and Mary Cunningham (edd.), ''Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism''. Papers from the Twenty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1994, Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Publications, 4 (Aldershot: Variorum/Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1996), 3-16. <br />
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* “An Icon of Human Freedom,” in Mircea Pacurariu and Aurel Jivi (edd.), ''Teologie, Slujire, Ecumenism: Inalt Prea Sfintului Dr Antoine Plamadeala, Mitropolitul Ardealului, la implinirea varstei de 70 ani'' (Facultatea de Teologie “Andrei Saguna”), extract from Revista Teologica, 3-4 (Sibiu, 1996), 103-9.<br />
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* ''Through the Creation to the Creator'' (London: Friends of the Centre, 1997), 30pp.<br />
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* “ ‘My Helper and My Enemy’: The Body in Greek Christianity,” in Sarah Coakley (ed.), ''Religion and the Body'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 90-110.<br />
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* “The Trinity, Heart of Our Life,” in James S. Cutsinger (ed.), ''Reclaiming the Great Tradition'' (Downers Grove, Illinois: Inter Varsity Press, 1997), 125-46.<br />
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* “Confession” ''Saint John of Kronstadt Bulletin'' (December 1997).<br />
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* ''Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition'' (Wallington, Surrey: The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1997), 20pp.<br />
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* “The Place of Mary: I. No New Dogmas, Please,” ''The Tablet'' (17 January 1998), 93. <br />
:[Reprinted in Edward Yarnold (ed.), ''The Place of Mary in the Church: Mariologists on Mary – Co-Redeemer'' (Wallington, Surrey: Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1998), 3-5.]<br />
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* “God of the Fathers: [[C. S. Lewis]] and Eastern Christianity,” in David Mills (ed.), ''The Pilgrim’s Tale: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998), 53-69.<br />
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* “Man, Woman and the Priesthood of Christ” [revised version of 1978], in [[Thomas Hopko]] (ed.), ''Women and the Priesthood'' (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999), 5-53.<br />
:[Reprinted in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel and Kallistos Ware, ''The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church'' (Geneva: Risk Book Series, WCC Publications, 2000), 49-96. <br />
:French trans. “Homme, femme et pretrise du Christ,” in Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (ed.), ''L’ordination des femmes dans l’Eglise orthodoxe'' (Paris : Cerf, 1998), 51-96.]<br />
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* “The Soul in Greek Christianity,” in M. James C. Crabbe (ed.), ''From Soul to Self'' (London & New York: Routledge, 1999), 49-69.<br />
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* “Prayer in [[Evagrius Ponticus|Evagrius of Pontus]] and the Macarian Homilies,” in Ralph Waller and Benedicta Ward (edd.), ''An Introduction to Christian Spirituality'' (London: SPCK, 1999), 14-30.<br />
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* “The Passions: Enemy or Friend?” ''In Communion'', 17, Journal of Orthodox Peace Fellowship (Fall 1999), I-8. [Also translated into Dutch and Finnish.]<br />
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* “Open to a New Situation: A Fresh Approach to Old Problems?” in ''Orientale Lumen II: Conference Proceedings-1998'' (Washingtom DC: Eastern Churches Journal, 1999), 101-20.<br />
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* “Not Peace, But a Sword,” in ''Orientale Lumen III: Conference Proceedings-1999'' (Washingtom DC: Eastern Churches Journal, 1999), 187-91.<br />
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* “With All Our Heart, In Thanksgiving Let Us Offer The World Back To God,” in ''The Orthodox Church'', 35.10-11 (October-November 1999), 3, 9, 16.<br />
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* “Personal Experience of the Holy Spirit according to the Greek Fathers,” ''Stranitsi'' 4.1 (Moscow: St. Andrew’s Biblical College, 1999), 10-23. [Russian trans.; English text still unpublished.]<br />
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* “What is a Saint?” Sermon at the St. Birinus Pilgrimage Service, Dorchester. II July 1999 (issued separately).<br />
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* “Body, Intellect, Heart: Prayer of the Total Self,” ''The St. Nina Quarterly'', 3.1 (Winter 1999), I, 9-11, 15.<br />
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* “The Use of the [[Jesus Prayer]] in Daily Life,” ''Saint Mark Annual Review 1999'' (Bethesda, Maryland: Saint Mark Orthodox Church, 2000), 1-13.<br />
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* “The Witness of the Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century,” Address at the Tenth Orthodox Congress in Western Europe, Paray-le-Monial, 30 October - 1 November 1999, ''Sourozh'', 80 (May 2000), 1-14.<br />
:[Reprinted in ''The Ecumenical Review'', 52.1 (2000), 46-56; also in translation in French, Italian, Flemish, and Greek.]<br />
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* “Saint [[Gregory Palamas]],” ''The Tablet'' (18 March 2000), 400.<br />
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* “The Nearness yet Otherness of the Eternal in Meister Eckhardt and St. Gregory Palamas,” ''Eckhardt Review'', 9 (Spring 2000), 41-53.<br />
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* “Go Forth in Peace,” ''In Communion'' (May 2000), I-7. [Also trans. Into Dutch.]<br />
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* “A Peaceful Ending to our Life.” Lecture given at Vezelay, April 1999; in Finnish trans., ''Aamun Koitto'', 2 (2000), 4-8.<br />
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* “What is Eastern Christianity? The Christian East: Unity and Diversity,” in William Joseph Buckley (ed.), ''Kosovo: Contending Voices on Balkan Interventions'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000), 116-19.<br />
<br />
* ''The Inner Kingdom'', The Collected Works, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000).<br />
<br />
* “Eastern Orthodox Theology,” in Adrian Hastings et al. (edd.), ''The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought'' (Oxford: OUP, 2000), 184-7.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘The Light that Lightens Everyone’: The Knowledge of God Among Non-Christians according to the Greek Fathers and St. Innocent,” ''Greek Orthodox Theological Review'', 44, “1999” (in fact, 2001), 557-64.<br />
<br />
* “The Orthodox Understanding of Pilgrimage,” ''Forerunner'', 38 (Winter 2001-2). 1-10.<br />
<br />
* “Glorify God with your Body,” ''In Communion'' (Spring 2001), 7-13.<br />
<br />
* “Eastern Christianity,” in Richard Harries and Henry Mayr-Harting (edd.), ''Christianity: Two Thousand Years'' (Oxford: OUP, 2001), 65-95.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘The Earthly Heaven’: The Mother of God in the Teaching of St. [[John of Damascus]],” in William M. McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock (edd.), ''Mary for Earth and Heaven'' (Leominster: Gracewing, 2002), 355-68.<br />
<br />
* “How do we enter the heart?” in James S. Cutsinger (ed.), ''Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East'' (Bloomington, Ind.: World Wisdom/Fons Vitae, 2002), 2-23.<br />
<br />
===In ''‘Eastern Churches Review’''===<br />
* “Patmos and its Monastery,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 1.3 (1967), 231-7.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy in Alaska: The Centenary of the Sale to America,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 1.4 (1967-8), 395-8.<br />
<br />
* “Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.1 (1968), 24-28.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy in America: Some Statistics,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.1 (1968), 70-3.<br />
<br />
* “A Conference on the Problems of the Orthodox Diaspora,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.2 (1968), 185-9.<br />
<br />
* “Inter-Orthodox Committee at Geneva, 1968,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.2 (1968), 189-90.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Movement: Recent Developments in America,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.4 (1969), 422-4.<br />
<br />
* “Primacy, Collegiality, and the People of God,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.1 (1970), 18-29. <br />
:[reprinted in A. J. Philippou (ed.), ''Orthodoxy: Life and Freedom. Essays in honour of Archbishop Iakovos'' (Oxford: Studion Publications, 1973), 116-29.]<br />
<br />
* “Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.1 (1970), 78-81.<br />
<br />
* “Tradition and Personal Experience in Later Byzantine Theology,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.2 (1970), 131-141.<br />
<br />
* “Autocephaly Crisis: Deadlock between Constantinople and Moscow,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.3 (1971), 311-15.<br />
<br />
* “Members of Christ: Extracts from the Hymns of St. Symeon the new Theologian (949-1022),” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.4 (1971), 415-18.<br />
<br />
* “Chalcedonians and Non-Chalcedonians: The Latest Developments,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 3.4 (1971), 428-32.<br />
<br />
* “The Jesus Prayer in St. Gregory of Sinai,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.1 (1972), 3-22.<br />
<br />
* “The Jesus Prayer and the Mother of God,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1973), 149-50.<br />
<br />
* “Towards the Great Council?” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1972), 162-8.<br />
<br />
* “Scholasticism and Orthodoxy: Theological Method as a Factor in the Schism,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.1 (1973), 16-27.<br />
<br />
* “Thessalonika and Crestwood: Two International Conferences of Orthodox Theologians,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.1 (1973), 60-2.<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the Charismatic Movement,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 5.2 (1973), 182-6.<br />
<br />
* “Solzhenitsyn and the Moscow Patriarchate,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 94-7.<br />
<br />
* “Cyprus” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 100-2.<br />
<br />
* “Greece” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 103-7.<br />
<br />
* “Athos” (recent events), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 108-11.<br />
<br />
* “The Monk and the Married Christian” Some Comparisons in early Monastic Sources,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 72-83.<br />
<br />
* “The Problem of Mixed Marriages: A Recent Correspondence,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.2 (1974), 194-9.<br />
<br />
* “God Hidden and Revealed: The Apophatic Way and the Essence-Energies Distinction,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 7.2 (1975), 125-36.<br />
<br />
* “The Theology of the Icon: A Short Anthology,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 74-8.<br />
<br />
* “Religious Persecution and the Nairobi Assembly,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 74-8.<br />
<br />
* “A Common Easter: How Soon?” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 8.1 (1976), 79-81.<br />
<br />
* “The Debate about Palamism,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 9.1-2 (1977), 45-63.<br />
<br />
* “Catholicity and Nationalism: A Recent Debate at Athens,” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 10-16.<br />
<br />
<br />
===In ''‘Sobornost’''===<br />
* “Between Heaven and Earth: Some Notes on Contemporary Greek Monasticism,” ''Sobornost'', 4.7 (1962), 398-408.<br />
<br />
* “The Transfiguration of the Body,” ''Sobornost'', 4.8 (1963), 420-434. Reprinted (with revisions) in A.M. Allchin (ed.), ''Sacrament and Image'' (London: [[Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]], 1967), 17-32.<br />
<br />
* “Intercommunion: The Decisions of Vatican II and the Orthodox Standpoint.” ''Sobornost'', 5.4 (1967), 258-72.<br />
<br />
* “The Value of Material Creation,” ''Sobornost'', 6.3 (1971), 154-65.<br />
<br />
* “The Mystery of God and Man in St. Symeon the New Theologian,” ''Sobornost'', 6.4 (1971), 227-36.<br />
<br />
* “Church and Eucharist, Communion and Intercommunion,” ''Sobornost'', 7.7 (1978), 550-67. <br />
:[Issued also as pamphlet: ''Communion and Intercommunion'' (Minneapolis Mn: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1980), 39pp.]<br />
<br />
'''New Series'''<br />
<br />
* “Orthodoxy and the World Council of Churches,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 1.1 (1979), 74-82.<br />
<br />
* “The Mystery of the Human Person,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 62-9. [Translated into Greek, 1991].<br />
<br />
* “ ‘One Body in Christ’: Death and the Communion of the Saints,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.2 (1981), 179-91.<br />
<br />
* “The Library of the House of St Gregory and St. Macrina, Oxford: The D.J. Chitty Papers,” with S. Brock, ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.1 (1982). 56-8.<br />
<br />
* “The Holy Name of Jesus in East and West: The Hesychasts and Richard Rolle,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.2 (1982), 163-84.<br />
<br />
* “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue. 1982: A Second Spring,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 4.2 (1982), 219-22.<br />
<br />
* “Wolves and Monks: Life on the Holy Mountain Today,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 5.2 (1983), 56-68.<br />
<br />
* “The House of St. Gregory and St. Macrina: The First Quarter Century,” with Ralph Townsend, ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 6.2 (1984), 55-63.<br />
<br />
* “The Human Person as an Icon of the Trinity,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 8.2 (1986), 6-23.<br />
<br />
* “The Spirituality of the Philokalia,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 13.1 (1991), 6-24.<br />
<br />
* “Praying with the Body: The Hesychast Method and Non-Christian Parallels,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 14.2 (1992), 6-35.<br />
<br />
* “Address on Orthodox/Catholic Dialogue,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.1 (1993), 44-5.<br />
<br />
* “Father Lev Gillet and the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.2 (1993), 7-15. [French trans. Contacts, 36 (1994), 36-44.]<br />
<br />
* “ ‘The Monk of the Eastern Church’ and the Jesus Prayer,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 15.2 (1993), 17-27. [French trans. Contacts, 36 (1994). 60-70.]<br />
<br />
* “C. S. Lewis: An ‘Anonymous Orthodox’?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 17.2 (1995) , 9-27.<br />
<br />
* “The Estonian Crisis: A Salutary Warning?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 18.2 (1996), 59-68.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘We Must Pray for All’: Salvation according to St. Silouan,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 19.1 (1997), 34-51.<br />
<br />
* “Kenosis and Christ-Like Humility according to Saint Silouan,” Sobornost (incorporating Eastern Churches Review) , new series 21.2 (1999), 21-31.<br />
:[French trans. In ''Buisson Ardent: Cahiers Saint Silouane l’Athonite'' 6, (2000), 30-8;<br />
:Italian trans. In Adalberto Mainardi (ed.), ''Silvano dell’ Athos'' (Magnano: Edizione Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1999), 63-77.]<br />
<br />
* “ ‘It Is Time For The Lord To Act’: The Divine Liturgy as Heaven on Earth,” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 23.1 (2001), 7-22.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Included in ''“The Inner Kingdom”'' (2001)<ref group="note">''The Inner Kingdom'', The Collected Works, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000).</ref>===<br />
* “ ‘Pray Without Ceasing’: The Ideal of Continual [[Prayer]] in Eastern [[Monasticism]],” ''Eastern Churches Review'', 2.3 (1969), 253-261. <br />
<br />
* “The Theology of Worship,” ''Sobornost'', 5.10 (1970), 729-37.<br />
<br />
* “The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity,” Cross Currents, 24.2-3 (1974), 296-313. <br />
:[Reprinted (with revisions) in ''Spiritual Direction: Contemporary Readings'', ed. K. G. Culligan (Locust Valley: Living Flame Press, 1983), 20-40.] <br />
<br />
* “Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of [[Hesychasm|Hesychia]],” in A. M. Allchin (ed.), ''Theology and Prayer'', Studies Supplementary to Sobornost, no. 3 (1975), 8-28. <br />
:[Also in M. Basil Pennington (ed.), ''One Yet Two: Monastic Tradition East and West'', Cistercian Studies 29 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 1976), 22-47.]<br />
<br />
* “The Orthodox Experience of [[Repentance]],” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 2.1 (1980), 18-28.<br />
<br />
* “What is a [[Martyr]]?” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 5.1 (1983), 7-18.<br />
<br />
* “The [[Fool-for-Christ|Fool in Christ]] as [[Prophet]] and [[Apostles|Apostle]],” ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 6.2 (1984), 6-28.<br />
<br />
* “Time: Prison or Path to Freedom?” ''Fairacres Chronicle'', 22.3 (1989), 5-15.<br />
<br />
* “A Sense of Wonder,” in Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed.), ''Tradition and Unity: Sermons Published in Honour of Robert Runcie'' (London: Bellew Publishing, 1991), 79-83.<br />
<br />
* “ ‘Go Joyfully’: The Mystery of [[Death]] and [[Resurrection]],” in Dan-Cohn-Sherbok and Christopher Lewis (edd.), ''Beyond Death: Theological Reflections on Life after Death'' (Basingstoke and London: Macmillan, 1995), 27-41.<br />
<br />
* “Strange Yet Familiar,” in Thomas Doulis (ed.), ''Towards the Authentic Church. Orthodox Christians Discuss Their Conversion: A Collection of Essays'' (Minneapolis: Light and Life, 1996), 145-68.<br />
<br />
* “Dare We Hope for the Salvation of All?” ''Theology Digest'', 45.4 (1998), 303-17.<br />
<br />
===Contributions===<br />
* Contributions to H. Cunliffe-Jones & B. Drewery (edd.), ''A History of Christian Doctrine'' (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1978 [in fact 1979]): <br />
:“Christian Theology in the East 600-1453,” pp.181-225; <br />
:“A Note on Theology in the Christian East: The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries,” pp.307-9; <br />
:“A Note on Theology in the Christian East: The Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries,” pp.455-7.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainright & Edward Yarnold (edd.), ''The Study of Spirituality'' (London: SPCK, 1986): <br />
:“The Eastern Fathers, Introduction,” pp. 159-60; <br />
:“The Origins of the Jesus Prayer: Diadochus, Gaza, Sinai,” pp. 175-84; <br />
:“The Spirituality of the Icon,” pp. 195-8; <br />
:“Symeon the New Theologian,” pp.235-42;<br />
:“The Hesychasts: Gregory of Sinai, Gregory Palamas, Nicolas Cabasilas,” pp. 242-55;<br />
:“The Hesychast Renaissance,” pp. 255-8.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Mircea Eliade (ed.), ''The Encyclopedia of Religion'' (New York: Macmillan, 1987):<br />
:“Cyril I (Loukaris),” 4.189-91;<br />
:“Eastern Christianity,” 4.558-76;<br />
:“Petr Moghila,” II.260-I.<br />
<br />
* Contributions to Nicholas Lossky et al. (edd.), ''Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement'' (Geneva: WCC Publications/Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans, 1991): <br />
:“Ethnicity,” p.373;<br />
:“Tradition and traditions,” pp.1013-18.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Obituaries===<br />
* “The Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 4.2 (1972), 156-62.<br />
<br />
* “Derwas James Chitty 1901-1971” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 6.1 (1974), 1-6.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop [[Makarios III (Mouskos) of Cyprus|Makarios of Cyprus]]” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 151-2.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop Evgenios of Cyprus” (obituary), ''Eastern Churches Review'', 10.1-2 (1978), 152-3.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras of Thyateira]] (1909-79)” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review'') , new series 2.1 (1980), 58-68.<br />
<br />
* “[[Nicolas Zernov]] (1898-1980)” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 11-32.<br />
<br />
* “Patriarch [[Benedict of Jerusalem]]” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 102.<br />
<br />
* “Mother Mary” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 3.1 (1981), 103.<br />
<br />
* “Joice Loch” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 5.1 (1983), 71-2.<br />
<br />
* “In Memoriam Demetrios Koutroubis” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 6.1 (1984), 67-71.<br />
<br />
* “Archbishop Basil of Brussels” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 8.1 (1986), 51-4.<br />
<br />
* “David Balfour” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 12.1 (1990), 52-61.<br />
<br />
* “Father [[Dumitru Staniloae]]” (obituary), ''Forerunner'' (The Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist). No. 23 (Summer, 1994), 14-17.<br />
<br />
* “[[Philip Sherrard]]” (obituary), ''Sobornost'' (incorporating ''Eastern Churches Review''), new series 17.2 (1995), 45-52. <br />
:[Reprinted with corrections in ''Friends of Mount Athos, Annual Report 1995'' (published 1996), 26-34.]<br />
<br />
* “Constance Babington Smith” (obituary), ''Forerunner'', 36 (Winter 2000-1). 34-5.<br />
<br />
===Introductions to Other Works===<br />
* Edited, with an introduction: Igumen Chariton, ''The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology'', translated by E. Kadloubovsky and E. M. Palmer (London: Faber & Faber, 1966), 287pp. [Introduction: pp.9-38.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''The Arena: An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism'', trans. by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Madras, 1970), iii-xvi.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Leo Allatius, ''De Ecclesiae Occidentalis atque Orientalis Perpetua Consensione'', reprint (Farnham: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), 5pp. [Not numbered.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction to John Climacus, ''The Ladder of Divine Ascent'', The Classics of Western Spirituality (New York NY: Paulist Press, 1982), 1-70.<br />
<br />
* Edited with George Every and Richard Harries, ''Seasons of the Spirit: Readings through the Christian Year'' (London: SPCK, 1984), x + 259pp. [Published in the USA by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood NY with the title The Time of the Spirit.]<br />
<br />
* Introduction to ''Marc le Moine'', translated by Soeur Claire-Agnes Zirnheld, Spiritualite Orientale, 41 (Abbaye de Bellefontaine, 1985), ix-li.<br />
<br />
* Edited: A Monk of the Eastern Church (Lev Gillet), ''The Jesus Prayer'' (Crestwood NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1987) 120pp. [Foreward on pp. 5-20.]<br />
<br />
* Preface to George Maloney, ''Pseudo-Macarius: The Fifty Spiritual Homilies and the Great Letter'', The Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1992), pp. xi-xviii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to ''Journals of the Priest Ioann Veniaminov in Alaska, 1823-1836'', trans. by Jerome Kisslinger, ed. by S. A. Mousalimas, The Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series, Vol. VII (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1993), ix-xi. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to Dumitru Staniloae, ''The Experience of God'', trans. Ioan Ionita and Robert Barringer (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1994), ix-xxvii. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to David and Mary Ford, ''Marriage as a Path to Holiness: Lives of Married Saints'' (South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 1994), ix-xii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Mother Thekla, ''The Dark Glass: Meditations in Orthodox Spirituality'' (London: Harper/Collins (Fount), 1996), v-vii.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Nikolai Velimirovic, Bishop of Ochrid, ''Homilies'', I, translated by Mother Maria (Rule) (Birmingham: Lazarica Press, 1996), v-vii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Donald Nicoll, ''Triumphs of the Spirit in Russia'' (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997), ix-x.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Barbara Pappas, ''The Christian Life in the Early Church and Today according to St Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians'' (Westchester, Illinois: Amnos Publications, 1998), ix-xi.<br />
<br />
* Introduction to Philip Sherrard, ''Christianity: Lineaments of a Sacred Tradition'' (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998), ix-xiv.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Columba Graham Flegg, ''An Introduction to Reading the Apocalypse'' (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999), vii-viii.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, ''Lev Gillet'' (Oxford: Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1999), 9-13.<br />
<br />
* Preface to Alphonse and Rachel Goettmann, ''Priere de Jesus: Priere du Coeur'' (Paris: Albin Michael, 1999), II-21. <br />
<br />
* Foreward to ''The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity'' (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999), viii-ix.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Emil Bartos, ''Deification in Eastern Orthodox Theology. An Evaluation and Critique of the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae'' (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1999), ix-x.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to Hilarion Alfeyev, ''The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian'', Cistercian Studies Series 175 (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 2000), 9-13.<br />
<br />
* Foreward to John Chryssavgis, ''Soul Mending. The Art of Spiritual Direction'' (Brookline: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2000), ix-xi.<br />
<br />
===In Other Languages===<br />
'''In French'''<br />
* “L’unite dans la diversite: La vocation orthodoxe en Europe occidentale,” ''Contacts'', 35.2, no. 122 (1983), 179-90 . <br />
<br />
* “Philocalie,” in ''Dictionaire de Spiritualite'', 12 (1984), cols. 1336-52.<br />
<br />
* ''Le royaume interieur'' (Pully, Switzerland : Le Sel de la Terre, 1993; 2nd edn. 1994), 112pp. [Introduction by Maxime Egger, pp. 6-17. French trans. by Lucie & Maxime Egger of:<br />
:“Go Joyfully: The Mystery of Death and Resurrection” (1995);<br />
:“The Mystery of the Human Person” (1981);<br />
:“The Orthodox Experience of Repentance” (1980);<br />
:“The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity” (1974); <br />
:“Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of Hesychia” (1975).]<br />
:(I) Greek trans. ''Η εντος ημων βασιλεια'', trans. Joseph Roilidis (Athens: Akritas, 1994), 151pp.; <br />
:(II) Italian trans. ''Riconoscete'' Cristo in Voi?, trans. Riccardo Larini (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1994), 128pp.<br />
<br />
* “L’education theologique selon l’Ecriture et les Peres,” in ''Planete St-Serge: Les feuillets de Saint Serge'', 4 (Nov. 1998), 3-11. [Romanian trans. in Renastearea (Archdiocese of Cluj), nos. 10-11 (1994).] <br />
<br />
* “Orient et Occident: Sources et esperances de l’Eglise indivise,” in Philipp Baud and Maxime Egger (edd.), ''Les richesses de l’Orient chretien'' (Pully, Switzerland: Le Sel de la Terre, 2000), 171-92.<br />
<br />
'''In German'''<br />
* “Diadochus von Photice,” ''Theologische Realenzyklopadie'', 8 (1981), 617-20.<br />
<br />
* “Gottesdienst. Orthodoxe Kirche,” ''Theologische Realenzyklopadie'', 14.1-2 (1985), 46-51.<br />
<br />
* “Gefangnis oder Weg zur Freiheit?” ''Oikumenische Rundschau'', 49.2 (2000), 191-200. [Translation of a University Sermon given in St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, II June 1989.]<br />
<br />
'''In Greek'''<br />
* “The Monastic Life as a Sacrament of Love,” ''Εκκλησια και Θεολογια'', 2 (1981), 690-700.<br />
<br />
* “The Exercise of Authority in the Orthodox Church,” ''Εκκλησια και Θεολογia'', 3 (1982), 941-69. [French trans. Irenikon, 54.4 (1981), 451-71; 55.1 (1982), 25-34.]<br />
<br />
* « Η δοξα της Μεταμορφωσης. Θεματα απ΄ τα λειτουργικα κειμενα,» in ''Μεταμορφωση'' (Athens: Akritas, 1984), 13-33.<br />
<br />
* “The Monastic Ideal according to St. Christodoulos of Patmos,” in Διεθνες Συμποσιο. Πρακτικα. Ι. Μονη Αγ. Ιωαννου του Θεολογου. 900 Χρονια Ιστορικης Μαρτυριας (1088-1988), Πατμος, 22-24 Σεπτεμβριου 1988, Εταιρεια Βυζαντινων και Μεταβυζαντινων Μελετων. Διπτυχων Παραφυλλα 2, (Athens, 1989), 23-35.<br />
<br />
* «Ενορια και Ευχαριστια. Η ορθοδοξη εμπειρια στον Δυτικο Κοσμο,» ''Ενορια. Προς μια νεα ανακαλυψη της'' (Athens: Akritas, 1991), 125-34. <br />
<br />
* «Πορευεσθε μετα χαρας» Το μυστυριο του θανατου και της αναστασεως, in Συναξη, 49 (Jan.-March, 1994), 19-33.<br />
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* «Αθηνα και Ιερουσαλημ: η Κλασσικη Παραδοσι και οι Ελληνες Πατερες,» in ''Ορθοδοξια Ελληνισμος: Πορεια στην Τριτη Χιλιετια'', 2, Ιερα Μονη Κοθτλοθμουσιου, Αγιον Ορος, (1996) , 43-9.<br />
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* «Αληθως Θεος και Αληθως Ανθρωπος,» in Athenagoras Dikaikos et al. (edd.), ''2000 Χρονια μετα. Τινα με λεγουσιν οι ανθρωποι ειναι;'' (Athens: Akritas, 1999), 86-9.<br />
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'''In Italian'''<br />
* “Possiamo parlare di spiritualita della Filocalia?” in Olivier Racquez (ed.), ''Amore del Bello: Studi sulla Filocalia'', Atti del “Simposio Internationale sulla Filocalia,” Pontificio Collegio Greco, Roma, novembre 1989 (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon, Communita di Bose, 1991), 27-52.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ec-patr.org/hierarchs/show.php?lang=en&id=112 Biographical page from the Ecumenical Patriarchate]<br />
* [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_1.htm Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware - Part I: History]<br />
* [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_2.htm Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware - Part II: Faith and Worship]<br />
* [http://realserver.goarch.org/ram/en/kallistos_ware_interview.ram Interview with Bishop Kallistos (RealVideo)]<br />
* [http://www.octelevision.net/archives/07%2002%2005/Christian%20Unity.wmv Bishop Kallistos on Unity (Windows Media Video)]<br />
* [http://incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/sacraments-of-healing Bishop Kallistos on Sacraments of Healing (talks given by him at a retreat for members of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship)]<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Daniel (Brum) of Chicago and the Midwest]]</div>Vyprhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Alexis_(Trader)_of_Sitka&diff=130238Alexis (Trader) of Sitka2022-08-21T02:59:03Z<p>Vypr: Update for current diocese and succession boxes.</p>
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<div>His Grace the Right Reverend '''Alexis (Trader) of Sitka''' is the [[Bishop]] of the [[Diocese of Sitka]]. He was elected to the episcopate on [[March 15]], 2022, and consecrated on [[March 27]], 2022.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Bishop Alexis is a [[Monastic_Ranks#Great_Schema|Great-schema]] [[hieromonk]] who returned from Greece to the United States on His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon's invitation and with the blessing of his abbot, Archimandrite [[Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros|Philotheos]], in order to serve the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He was received into the Orthodox faith at the [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|Monastery of Saint Tikhon]] where he became a monk and lecturer in [[patristics]].<br />
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After ten years at the monastery, he went to the [[Karakalou Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of Karakallou]] on the [[Mount Athos|Holy Mountain]] in order to deepen his experience of the [[monastic]] life. There, he immersed himself in the life of community and was [[ordain]]ed to the holy [[priest]]hood. He also wrote ''In Peace Let us Pray to the Lord'', translated several Greek books into English, and edited other books in both Greek and English for publication. For health reasons, he was transferred to a women's monastery that was also a [[skete|dependency]] of Karakallou. There, the local bishop blessed him to be a [[spiritual father]] for the community that also served as a parish for many Greeks in the area. At this time, he completed his doctoral dissertation in Greek at the University of Thessaloniki which was later published in Greek and English as ''Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy''. He has also engaged in further studies in clinical psychology, but his chief work has been pastoral, building up the parish growing around the monastery and offering one-on-one assistance to those in need through the mystery of holy [[confession]] and counseling.<br />
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Since 2019, Bishop Alexis has been in residence at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon. During this past year, he has given a talk on the ascetic ethos of Orthodox liturgical art for a music conference at Jewel College, lectures on the Prophet [[Isaiah]] at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (STOTS), in Alaska for their continuing education programs, a lecture on beauty in Church architecture at the [[Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement]]'s (OISM) latest gathering at STOTS, and sermons in parishes and at the monastery church.<br />
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He was elected to the episcopate on [[November 12]], 2019, and consecrated on [[January 25]], 2020 as an auxiliary bishop to Metropolitan Tikhon for the Stavropegial Institutions.<br />
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==Source==<br />
*[https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-alexis The Right Reverend Alexis] ([[OCA]])<br />
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==External Link==<br />
*[http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/ Ancient Christian Wisdom]<br />
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<div>His Grace the Right Reverend '''Alexis (Trader) of Bethesda''' is the Auxiliary [[Bishop]] to [[Metropolitan]] [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]] for [[Stavropegial]] Institutions. He was elected to the episcopate on [[November 12]], 2019, and consecrated on [[January 25]], 2020.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Bishop Alexis is a [[Monastic_Ranks#Great_Schema|Great-schema]] [[hieromonk]] who returned from Greece to the United States on His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon's invitation and with the blessing of his abbot, Archimandrite [[Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros|Philotheos]], in order to serve the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He was received into the Orthodox faith at the [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|Monastery of Saint Tikhon]] where he became a monk and lecturer in [[patristics]].<br />
<br />
After ten years at the monastery, he went to the [[Karakalou Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of Karakallou]] on the [[Mount Athos|Holy Mountain]] in order to deepen his experience of the [[monastic]] life. There, he immersed himself in the life of community and was [[ordain]]ed to the holy [[priest]]hood. He also wrote ''In Peace Let us Pray to the Lord'', translated several Greek books into English, and edited other books in both Greek and English for publication. For health reasons, he was transferred to a women's monastery that was also a [[skete|dependency]] of Karakallou. There, the local bishop blessed him to be a [[spiritual father]] for the community that also served as a parish for many Greeks in the area. At this time, he completed his doctoral dissertation in Greek at the University of Thessaloniki which was later published in Greek and English as ''Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy''. He has also engaged in further studies in clinical psychology, but his chief work has been pastoral, building up the parish growing around the monastery and offering one-on-one assistance to those in need through the mystery of holy [[confession]] and counseling.<br />
<br />
Since 2019, Bishop Alexis has been in residence at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon. During this past year, he has given a talk on the ascetic ethos of Orthodox liturgical art for a music conference at Jewel College, lectures on the Prophet [[Isaiah]] at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (STOTS), in Alaska for their continuing education programs, a lecture on beauty in Church architecture at the [[Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement]]'s (OISM) latest gathering at STOTS, and sermons in parishes and at the monastery church.<br />
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*[https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-alexis The Right Reverend Alexis] ([[OCA]])<br />
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==External Link==<br />
*[http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/ Ancient Christian Wisdom]<br />
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<div>His Grace, the Right Reverend '''David (Mahaffey) of Sitka''' was the [[Bishop]] of [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Sitka and Alaska]] for the [[Orthodox Church in America]] from 2014 to 2020.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Sterry David Mahaffey, Jr., was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on [[May 25]], 1952, and baptised at Mahaffey Methodist Church on [[December 14]] the same year. He grew up active in the United Methodist Church, including being president of the Youth Fellowship in high school, serving as Sunday School Superintendent, and filling in for the pastor during his summer vacation from 15 years of age. On graduation from high school, he was offered a Lay Pastor's License, but did not accept it. In 1968, he began serving as a lay minister in the United Methodist Church, conducting services and delivering homilies for UMC parishes. He also studied at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Punxsutawney Campus) between 1970-72. In his secular work, he worked in maintenance, heavy equipment operator, and other roles between 1970-89, before working in car sales between 1989-91.<br />
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While dating Karen Meterko, she invited him to attend her church - Sts Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey - at a time when he was intent on seeking God. While the service was different to what he had experienced, he was drawn back to ponder the meaning and Divine Majesty he encountered there. On [[May 5]], 1973, he married the former Karen Meterko at Sts Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey, with whom he had four children (Nikolas in 1980, Sterry Michael in 1982, Seth in 1985, and Kyra in 1987). Early in their marriage, the Mahaffey's would both attend services at both Mahaffey Methodist and at Sts Peter & Paul. Fr Raphael Rozdilski answered the many questions posed to him, and took him to the 1975 Memorial Day Pilgrimage at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St Tikhon's Monastery]], where he decided to convert to Orthodoxy - to the hesitancy of his wife, who knew that his parents would blame her for his choice. In 1975, he ceased to be a UMC lay minister, and was chrismated into the Orthodox Christian faith on [[November 16]], 1975, at the same church he was married. He also began the Late Vocations Program of the [[Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]] in the same year, graduating in 1980. He was also ordained a Reader, then a Subdeacon, by Bp [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius of Pittsburgh]].<br />
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He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[April 12]], 1981, and served at various [[parish]]es of the [[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]] - assisting the bishop, assisting the priest, and serving Typika at the bishop's direction. Dcn David also served as the Parish Education Coordinator at those parishes - including speaking on teen and adult education at retreats and lecture series' in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Dioceses, and developing educational software in game format for use at parish and regional levels. He had anticipated serving as a deacon until the end of his secular working life, before serving as priest at a small parish. In the midst of feeling somehow unfulfilled, Karen asked if he had considered seminary and the priesthood. Dcn David felt God's calling to go to seminary, and they immediately began plans to attend St Tikhon's Seminary in 1992 - he would move to the seminary, while Karen and their four children lived with her parents for the first year.<br />
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After his first year, he was ordained a [[priest]] on [[July 31]], 1993, and was assigned as rector of St Michael's Church in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, which allowed him to continue his studies and reunite his family. Fr David graduated ''cum laude'' from St Tikhon's in 1997, before starting further studies at the University of Scranton in 1999 with Bachelors of Arts majoring in Theology and in Philosophy and graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 2003 (with awards for Academic Excellence and Excellence in Philosophy, and giving Presidential Honors in 2000, 2001 and 2003 from the University President), and graduating from a Master of Arts in Theology degree (also from the University of Scranton). He continued to serve at St Michael's until January 2006, when he was transferred to the pastorate of Holy Trinity Church in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and was then transferred from there to be Acting Rector of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bethlehem, PA. He also served as [[dean]] of the Philadelphia Deanery, as Treasurer of St Tikhon's Alumni Association, Secretary of the NEPA Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni, Secretary of the Clergy Brotherhood of NEPA, Staff of ''Your Diocese Alive in Christ'' magazine, auditor of the [[OCA]] and the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, and on the Bishop's Task Force on Missions and Evangelism for the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania. He was elevated to [[Archpriest]] in 2002 and awarded the [[palitsa]] in 2006.[http://holytrinity-oca.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HTOC-Trisagion-2008-10.pdf]<br />
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Between 2003-04, Fr. David served as a graduate assistant in the Theology Department of the University of Scranton, before serving from 2005-11 as Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Doctrine, Church History, Comparative Theology and Modern Belief at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Tikhon’s Seminary]], and from March 2009 as Adjunct Lecturer in theology and philosophy at the Melrose Park Campus of Alvernia University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />
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Tragically, on [[August 8]], 2007, Fr. David's wife, Matushka Karen, fell asleep in the Lord.<ref>[http://doepa.org/news_070809_1.html] In Memoriam: Matushka Karen Mahaffey</ref><br />
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In subsequent years, Fr David became nominated for a series of sees - to the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania in November 2008, to the Diocese of New York and New Jersey in August 2009, to the Diocese of the Midwest in October 2010. On [[September 15]], 2012, he was nominated by the delegates to the Assembly of the [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]] as the candidate for election as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska by the [[Holy Synod]]. He was tonsured a [[riassaphore]] on September 23 by Abp [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]] at St Tikhon's Seminary.[http://doepa.org/news_120924_6.html]<br />
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On October 9-11, 2012 the Holy Synod of OCA accepted Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin’s]] presentation of Hieromonk David (Mahaffey) as the nominee for the Episcopal See of Alaska<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-of-bishops-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod of Bishops concludes fall session]</ref>. On Friday, February 21, 2014, Archimandrite David was consecrated Bishop of Alaska during a Hierarchical Liturgy by [[Metropolitan]] [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon of Moscow]], Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]], Bishop [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael of New York]], Bishop [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Irineu of Dearborn Heights]], and Bishop [[Irénée (Rochon) of Quebec City|Irénée of Quebec City]] at St Innocent Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska. Co-serving the bishops were [[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Chancellor for the Orthodox Church in America]] [[Archpriest]] [[John A. Jillions]], Archpriest Victor Nick ([[Chancellor]] of the Diocese of Alaska), and 40 other priests from around the diocese. A banquet was held in his honor that evening at the University of Alaska’s Lucy Cuddy Center in Anchorage<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/banquet-honoring-bishop-david-held-at-university Banquet honoring Bishop David held at University]</ref>.<br />
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During His Grace's first year of episcopate, he worked closely with His Eminence the Archbishop [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi]] (2001–) in order to build a church dedicated to [[Herman of Alaska|Saint Herman of Alaska]] in Eldoret, Kenya. In 2019, Eldoret became a [[Diocese of Eldoret|diocese]] of the Alexandrian Throne.<ref>[https://www.doaoca.org/news_141005_1 Diocese of Alaska: Progress in Kenya]</ref><br />
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On October 2, 2020, Archbishop David was diagnosed with renal cancer. A little over a month later, on November 27, 2020, he fell asleep in the Lord.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[David (disambiguation)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/diocese-of-alaska-nominates-archprist-david-mahaffey-to-vacant-see-of-sitka Diocese of Alaska nominates Archpriest David Mahaffey to vacant See of Sitka and Alaska]<br />
* [http://www.stnicholasoca.org/administration.html Hieromonk S. David Mahaffey, Jr. - Hieromonk]<br />
* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-david-of-sitka-and-alaska The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska]<br />
* [http://www.nynjoca.org/files/2009/08-17/Mahaffey_bio.pdf Curriculum Vitae: V. Rev. S. David Mahaffey, Jr.] (for the Episcopal Search Committee of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey)<br />
* [https://www.oca.org/in-memoriam/his-eminence-archbishop-david In Memoriam: His Eminence Archbishop David]<br />
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The '''Diocese of Sitka'''&mdash;in full, the '''Diocese of Sitka and Alaska'''&mdash;is a [[diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. Its territory includes the American state of [[Alaska]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The territory of what is now the Diocese of [[Alaska]] was the beginning of the presence of Orthodox Christianity in the Western Hemisphere when Russian [[monk]]s arrived as [[missionary|missionaries]] to preach the [[Gospel]] of [[Jesus Christ]] to the indigenous peoples in the 1790s. This mission expanded into the formation of a series of dioceses and [[vicar]] [[see]]s that became the Archdiocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America during the first decade of the twentieth century with the territory of Alaska served by an assistant/vicar bishop.<br />
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With the establishment of the diocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America, the position of an auxiliary/vicar [[bishop]] was established for Alaska, first held by Bishop Innocent (Pustynsky). When the [[Church of Russia]] granted autocephaly to the [[Metropolia]], the successor organization to the Archdiocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America, the territory of Alaska was organized as a [[diocese]] of of the new [[Orthodox Church in America]], with a diocesan bishop.<br />
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==Recent Struggles==<br />
Beginning in 2007, the diocese was forced to deal with a crisis regarding the leadership of its [[bishop]], including allegations of abuse against both the bishop and the diocesan [[chancellor]], Archimandrite Isidore (Brittain). His Grace, the Right Reverend [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nikolai (Soraich)]], the diocesan bishop, was placed on a leave of absence beginning [[March 4]], 2008, which was rescinded shortly thereafter and then reinstated on [[April 17]], 2008. The leave became voluntarily permanent in May 2008, followed by his official retirement.<br />
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== Diocesan bishops ==<br />
; Alaska Vicariate of the North American Diocese<br />
* [[Innocent (Pustynsky) of Alaska|Innocent (Pustynsky)]] (1904–1909)<br />
* [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] (1909–1916)<br />
* [[Philip (Stavitsky) of Alaska|Philip (Stavitsky)]] (1916–1917)<br />
* [[Anthony (Dashkevich) of Alaska|Anthony (Dashkevich)]] (1921–1922)<br />
* [[Amphilochius (Vakulsky) of Alaska|Amphilochius (Vakulsky)]] (1923–1931)<br />
* [[Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Alaska|Antoninus (Pokrovsky)]] (1931–1934)<br />
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; Diocese of Alaska<br />
* [[Alexis (Panteleyev) of Omsk|Alexis (Panteleev)]] (1934–1944)<br />
* [[John (Zlobin) of Alaska|John (Zlobin)]] (1945–1952)<br />
* [[Amvrossy (Merejko) of Pittsburgh|Ambrose (Merejko)]] (1955–1967)<br />
* Theodosius (Lazor) (1967–1970)<br />
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* [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] (1970–1972)<br />
* [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka|Gregory (Afonsky)]] (1973–1995)<br />
* [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nicholas (Soraich)]] (2002–2008)<br />
* [[David (Mahaffey) of Sitka|David (Mahaffey)]] (2013–2020)<br />
* [[Alexis (Trader) of Sitka|Alexis (Trader)]] (2022-present)<br />
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*Ss. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Chapel in Spruce Island, AK<br />
*[[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's Seminary]] in Kodiak, AK<br />
*[http://outreachalaska.org/ Outreach Alaska] mission based in Wichita, KS<br />
*Protecting Veil of the Theotokos Community in Anchorage, AK<br />
*St. Yakov Center for Orthodox Christian Learning in Soldatna, AK<br />
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==Deaneries==<br />
*Alaska Missionary Deanery<br />
*Anchorage Missionary Deanery<br />
*Bethel Deanery<br />
*Dillingham Deanery<br />
*Kenai Deanery<br />
*Kodiak Deanery<br />
*Russian Mission Deanery<br />
*Sitka Deanery<br />
*Unalaska Deanery<br />
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==Publications==<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/DOC-PUB-NS.asp?SearchYear=&SID=34 The North Star] - Quarterly Diocesan Publication<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.doaoca.org/ Official website]<br />
*[http://www.asna.ca/alaska/ Alaskan Orthodox texts (Aleut, Alutiiq, Tlingit, Yupik)]<br />
*[http://www.cnewa.org/mag-article-bodypg-us.aspx?articleID=3247 CNEWA One Magazine, 2006, Vol 32:6 (November) - Orthodox Alaska]<br />
*[http://www.ocanews.org/ OCA News] (includes information on the crisis in the diocese)<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/news/2272 Title to Historic Church Lands Returned to Alaska]<br />
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<div>The Right Reverend '''Daniel (Brum) of Chicago and the Midwest''' is the [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He also serves as rector of [[Ss._Peter_and_Paul_Church_(Phoenix,_Arizona)|Ss. Peter and Paul Church of Phoenix, Arizona]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
David Brum was born in Fresno, California, on [[November 16]], 1954, to Orville and Marjory Brum, the eldest son in a [[Roman Catholic]] family. He was raised in Riverdale, a Portuguese-American area, and graduated high school in 1973. He enrolled in St Patrick's College Seminary, Mountain View, where he discovered the history of Orthodoxy and attended services at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga. He began reading the [[Church Fathers]] in the 1970s and tried to integrate his private study into his regular study. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (specialising in history, philosophy and English literature) before entering St Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, graduating with a Masters of Divinity in 1981 and being ordained a Roman Catholic priest that same year. He served in a variety of capacities, including in the Portuguese-American community (and editor of the Portuguese-language page of the diocesan newspaper) and as diocesan Director of Vocations.<br />
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He was asked by his bishop to continue further studies in 1992, and, in 1995, received a JCL (degree in [[canon law]]) from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. During this time, his relationship with Orthodoxy continued with his research, and his study of canon law brought him closer to Orthodoxy. He nevertheless returned to his diocese and was assigned to the Diocesan Tribunal and a small, rural mission parish.<br />
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It was ultimately his study of canon law that brought him to petition to be received into the Orthodox Church in America, and he was received by vesting by Bp [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon]] of San Francisco and the West at the [[Monastery of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco (Manton, California)|Monastery of St John of Shanghai & San Francisco]]. He served at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga, until he was assigned to St Paul the Apostle Church in Las Vegas. He was transferred to the [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]] in August 1998 and assigned rector of St Gregory Palamas Mission, Flemington, New Jersey. He was appointed Secretary to Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] in 2000, continuing his service under Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]. He also served on several Church committees and commissions, including those utilising his knowledge of canon law.<br />
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In December 2005, he asked to return to parish ministry, and in July 2006 he was transferred to the Diocese of the West and appointed Rector of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Phoenix. He was elected a member of the Diocesan Council in October 2006.<br />
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On April 7, 2014, he was tonsured a monastic at the Monastery of St John of Shanghai, receiving the name Daniel<ref>[http://www.dowoca.org/news_140411_2.html Hieromonk Daniel (Brum) tonsured; Hierodeacon Innocent ordained] // dowoca.org</ref>.<br />
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On October 21, 2014, he was canonically elected Bishop of Santa Rosa, to serve as Auxiliary Bishop to Abp [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]] in the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod concludes fall session]</ref>. He was [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Santa Rosa on [[January 24]], 2015, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco.<br />
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On July 18, 2022, he was elected as the bishop of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-daniel The Right Reverend Daniel, Bishop of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[https://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-daniel-of-santa-rosa The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]<br />
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<div>The Right Reverend '''Daniel (Brum) of Santa Rosa''' is the [[auxiliary bishop]] of the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He also serves as rector of [[Ss._Peter_and_Paul_Church_(Phoenix,_Arizona)|Ss. Peter and Paul Church of Phoenix, Arizona]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
David Brum was born in Fresno, California, on [[November 16]], 1954, to Orville and Marjory Brum, the eldest son in a [[Roman Catholic]] family. He was raised in Riverdale, a Portuguese-American area, and graduated high school in 1973. He enrolled in St Patrick's College Seminary, Mountain View, where he discovered the history of Orthodoxy and attended services at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga. He began reading the [[Church Fathers]] in the 1970s and tried to integrate his private study into his regular study. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (specialising in history, philosophy and English literature) before entering St Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, graduating with a Masters of Divinity in 1981 and being ordained a Roman Catholic priest that same year. He served in a variety of capacities, including in the Portuguese-American community (and editor of the Portuguese-language page of the diocesan newspaper) and as diocesan Director of Vocations.<br />
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He was asked by his bishop to continue further studies in 1992, and, in 1995, received a JCL (degree in [[canon law]]) from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. During this time, his relationship with Orthodoxy continued with his research, and his study of canon law brought him closer to Orthodoxy. He nevertheless returned to his diocese and was assigned to the Diocesan Tribunal and a small, rural mission parish.<br />
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It was ultimately his study of canon law that brought him to petition to be received into the Orthodox Church in America, and he was received by vesting by Bp [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon]] of San Francisco and the West at the [[Monastery of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco (Manton, California)|Monastery of St John of Shanghai & San Francisco]]. He served at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga, until he was assigned to St Paul the Apostle Church in Las Vegas. He was transferred to the [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]] in August 1998 and assigned rector of St Gregory Palamas Mission, Flemington, New Jersey. He was appointed Secretary to Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] in 2000, continuing his service under Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]. He also served on several Church committees and commissions, including those utilising his knowledge of canon law.<br />
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In December 2005, he asked to return to parish ministry, and in July 2006 he was transferred to the Diocese of the West and appointed Rector of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Phoenix. He was elected a member of the Diocesan Council in October 2006.<br />
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On April 7, 2014, he was tonsured a monastic at the Monastery of St John of Shanghai, receiving the name Daniel<ref>[http://www.dowoca.org/news_140411_2.html Hieromonk Daniel (Brum) tonsured; Hierodeacon Innocent ordained] // dowoca.org</ref>.<br />
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On October 21, 2014, he was canonically elected Bishop of Santa Rosa, to serve as Auxiliary Bishop to Abp [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]] in the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod concludes fall session]</ref>. He was [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Santa Rosa on [[January 24]], 2015, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco.<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-daniel The Right Reverend Daniel, Bishop of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[https://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-daniel-of-santa-rosa The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Daniel (Brum) of Chicago and the Midwest]]</div>Vyprhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Paul_(Gassios)_of_Chicago&diff=130230Paul (Gassios) of Chicago2022-08-21T02:50:28Z<p>Vypr: Update bishop succession box.</p>
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<div>His Eminence '''Paul (Gassios) of Chicago and the Midwest''' was the Archbishop of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]], in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. After being nominated by the Diocesan Assembly on [[October 7]], 2014, he was elected by the Holy Synod on [[October 21]], 2014. He fell asleep in the Lord on Pascha, 2022 (April 24th, 2022).<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Paul Nicholas Gassios was born on [[April 6]], 1953, in Detroit into a Greek Orthodox family from Castanea (near Ioannina, Greece). He was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, with Sts Constantine and Helen, Detroit, being his home parish for his first 28 years. He went to Sunday School at that parish, and began serving in the altar at 15, establishing a group of friends with the other altar servers. A defining feature for him was that he couldn't understand the service. He graduated from Cooley High School in 1971 and went to Wayne State University, Detroit, majoring in history. A period of searching led to him being impacted by Christianity, attending a Bible study and adding a second major in psychology. He graduated in 1976 and became a child care worker, working in particular with emotionally and physically abused children. Around 1977, he began to have concerns with the idea that not being Greek or married to a Greek would cause difficulties in being accepted in parish life, and stopped attending church in 1979.<br />
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Returning to Wayne State in 1978, Paul received a Master of Social Work; around 1981, he realised that Bible study couldn't sustain him, and looked for a church, experiencing Lutheran, Presbyterian and pentecostal gatherings. He and his altar server friends still met for coffee, and got into the habit of attending Sunday evening Vespers. One evening around 1983, Fr Michael Matsko spoke on secularism and the Church, making the point that Orthodoxy is about Christ, not simply philosophies or religious viewpoints. Paul started attending Fr Michael's church - an English-language parish - and understanding more about how Orthodox practice is ultimately all about Christ.<br />
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Encouraged by people to attend seminary, he began studies in 1991 at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St Vladimir's Seminary]], singing with the Seminary Octet, making the choice to be a celibate, and graduating with a Master of Divinity in 1994. He was ordained a deacon in March, graduated in May, ordained a priest in June and immediately began an eleven-year assignment to St Thomas Orthodox Mission, Kokomo, who had been received into the Orthodox Church (from the [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]]) that year. Fr Paul was able to bring worship into line with accepted Orthodox norms while keeping the whole community within the Church.<br />
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In 1995, he began a relationship with [[St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio)|St Gregory Palamas Monastery]] - staying there for the summer of 1999 and for a year in 2005-06. At the end of May 2006, he moved to St Louis to Archangel Michael Church in St Louis in order to stabilise a parish in decline. A suggestion he made—of merging Archangel Michael with a newly-received parish—has meant that the parish is still continuing. In October, though, he was contacted to be dean of the Cathedral of the Bulgarian Diocese - which, to be closer to the monastery and his sister, he accepted and took up duties on [[January 1]], 2007. Fr Paul's experience at St George's Cathedral gave him an understanding of the breadth of the OCA. As he had previously, he was able to ensure a greater uniformity with Orthodox practice through patience and education. It was around this time that he was elevated to Archpriest.<br />
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In 2010, he was contacted to be considered for the vacant see of [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Chicago and the Midwest]], and made the shortlist (with Fr Matthias Moriak and Fr David Mahaffey), with Fr [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Matthias]] ultimately being nominated. He was immediately put forward as an optimal candidate for the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]], but because he felt that his views were not aligned with the views of the diocese, he demanded that there needed to be another candidate. Fr Paul and [[Igumen]] [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo|Alexander Golitzin]] were put forward by the search committee and, to Fr Paul's relief, it was Fr Alexander that was nominated, elected, and consecrated to the episcopacy. Fr Paul submitted a letter to Bp [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Melchisedek]] asking to be removed from future consideration for the episcopacy, declining inquiries from [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Alaska]], the [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|South]] and [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Eastern PA]]. In the summer of 2013, he contacted Fr Joseph at St Gregory Palamas Monastery regarding moving there; when asked, Bp Alexander (Golitzin) requested that he pause thoughts along that line. Having been told that he would be nominated for the episcopacy of the again-vacant see of the Midwest, Fr Joseph told him to go through with the episcopal search process again.<br />
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He was appointed Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest by the [[Holy Synod]] during 18-21 March 2014, and assumed his duties on [[August 1]]. On [[October 7]], 2014, at the special nominating Assembly, he was nominated to fill the vacant seat of Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest. On [[October 20]] of the same year, he was tonsured a monastic at St Gregory Palamas Monastery by the abbot, Hmk [[Joseph (Morris)]], and was named for St [[Paul the Confessor]], Patriarch of Constantinople. On [[October 21]], he was canonically elected by the Holy Synod to be Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-session], and on [[December 27]], 2014, he was consecrated to the Episcopacy and enthroned at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, by Metropolitan [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], Archbishops [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel]], [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin]], [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Melchisedek]], [[Nicolae (Condrea) of Chicago|Nicolae]] ([[Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada|ROAA]]), and Bishops [[Irénée (Rochon) of Ottawa|Irénée]], [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael]], [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo|Alexander]] and [[David (Mahaffey) of Sitka|David]].<br />
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Archimandrite Paul was consecrated to the Episcopacy and enthroned as Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest at Chicago’s historic Holy Trinity Cathedral on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Concelebrating at the Consecration Liturgy were His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon; His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate; His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West; His Eminence, Archbishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania; His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas; His Grace, Bishop Irénée of Ottawa and Canada; His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey; His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese; and His Grace, Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska.<br />
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title=Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest<br>([[OCA]])|<br />
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years=2014-2022|<br />
after= [[Daniel (Brum)|Daniel]]}}<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.stnickskenosha.org/blog/getting-to-know-fr-paul-gassios-new-diocesan-administrator Getting to Know Fr. Paul Gassios, New Diocesan Administrator]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/midwest-diocesan-assembly-nominates-archpriest-paul-gassios-for-vacant-chic Midwest Diocesan Assembly nominates Archpriest Paul Gassios for vacant Chicago See]<br />
*[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_140619_1.html Archpriest Paul Gassios appointed Diocesan Administrator]<br />
*[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_141020_3.html Archpriest Paul Gassios tonsured to monastic rank]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]<br />
*[http://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-paul The Right Reverend Paul] (OCA Biography)<br />
*[https://www.oca.org/in-memoriam/his-eminence-archbishop-paul] (OCA In Memoriam)<br />
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[[Category:Bishops]]<br />
[[Category:Bishops of Chicago]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]</div>Vyprhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Paul_(Gassios)_of_Chicago&diff=130229Paul (Gassios) of Chicago2022-08-21T02:48:50Z<p>Vypr: Memory eternal, Vladyka.</p>
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<div>His Eminence '''Paul (Gassios) of Chicago and the Midwest''' was the Archbishop of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]], in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. After being nominated by the Diocesan Assembly on [[October 7]], 2014, he was elected by the Holy Synod on [[October 21]], 2014. He fell asleep in the Lord on Pascha, 2022 (April 24th, 2022).<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Paul Nicholas Gassios was born on [[April 6]], 1953, in Detroit into a Greek Orthodox family from Castanea (near Ioannina, Greece). He was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, with Sts Constantine and Helen, Detroit, being his home parish for his first 28 years. He went to Sunday School at that parish, and began serving in the altar at 15, establishing a group of friends with the other altar servers. A defining feature for him was that he couldn't understand the service. He graduated from Cooley High School in 1971 and went to Wayne State University, Detroit, majoring in history. A period of searching led to him being impacted by Christianity, attending a Bible study and adding a second major in psychology. He graduated in 1976 and became a child care worker, working in particular with emotionally and physically abused children. Around 1977, he began to have concerns with the idea that not being Greek or married to a Greek would cause difficulties in being accepted in parish life, and stopped attending church in 1979.<br />
<br />
Returning to Wayne State in 1978, Paul received a Master of Social Work; around 1981, he realised that Bible study couldn't sustain him, and looked for a church, experiencing Lutheran, Presbyterian and pentecostal gatherings. He and his altar server friends still met for coffee, and got into the habit of attending Sunday evening Vespers. One evening around 1983, Fr Michael Matsko spoke on secularism and the Church, making the point that Orthodoxy is about Christ, not simply philosophies or religious viewpoints. Paul started attending Fr Michael's church - an English-language parish - and understanding more about how Orthodox practice is ultimately all about Christ.<br />
<br />
Encouraged by people to attend seminary, he began studies in 1991 at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St Vladimir's Seminary]], singing with the Seminary Octet, making the choice to be a celibate, and graduating with a Master of Divinity in 1994. He was ordained a deacon in March, graduated in May, ordained a priest in June and immediately began an eleven-year assignment to St Thomas Orthodox Mission, Kokomo, who had been received into the Orthodox Church (from the [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]]) that year. Fr Paul was able to bring worship into line with accepted Orthodox norms while keeping the whole community within the Church.<br />
<br />
In 1995, he began a relationship with [[St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio)|St Gregory Palamas Monastery]] - staying there for the summer of 1999 and for a year in 2005-06. At the end of May 2006, he moved to St Louis to Archangel Michael Church in St Louis in order to stabilise a parish in decline. A suggestion he made—of merging Archangel Michael with a newly-received parish—has meant that the parish is still continuing. In October, though, he was contacted to be dean of the Cathedral of the Bulgarian Diocese - which, to be closer to the monastery and his sister, he accepted and took up duties on [[January 1]], 2007. Fr Paul's experience at St George's Cathedral gave him an understanding of the breadth of the OCA. As he had previously, he was able to ensure a greater uniformity with Orthodox practice through patience and education. It was around this time that he was elevated to Archpriest.<br />
<br />
In 2010, he was contacted to be considered for the vacant see of [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Chicago and the Midwest]], and made the shortlist (with Fr Matthias Moriak and Fr David Mahaffey), with Fr [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Matthias]] ultimately being nominated. He was immediately put forward as an optimal candidate for the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]], but because he felt that his views were not aligned with the views of the diocese, he demanded that there needed to be another candidate. Fr Paul and [[Igumen]] [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo|Alexander Golitzin]] were put forward by the search committee and, to Fr Paul's relief, it was Fr Alexander that was nominated, elected, and consecrated to the episcopacy. Fr Paul submitted a letter to Bp [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Melchisedek]] asking to be removed from future consideration for the episcopacy, declining inquiries from [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Alaska]], the [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|South]] and [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Eastern PA]]. In the summer of 2013, he contacted Fr Joseph at St Gregory Palamas Monastery regarding moving there; when asked, Bp Alexander (Golitzin) requested that he pause thoughts along that line. Having been told that he would be nominated for the episcopacy of the again-vacant see of the Midwest, Fr Joseph told him to go through with the episcopal search process again.<br />
<br />
He was appointed Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest by the [[Holy Synod]] during 18-21 March 2014, and assumed his duties on [[August 1]]. On [[October 7]], 2014, at the special nominating Assembly, he was nominated to fill the vacant seat of Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest. On [[October 20]] of the same year, he was tonsured a monastic at St Gregory Palamas Monastery by the abbot, Hmk [[Joseph (Morris)]], and was named for St [[Paul the Confessor]], Patriarch of Constantinople. On [[October 21]], he was canonically elected by the Holy Synod to be Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-session], and on [[December 27]], 2014, he was consecrated to the Episcopacy and enthroned at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, by Metropolitan [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], Archbishops [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel]], [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin]], [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Melchisedek]], [[Nicolae (Condrea) of Chicago|Nicolae]] ([[Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada|ROAA]]), and Bishops [[Irénée (Rochon) of Ottawa|Irénée]], [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael]], [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo|Alexander]] and [[David (Mahaffey) of Sitka|David]].<br />
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Archimandrite Paul was consecrated to the Episcopacy and enthroned as Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest at Chicago’s historic Holy Trinity Cathedral on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Concelebrating at the Consecration Liturgy were His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon; His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate; His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West; His Eminence, Archbishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania; His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas; His Grace, Bishop Irénée of Ottawa and Canada; His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey; His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese; and His Grace, Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska.<br />
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title=Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest<br>([[OCA]])|<br />
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years=2014-present|<br />
after=''Incumbent''}}<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.stnickskenosha.org/blog/getting-to-know-fr-paul-gassios-new-diocesan-administrator Getting to Know Fr. Paul Gassios, New Diocesan Administrator]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/midwest-diocesan-assembly-nominates-archpriest-paul-gassios-for-vacant-chic Midwest Diocesan Assembly nominates Archpriest Paul Gassios for vacant Chicago See]<br />
*[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_140619_1.html Archpriest Paul Gassios appointed Diocesan Administrator]<br />
*[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_141020_3.html Archpriest Paul Gassios tonsured to monastic rank]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]<br />
*[http://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-paul The Right Reverend Paul] (OCA Biography)<br />
*[https://www.oca.org/in-memoriam/his-eminence-archbishop-paul] (OCA In Memoriam)<br />
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[[Category:Bishops of Chicago]]<br />
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<div>{{church|<br />
name=Orthodox Church in America[[Image:OCA 1.jpg|center|The Orthodox Church in America]]|<br />
founder=Ss. [[Herman of Alaska]], [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]|<br />
independence=1970 ("temporary self-government" in 1924)|<br />
recognition=1970 by [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] |<br />
primate=[[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]] |<br />
hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York]]|<br />
territory=United States and Canada|<br />
possessions=Mexico|<br />
language=English, [[Church Slavonic]], Spanish|<br />
music=[[Russian Chant]], [[Byzantine Chant]] (in some ethnic dioceses)|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
population=30,000 to 1,000,000|<br />
website=[http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Orthodox Church in America''' (OCA) is an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Church with parishes mainly in the United States and Canada (though with a few parishes also in Mexico, and until 2011 in Australia as well). The OCA traces its history to the Russian Orthodox missionary efforts in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, which began in 1794. Originally an Alaskan diocese of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], it expanded to the contiguous United States (the "lower 48") from 1860 onwards. By the early 20th century, it had parishes throughout the United States and Canada, mostly serving immigrant communities from Orthodox countries and Native Alaskan (Yupik and Aleut) villages.<br />
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Orthodox life in America was severely disrupted by the Russian Revolution of 1917, leading the Russian Orthodox diocese to splinter into a number of separate jurisdictions organized mostly on ethnic grounds. The remaining core of the old diocese organized itself into a ''de facto'' self-governing Church in 1924, following the instructions of Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] who had directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication could be resumed. This ''de facto'' self-governing Church in North America officially called itself the '''Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America''', and was informally known as the '''Metropolia'''.<br />
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In 1970, after having re-established communication with the Russian Orthodox Church, the American ''Metropolia'' received a ''[[tomos]]'' of [[autocephaly]] from Moscow, and changed its name to the '''Orthodox Church in America'''. Since then, the OCA has sought to cultivate an American identity, such as by promoting the use of local languages in the liturgy (mostly English, but also French, Spanish, Yupik and Aleut) and encouraging the veneration of [[List of American Orthodox saints|American saints]]. The OCA is in [[full communion]] with all of the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, but its administrative status is disputed. Some other Churches recognize the OCA as autocephalous, but most regard it as a ''de jure'' part of the Russian Orthodox Church (although self-governing in practice).<br />
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By number of parishes, the OCA is the largest Orthodox jurisdiction in North America. By number of members, it is second after the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Archdiocese]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
''See Also: [[Orthodoxy in America]]''<br />
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The OCA began with the missionary work of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands by eight Orthodox monks who arrived in Alaska in 1794. They were part of the centuries-old missionary heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church that brought the Orthodox Church, by the monks Hourg and Barsanuphii, to the Mongol peoples. And monk St Stephen of Perm (1340-96) who would in turn journey beyond Kazan, across the Ural mountain, into the forests of Siberia to bring Orthodoxy to the pagan Zyrians. And the Russian monks who brought the Church even more eastward, eventually establishing a network of missions across Siberia and along the entire Pacific Rim: in China (1686), Alaska (1794), Japan (1861), and Korea (1898). <br />
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While the Church in Alaska was growing, immigrants were arriving in the rest of North America. In the 1860s a parish was established in San Francisco by Serbians, Russians and Greeks. Parishes were also established across the territory of the United States. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the headquarters of the North American Diocese was moved to San Francisco and then to New York. At this time there were great waves of Orthodox immigrants from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, and the Middle East. A belief commonly held within OCA circles (and among some in other jurisdictions) is that they were all united in a single [[diocese]] or [[jurisdiction]], which was under the Russian Orthodox Church. (This view is disputed by a number of non-OCA church historians.) Although the Russians certainly were united, as were some parishes from other ethnic groups (especially those of Middle Eastern heritage), there were many others (most notably the overwhelming majority of the Greeks) who did not look to the Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America. Instead, they looked to their mother churches. In an attempt to address this problem, Archbishop Tikhon, later [[Tikhon of Moscow]], had advocated (in a 1905 report to the Holy Synod) for an American Orthodox Church with "greater autonomy," governed by a synod of bishops representing the various nationalities. Tikhon's proposal did not have the opportunity to succeed.<br />
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In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution brought communication between the churches in North America and Russia to an almost complete halt. In the early 1920s, Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication could be resumed. (He died in 1925, and was glorified as a [[saint]] by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in 1989.) Shortly thereafter, at a Council of all hierarchs and clergy and parish delegates, it was decided that the Church in North America could no longer maintain strict administrative ties with the Church in Russia, especially since Patriarch Tikhon had been arrested. Additionally, the loss of financial support from the fallen empire added to the diocese's problems.<br />
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At that time, some parishes which had been part of a single, multi-ethnic, North American [[diocese]] organized separate dioceses and placed themselves under various other [[mother church]]es, solidifying the current situation of multiple, ethnically-based, overlapping, jurisdictions in North America. Though the revolution in Russia helped to speed this fragmentation process along, it had already been occurring prior to 1917, as hundreds of Orthodox parishes in the US had been founded without any reference to the Russian presence, whose authority was not universally acknowledged.<br />
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From that point until the restoration of relations with Moscow in the 1960s, the Metropolia entered twice into union with the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (see [[ROCOR and OCA]]), finally breaking with the latter body in 1946. Additionally, in 1927, the bishops of the Metropolia attempted to create an autocephalous body known as the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]], which failed after only six years. <br />
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In the early 1960s, the Metropolia (as it was then known) resumed communication with the Patriarch of Moscow, and in 1970 full communion was restored. At that time, the Patriarch of Moscow officially granted the OCA [[autocephaly]], or self-governing administrative status. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by all autocephalous Orthodox Churches, including the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Churches that do recognize its autocephaly are mainly those in former Communist lands (most of which had thus come under the influence of the Church of Russia), including the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], the [[Church of Bulgaria]], the [[Church of Poland]], the [[Church of Georgia]], and the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]]. According to supporters of OCA autocephaly, it is common for recognition of autocephaly to be granted belatedly; however opponents regard the grant as not being within the purview of Moscow's [[presbeia|prerogatives]] (see [[Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly]]).<br />
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From 2005 to 2008, the administration of the OCA was the subject of allegations of financial misconduct. In November 2005, a list of accusations were brought forward by Protodeacon Eric Wheeler, the former treasurer of the OCA. Internal investigations, audits, and other actions have since then been enacted in an attempt to address the allegations, including the firing and [[deposition]] of the OCA [[chancellor]], the former Protopresbyter Robert S. Kondratick. From January 2006 until 2011, reports and editorials on the scandal were published by the [http://www.ocanews.org/ OCA News] website, a privately operated site with no connection to the administration. Some of the reports included allegations of division within the OCA's Holy Synod. In August 2007, the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]], which at the time contributed more funds to the OCA than any other diocese, began withholding its assessments to the central administration.[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_070814_1.html] In September 2008, after the release of a scathing report by an official investigative committee, the former primate, Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius]], was disciplined,[http://www.oca.org/news/1631] and the then current primate, Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]], was retired by the Holy Synod.[http://www.oca.org/news/1632]<br />
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On [[November 12]], 2008, after the financial scandals, the OCA's All-American Council and Holy Synod elected [[auxiliary bishop]] [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah]] as its new metropolitan. He was formally installed on [[December 28]], 2008 at the primate's [[cathedral]], [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)|St. Nicholas Cathedral]] in Washington, D.C.<br />
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On [[November 13]], 2012, the OCA's current metropolitan, the Most Blessed [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], was elected at the 17th [[All-American Council]].<br />
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== The OCA today ==<br />
[[Image:OCA chancery.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|The OCA chancery, Oyster Bay Cove (Syosset), New York]]]]<br />
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The OCA today consists of 14 dioceses on the territory of Canada, the United States, and Mexico with 623 parishes, missions, and institutions (456 of which are parishes). Of the dioceses 3 are non-territorially organized along ethnic lines. These [[Ethnic diocese|ethnic dioceses]] include communities in both the United States and Canada. <br />
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There are three ethnically defined dioceses in the OCA: The Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Boston (13 parishes<small>[http://oca.org/DIRlists.parish.diocese.asp?diocese=OCA-AL&x=24&y=12&SID=9&CLASS=P&TYPE=DIOCESE]</small>), the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Toledo (21 communities<small>[http://www.bdoca.org/Parishes.html]</small>), and the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America (100 communities<small>[http://www.roea.org/directories.html]</small>). These dioceses' geographic territory overlaps with the other dioceses of the OCA and they have under their care parishes with those ethnic associations, although all are home to multiethnic parishes and the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese also includes Romanian-language communities. These dioceses are the result of smaller ethnic [[jurisdiction]]s joining the OCA at some point in its history, usually after having broken from other bodies due to the politics of the Cold War era.<br />
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The OCA also has 28 monastic communities<small>[http://oca.org/DIRmonastics.asp?SID=9]</small>, six of which fall under the direct jurisdiction of the Metropolitan (i.e., are [[stavropigial]]). The largest of these monasteries are [[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)]] and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]].<br />
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There are three [[seminary|seminaries]] operated by the OCA: [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1937), [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1938), and [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1973). All three educate seminarians from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions, including those outside North America.<br />
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The OCA is a member of the [[Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America]] that has superseded the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]] (SCOBA).<br />
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===Diocesan structure===<br />
*[[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]]<br />
*[[Albanian Archdiocese (OCA)|Albanian Archdiocese]]<br />
*[[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]]<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)|Archdiocese of Canada]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Mexico (OCA)|Diocese of Mexico]]<br />
*[[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]]<br />
*[[Diocese of New England (OCA)|Diocese of New England]]<br />
*[[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]]<br />
*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America]]<br />
*[[Diocese of the South (OCA)|Diocese of the South]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.]]<br />
*[[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]]<br />
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===Growth and membership figures===<br />
Altogether, estimates of OCA faithful number from about 28,000[http://www.oca.org/PDF/Evangelization/2004.Parish-Revitalization-notes.pdf] to 1 million[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=27] to 2 million[http://www.aidsfaith.com/articles/denom.asp], depending on the report cited and method used for counting. The number of new parishes founded from 1990 to 2000 increased the overall parish number by about 12%, and new membership has been fairly equally divided between new immigrants, children of existing members, and converts to the faith. Overall, according to one report the trend during that decade held the population of OCA faithful in neither increase nor decline, but remaining steady.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] According to another, however, that same decade saw a 13% decline.[http://www.oca.org/PDF/Evangelization/2004.Parish-Revitalization-notes.pdf]<br />
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According to Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff, who is on the administrative committee of the OCA's Department of Evangelization and the board of directors of the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], the OCA's American contintental membership (i.e., not including Alaska, Canada, or the ethnic dioceses) "has been declining between 6 and 9% for nearly 20 years. The OCA's Census population in 1994 was 29,775; in 2004 it stood at 27,169."[http://www.oca.org/PDF/Evangelization/2004.Parish-Revitalization-notes.pdf] Despite these sobering figures, however, the OCA's dioceses of the West and South, as well as many parishes in other dioceses, have reported steady growth.<br />
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A 2010 United States Census of Religious Bodies, of which Alexei Krindatch, a statistician who has done extensive work on Orthodox churches and congregations, is part, estimated that in the United States there are approximately 85,000 people who consider themselves adherents to the OCA, of which about 40% (approximately 34,000) are actually regular church attendees. [http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/research/2010-USOrthodox-Census.pdf] (See also [[Demographics]])<br />
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==Name==<br />
According to the 1970 ''[[Tomos]] of Autocephaly'' granted by the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Church of Russia]], the name of this church body was originally ''The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America''.[http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12] According to the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America, adopted by the Second All-American Council in October 1971, the usage is ''The Orthodox Church in America'' at the beginning of sentences[http://oca.org/DOCstatute.asp?SID=12&ID=1] and ''the Orthodox Church in America'' in the middle of sentences[http://www.oca.org/DOCstatute.asp?SID=12&ID=4], thus seeming to imply that the capitalization of ''the'' in the name is not vital.<br />
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==Episcopacy==<br />
===Diocesan bishops===<br />
* Most Blessed [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Washington]], Metropolitan of All America and Canada. ''[[Locum Tenens]]'' of [[Diocese of New England (OCA)|New England]] and the [[Albanian Archdiocese (OCA)|Albanian Archdiocese]].<br />
* Most Reverend [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel (Popp)]], Archbishop of Detroit and the [[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Episcopate]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin (Peterson)]], Archbishop of San Francisco and [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|the West]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Mark (Maymon) of Philadelphia|Mark (Maymon)]], Archbishop of Philadelphia and [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Eastern Pennsylvania]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) of Mexico City|Alejo (Pacheco-Vera)]], Archbishop of Mexico City and [[Diocese of Mexico (OCA)|Mexico]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Melchisedek (Pleska)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and [[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Western Pennsylvania]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Irénée (Rochon)|Irénée (Rochon)]], Archbishop of Ottawa and the [[Archdiocese of Canada]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael (Dahulich)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|New York and New Jersey]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Alexander (Golitzin)]], Archbishop of Dallas, [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|the South]] and the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]]<br />
* Right Reverend [[Daniel (Brum) of Santa Rosa|Daniel (Brum)]], Bishop of Chicago and [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|the Midwest]]<br />
* Right Reverend [[Alexis (Trader) of Bethesda|Alexis (Trader)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Sitka|Sitka and Alaska]]<br />
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===Auxiliary bishops===<br />
* Right Reverend [[Andrei (Hoarște) of Cleveland|Andrei (Hoarște)]], Bishop of Cleveland, auxiliary to the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America<br />
* Right Reverend [[Gerasim (Eliel)]], Bishop of Fort Worth, auxiliary to the Diocese of the South<br />
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===Retired bishops===<br />
* Most Blessed [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], former Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada<br />
* Most Blessed [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], former Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada<br />
* Most Reverend [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa|Lazar (Puhalo)]], former Archbishop of Ottawa<br />
* Right Reverend [[Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai|Seraphim (Sigrist)]], former Bishop of Sendai and Eastern Japan<br />
* Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon (Fitzgerald)]], former Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West<br />
* Right Reverend [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nikolai (Soraich)]], former Bishop of Sitka and Alaska<br />
* Right Reverend [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Matthias (Moriak)]], former Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest<br />
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===Reposed bishops===<br />
''This list only includes those reposed bishops who have articles on OrthodoxWiki.''<br />
* Most Reverend [[Paul (Gassios)]], Archbishop of Chicago and [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|the Midwest]]<br />
* Right Reverend [[David (Mahaffey) of Sitka|David (Mahaffey)]], Bishop of Sitka and Alaska<br />
* Most Blessed [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada<br />
* Right Reverend [[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver|Varlaam (Novakshonoff)]], Bishop of Vancouver<br />
* Most Reverend [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Nikon (Liolin)]], Bishop of Boston, New England and the Albanian Archdiocese<br />
* Right Reverend [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston|Mark (Forsberg)]], Bishop of Boston<br />
* Most Reverend [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the Bulgarian Diocese<br />
* Most Reverend [[Peter (L'Huillier) of New York|Peter (L'Huillier)]], Archbishop of New York and New Jersey<br />
* Most Reverend [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]], Archbishop of Dallas and the South<br />
* Most Reverend [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)]], Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest<br />
* Most Reverend [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka|Gregory (Afonsky)]], Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska<br />
* Most Reverend [[Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco|Basil (Rodzianko)]], Bishop of San Francisco<br />
''For bishops prior to 1970, see:'' [[Bishops of the Russian Metropolia in North America]]<br />
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== List of primates and ruling bishops==<br />
[[Image:Raphel Platon Alexander.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bishops [[Raphael of Brooklyn|St. Raphel]], [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]], and [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander]]]]<br />
* Bishop [[Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak|Joasaph (Bolotov)]] ''Bishop of Kodiak Auxiliary of the Irkutsk Diocese'' (1799)<br />
* Bishop [[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov)]] ''of Alaska'' <br />
** ''Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1840-50)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1850-68)<br />
* Bishop [[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk|Peter (Ekaterinovsky)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1859-66)<br />
* Bishop [[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk|Paul (Popov)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka), Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1866-70)<br />
* Bishop [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians|John (Mitropolsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1870-77)<br />
* Bishop [[Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians|Nestor (Zakkis)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1878-82)<br />
* Bishop [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians|Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1887-91)<br />
* Bishop [[Nicholas (Adoratsky) of Orenburg and Ural|Nicholas (Adoratsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891)<br />
* Bishop [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891-98)<br />
* Bishop [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] ''of Moscow''<br />
** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1898-1900)<br />
** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1900-05)<br />
** ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1905-07)<br />
* Archbishop [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1907-14)<br />
* Archbishop [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians|Evdokim (Meschersky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1914-18)<br />
* Archbishop [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1919-22)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1922-34)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] ''Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1934-50)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty (Turkevich)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1950-65)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1965-77). In the latter part of his tenure assisted by Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], ''Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, Temporary Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America'' (1974-77)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]]<br />
** ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1977-80)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1981-2002)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2002-2005)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2005-2008)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah (Paffhausen)]]<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2008-2009)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2009-2012)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]], ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2012-present)<br />
==Reference==<br />
* ''Orthodox America 1794–1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America] (Official Website)<br />
** [http://www.oca.org/Docs.asp?ID=157&SID=12 The Road to Autocephaly 1963-1970] Talk given by Dr. Constantine H. Kallaur<br />
** [http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12 The Tomos of Autocephaly] Signed in the city of Moscow, [[April 10]], 1970, by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the members its Holy Synod.<br />
** [http://www.oca.org/DOCindex-statute.asp?SID=12 The Statute of the Orthodox Church in America]<br />
** [http://oca.org/HSprimatialelections.asp?SID=7 Primatial Elections in the OCA]<br />
* [http://dioceseofalaska.org/ Diocese of Alaska] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.bdoca.org/ Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Toledo] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.archdiocese.ca/ Archdiocese of Canada] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://doepa.org/ Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://ocamexico.org/ Diocese of Mexico] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://domoca.org/ Diocese of the Midwest] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.dneoca.org/ Diocese of New England] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.nynjoca.org/ Diocese of New York and New Jersey] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.ocadwpa.org/ Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.roea.org/ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.dosoca.org/ Diocese of the South] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://wdcoca.org/ Archdiocese of Washington] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.dowoca.org/ Diocese of the West] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=27&pagetypeID=9&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1 Article by Ronald Roberson on the OCA] on the CNEWA web site<br />
* [http://www.ocanews.org/ OCANews.org: Orthodox Christians for Accountability], a website critical of the OCA's administration<br />
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founder=Ss. [[Herman of Alaska]], [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]|<br />
independence=1970 ("temporary self-government" in 1924)|<br />
recognition=1970 by [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] |<br />
primate=[[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]] |<br />
hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York]]|<br />
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possessions=Mexico|<br />
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music=[[Russian Chant]], [[Byzantine Chant]] (in some ethnic dioceses)|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
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website=[http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America]<br />
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The '''Orthodox Church in America''' (OCA) is an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Church with parishes mainly in the United States and Canada (though with a few parishes also in Mexico, and until 2011 in Australia as well). The OCA traces its history to the Russian Orthodox missionary efforts in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, which began in 1794. Originally an Alaskan diocese of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], it expanded to the contiguous United States (the "lower 48") from 1860 onwards. By the early 20th century, it had parishes throughout the United States and Canada, mostly serving immigrant communities from Orthodox countries and Native Alaskan (Yupik and Aleut) villages.<br />
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Orthodox life in America was severely disrupted by the Russian Revolution of 1917, leading the Russian Orthodox diocese to splinter into a number of separate jurisdictions organized mostly on ethnic grounds. The remaining core of the old diocese organized itself into a ''de facto'' self-governing Church in 1924, following the instructions of Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] who had directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication could be resumed. This ''de facto'' self-governing Church in North America officially called itself the '''Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America''', and was informally known as the '''Metropolia'''.<br />
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In 1970, after having re-established communication with the Russian Orthodox Church, the American ''Metropolia'' received a ''[[tomos]]'' of [[autocephaly]] from Moscow, and changed its name to the '''Orthodox Church in America'''. Since then, the OCA has sought to cultivate an American identity, such as by promoting the use of local languages in the liturgy (mostly English, but also French, Spanish, Yupik and Aleut) and encouraging the veneration of [[List of American Orthodox saints|American saints]]. The OCA is in [[full communion]] with all of the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, but its administrative status is disputed. Some other Churches recognize the OCA as autocephalous, but most regard it as a ''de jure'' part of the Russian Orthodox Church (although self-governing in practice).<br />
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By number of parishes, the OCA is the largest Orthodox jurisdiction in North America. By number of members, it is second after the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Archdiocese]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
''See Also: [[Orthodoxy in America]]''<br />
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The OCA began with the missionary work of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands by eight Orthodox monks who arrived in Alaska in 1794. They were part of the centuries-old missionary heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church that brought the Orthodox Church, by the monks Hourg and Barsanuphii, to the Mongol peoples. And monk St Stephen of Perm (1340-96) who would in turn journey beyond Kazan, across the Ural mountain, into the forests of Siberia to bring Orthodoxy to the pagan Zyrians. And the Russian monks who brought the Church even more eastward, eventually establishing a network of missions across Siberia and along the entire Pacific Rim: in China (1686), Alaska (1794), Japan (1861), and Korea (1898). <br />
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While the Church in Alaska was growing, immigrants were arriving in the rest of North America. In the 1860s a parish was established in San Francisco by Serbians, Russians and Greeks. Parishes were also established across the territory of the United States. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the headquarters of the North American Diocese was moved to San Francisco and then to New York. At this time there were great waves of Orthodox immigrants from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, and the Middle East. A belief commonly held within OCA circles (and among some in other jurisdictions) is that they were all united in a single [[diocese]] or [[jurisdiction]], which was under the Russian Orthodox Church. (This view is disputed by a number of non-OCA church historians.) Although the Russians certainly were united, as were some parishes from other ethnic groups (especially those of Middle Eastern heritage), there were many others (most notably the overwhelming majority of the Greeks) who did not look to the Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America. Instead, they looked to their mother churches. In an attempt to address this problem, Archbishop Tikhon, later [[Tikhon of Moscow]], had advocated (in a 1905 report to the Holy Synod) for an American Orthodox Church with "greater autonomy," governed by a synod of bishops representing the various nationalities. Tikhon's proposal did not have the opportunity to succeed.<br />
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In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution brought communication between the churches in North America and Russia to an almost complete halt. In the early 1920s, Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication could be resumed. (He died in 1925, and was glorified as a [[saint]] by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in 1989.) Shortly thereafter, at a Council of all hierarchs and clergy and parish delegates, it was decided that the Church in North America could no longer maintain strict administrative ties with the Church in Russia, especially since Patriarch Tikhon had been arrested. Additionally, the loss of financial support from the fallen empire added to the diocese's problems.<br />
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At that time, some parishes which had been part of a single, multi-ethnic, North American [[diocese]] organized separate dioceses and placed themselves under various other [[mother church]]es, solidifying the current situation of multiple, ethnically-based, overlapping, jurisdictions in North America. Though the revolution in Russia helped to speed this fragmentation process along, it had already been occurring prior to 1917, as hundreds of Orthodox parishes in the US had been founded without any reference to the Russian presence, whose authority was not universally acknowledged.<br />
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From that point until the restoration of relations with Moscow in the 1960s, the Metropolia entered twice into union with the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (see [[ROCOR and OCA]]), finally breaking with the latter body in 1946. Additionally, in 1927, the bishops of the Metropolia attempted to create an autocephalous body known as the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]], which failed after only six years. <br />
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In the early 1960s, the Metropolia (as it was then known) resumed communication with the Patriarch of Moscow, and in 1970 full communion was restored. At that time, the Patriarch of Moscow officially granted the OCA [[autocephaly]], or self-governing administrative status. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by all autocephalous Orthodox Churches, including the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Churches that do recognize its autocephaly are mainly those in former Communist lands (most of which had thus come under the influence of the Church of Russia), including the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], the [[Church of Bulgaria]], the [[Church of Poland]], the [[Church of Georgia]], and the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]]. According to supporters of OCA autocephaly, it is common for recognition of autocephaly to be granted belatedly; however opponents regard the grant as not being within the purview of Moscow's [[presbeia|prerogatives]] (see [[Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly]]).<br />
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From 2005 to 2008, the administration of the OCA was the subject of allegations of financial misconduct. In November 2005, a list of accusations were brought forward by Protodeacon Eric Wheeler, the former treasurer of the OCA. Internal investigations, audits, and other actions have since then been enacted in an attempt to address the allegations, including the firing and [[deposition]] of the OCA [[chancellor]], the former Protopresbyter Robert S. Kondratick. From January 2006 until 2011, reports and editorials on the scandal were published by the [http://www.ocanews.org/ OCA News] website, a privately operated site with no connection to the administration. Some of the reports included allegations of division within the OCA's Holy Synod. In August 2007, the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]], which at the time contributed more funds to the OCA than any other diocese, began withholding its assessments to the central administration.[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_070814_1.html] In September 2008, after the release of a scathing report by an official investigative committee, the former primate, Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius]], was disciplined,[http://www.oca.org/news/1631] and the then current primate, Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]], was retired by the Holy Synod.[http://www.oca.org/news/1632]<br />
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On [[November 12]], 2008, after the financial scandals, the OCA's All-American Council and Holy Synod elected [[auxiliary bishop]] [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah]] as its new metropolitan. He was formally installed on [[December 28]], 2008 at the primate's [[cathedral]], [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)|St. Nicholas Cathedral]] in Washington, D.C.<br />
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On [[November 13]], 2012, the OCA's current metropolitan, the Most Blessed [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], was elected at the 17th [[All-American Council]].<br />
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== The OCA today ==<br />
[[Image:OCA chancery.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|The OCA chancery, Oyster Bay Cove (Syosset), New York]]]]<br />
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The OCA today consists of 14 dioceses on the territory of Canada, the United States, and Mexico with 623 parishes, missions, and institutions (456 of which are parishes). Of the dioceses 3 are non-territorially organized along ethnic lines. These [[Ethnic diocese|ethnic dioceses]] include communities in both the United States and Canada. <br />
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There are three ethnically defined dioceses in the OCA: The Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Boston (13 parishes<small>[http://oca.org/DIRlists.parish.diocese.asp?diocese=OCA-AL&x=24&y=12&SID=9&CLASS=P&TYPE=DIOCESE]</small>), the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Toledo (21 communities<small>[http://www.bdoca.org/Parishes.html]</small>), and the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America (100 communities<small>[http://www.roea.org/directories.html]</small>). These dioceses' geographic territory overlaps with the other dioceses of the OCA and they have under their care parishes with those ethnic associations, although all are home to multiethnic parishes and the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese also includes Romanian-language communities. These dioceses are the result of smaller ethnic [[jurisdiction]]s joining the OCA at some point in its history, usually after having broken from other bodies due to the politics of the Cold War era.<br />
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The OCA also has 28 monastic communities<small>[http://oca.org/DIRmonastics.asp?SID=9]</small>, six of which fall under the direct jurisdiction of the Metropolitan (i.e., are [[stavropigial]]). The largest of these monasteries are [[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)]] and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]].<br />
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There are three [[seminary|seminaries]] operated by the OCA: [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1937), [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1938), and [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1973). All three educate seminarians from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions, including those outside North America.<br />
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The OCA is a member of the [[Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America]] that has superseded the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]] (SCOBA).<br />
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===Diocesan structure===<br />
*[[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]]<br />
*[[Albanian Archdiocese (OCA)|Albanian Archdiocese]]<br />
*[[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]]<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)|Archdiocese of Canada]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Mexico (OCA)|Diocese of Mexico]]<br />
*[[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]]<br />
*[[Diocese of New England (OCA)|Diocese of New England]]<br />
*[[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]]<br />
*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America]]<br />
*[[Diocese of the South (OCA)|Diocese of the South]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.]]<br />
*[[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]]<br />
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===Growth and membership figures===<br />
Altogether, estimates of OCA faithful number from about 28,000[http://www.oca.org/PDF/Evangelization/2004.Parish-Revitalization-notes.pdf] to 1 million[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=27] to 2 million[http://www.aidsfaith.com/articles/denom.asp], depending on the report cited and method used for counting. The number of new parishes founded from 1990 to 2000 increased the overall parish number by about 12%, and new membership has been fairly equally divided between new immigrants, children of existing members, and converts to the faith. Overall, according to one report the trend during that decade held the population of OCA faithful in neither increase nor decline, but remaining steady.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] According to another, however, that same decade saw a 13% decline.[http://www.oca.org/PDF/Evangelization/2004.Parish-Revitalization-notes.pdf]<br />
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According to Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff, who is on the administrative committee of the OCA's Department of Evangelization and the board of directors of the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], the OCA's American contintental membership (i.e., not including Alaska, Canada, or the ethnic dioceses) "has been declining between 6 and 9% for nearly 20 years. The OCA's Census population in 1994 was 29,775; in 2004 it stood at 27,169."[http://www.oca.org/PDF/Evangelization/2004.Parish-Revitalization-notes.pdf] Despite these sobering figures, however, the OCA's dioceses of the West and South, as well as many parishes in other dioceses, have reported steady growth.<br />
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A 2010 United States Census of Religious Bodies, of which Alexei Krindatch, a statistician who has done extensive work on Orthodox churches and congregations, is part, estimated that in the United States there are approximately 85,000 people who consider themselves adherents to the OCA, of which about 40% (approximately 34,000) are actually regular church attendees. [http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/research/2010-USOrthodox-Census.pdf] (See also [[Demographics]])<br />
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==Name==<br />
According to the 1970 ''[[Tomos]] of Autocephaly'' granted by the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Church of Russia]], the name of this church body was originally ''The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America''.[http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12] According to the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America, adopted by the Second All-American Council in October 1971, the usage is ''The Orthodox Church in America'' at the beginning of sentences[http://oca.org/DOCstatute.asp?SID=12&ID=1] and ''the Orthodox Church in America'' in the middle of sentences[http://www.oca.org/DOCstatute.asp?SID=12&ID=4], thus seeming to imply that the capitalization of ''the'' in the name is not vital.<br />
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==Episcopacy==<br />
===Diocesan bishops===<br />
* Most Blessed [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Washington]], Metropolitan of All America and Canada. ''[[Locum Tenens]]'' of [[Diocese of New England (OCA)|New England]] and the [[Albanian Archdiocese (OCA)|Albanian Archdiocese]].<br />
* Most Reverend [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel (Popp)]], Archbishop of Detroit and the [[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Episcopate]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin (Peterson)]], Archbishop of San Francisco and [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|the West]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Mark (Maymon) of Philadelphia|Mark (Maymon)]], Archbishop of Philadelphia and [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Eastern Pennsylvania]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) of Mexico City|Alejo (Pacheco-Vera)]], Archbishop of Mexico City and [[Diocese of Mexico (OCA)|Mexico]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Melchisedek (Pleska)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and [[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Western Pennsylvania]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Irénée (Rochon)|Irénée (Rochon)]], Archbishop of Ottawa and the [[Archdiocese of Canada]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael (Dahulich)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|New York and New Jersey]]<br />
* Most Reverend [[Alexander (Golitzin)]], Archbishop of Dallas, [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|the South]] and the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]]<br />
* Right Reverend [[Daniel (Brum) of Santa Rosa|Daniel (Brum)]], Bishop of Chicago and [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|the Midwest]]<br />
* Right Reverend [[Alexis (Trader) of Bethesda|Alexis (Trader)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Sitka|Sitka and Alaska]].<br />
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===Auxiliary bishops===<br />
* Right Reverend [[Andrei (Hoarște) of Cleveland|Andrei (Hoarște)]], Bishop of Cleveland, auxiliary to the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America<br />
* Right Reverend [[Gerasim (Eliel)]], Bishop of Fort Worth, auxiliary to the Diocese of the South<br />
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===Retired bishops===<br />
* Most Blessed [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], former Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada<br />
* Most Blessed [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], former Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada<br />
* Most Reverend [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa|Lazar (Puhalo)]], former Archbishop of Ottawa<br />
* Right Reverend [[Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai|Seraphim (Sigrist)]], former Bishop of Sendai and Eastern Japan<br />
* Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon (Fitzgerald)]], former Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West<br />
* Right Reverend [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nikolai (Soraich)]], former Bishop of Sitka and Alaska<br />
* Right Reverend [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Matthias (Moriak)]], former Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest<br />
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===Reposed bishops===<br />
''This list only includes those reposed bishops who have articles on OrthodoxWiki.''<br />
* Most Reverend [[Paul (Gassios)]], Archbishop of Chicago and [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|the Midwest]]<br />
* Right Reverend [[David (Mahaffey) of Sitka|David (Mahaffey)]], Bishop of Sitka and Alaska<br />
* Most Blessed [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada<br />
* Right Reverend [[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver|Varlaam (Novakshonoff)]], Bishop of Vancouver<br />
* Most Reverend [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Nikon (Liolin)]], Bishop of Boston, New England and the Albanian Archdiocese<br />
* Right Reverend [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston|Mark (Forsberg)]], Bishop of Boston<br />
* Most Reverend [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the Bulgarian Diocese<br />
* Most Reverend [[Peter (L'Huillier) of New York|Peter (L'Huillier)]], Archbishop of New York and New Jersey<br />
* Most Reverend [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]], Archbishop of Dallas and the South<br />
* Most Reverend [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)]], Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest<br />
* Most Reverend [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka|Gregory (Afonsky)]], Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska<br />
* Most Reverend [[Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco|Basil (Rodzianko)]], Bishop of San Francisco<br />
''For bishops prior to 1970, see:'' [[Bishops of the Russian Metropolia in North America]]<br />
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== List of primates and ruling bishops==<br />
[[Image:Raphel Platon Alexander.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bishops [[Raphael of Brooklyn|St. Raphel]], [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]], and [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander]]]]<br />
* Bishop [[Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak|Joasaph (Bolotov)]] ''Bishop of Kodiak Auxiliary of the Irkutsk Diocese'' (1799)<br />
* Bishop [[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov)]] ''of Alaska'' <br />
** ''Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1840-50)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1850-68)<br />
* Bishop [[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk|Peter (Ekaterinovsky)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1859-66)<br />
* Bishop [[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk|Paul (Popov)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka), Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1866-70)<br />
* Bishop [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians|John (Mitropolsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1870-77)<br />
* Bishop [[Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians|Nestor (Zakkis)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1878-82)<br />
* Bishop [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians|Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1887-91)<br />
* Bishop [[Nicholas (Adoratsky) of Orenburg and Ural|Nicholas (Adoratsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891)<br />
* Bishop [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891-98)<br />
* Bishop [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] ''of Moscow''<br />
** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1898-1900)<br />
** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1900-05)<br />
** ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1905-07)<br />
* Archbishop [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1907-14)<br />
* Archbishop [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians|Evdokim (Meschersky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1914-18)<br />
* Archbishop [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1919-22)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1922-34)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] ''Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1934-50)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty (Turkevich)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1950-65)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1965-77). In the latter part of his tenure assisted by Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], ''Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, Temporary Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America'' (1974-77)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]]<br />
** ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1977-80)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1981-2002)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2002-2005)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2005-2008)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah (Paffhausen)]]<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2008-2009)<br />
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2009-2012)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]], ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2012-present)<br />
==Reference==<br />
* ''Orthodox America 1794–1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America] (Official Website)<br />
** [http://www.oca.org/Docs.asp?ID=157&SID=12 The Road to Autocephaly 1963-1970] Talk given by Dr. Constantine H. Kallaur<br />
** [http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12 The Tomos of Autocephaly] Signed in the city of Moscow, [[April 10]], 1970, by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the members its Holy Synod.<br />
** [http://www.oca.org/DOCindex-statute.asp?SID=12 The Statute of the Orthodox Church in America]<br />
** [http://oca.org/HSprimatialelections.asp?SID=7 Primatial Elections in the OCA]<br />
* [http://dioceseofalaska.org/ Diocese of Alaska] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.bdoca.org/ Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Toledo] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.archdiocese.ca/ Archdiocese of Canada] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://doepa.org/ Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://ocamexico.org/ Diocese of Mexico] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://domoca.org/ Diocese of the Midwest] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.dneoca.org/ Diocese of New England] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.nynjoca.org/ Diocese of New York and New Jersey] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.ocadwpa.org/ Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.roea.org/ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.dosoca.org/ Diocese of the South] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://wdcoca.org/ Archdiocese of Washington] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.dowoca.org/ Diocese of the West] (Official Website)<br />
* [http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=27&pagetypeID=9&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1 Article by Ronald Roberson on the OCA] on the CNEWA web site<br />
* [http://www.ocanews.org/ OCANews.org: Orthodox Christians for Accountability], a website critical of the OCA's administration<br />
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Metropolitan '''Hilarion (Kapral) of Eastern America and New York''' was First Hierarch of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) from 2008 until his repose on [[May 16]], 2022. Hilarion was formally [[enthronement|enthroned]] on [[May 18]], 2008. He was also the ruling bishop of the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. <br />
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== Parents ==<br />
Metropolitan Hilarion’s parents – his father Alexei Kapral, and his mother, Euphrosynia (nee Kasyaniuk) – were from the village of Obenizha in [[w:Principality_of_Halych|Volyhn]]. In 1929, during the Polish occupation, the local populace was persecuted and oppressed by Poles attempting to turn Western Ukraine into a Polish province. Thus, the 19-year-old Alexei and his young wife decided to emigrate to Canada. At the time, the Canadian government afforded immigrants the opportunity to obtain large tracts of land in Western Canada; it was there that the young family settled. Upon their arrival in the province of Alberta, the Kapral family received 160 acres of untilled land, as well as $100 in cash, a hammer, and an axe, with which to build themselves a home. In the developing Spirit River region, there were some 200 Ukrainians, and in view of the oncoming cold, they quickly built themselves houses. The great economic crisis of 1929-1930 affected the settlers as well, making an already hard life even more difficult. To find work, Alexei Kapral had to travel far from home, and he earned but 25 cents per day. Nonetheless, the family grew ever larger – five boys and two girls filled the house with children’s voices, speaking Ukrainian at home, but the children had English as their first language. Their parents also spoke Russian and Polish.<br />
<br />
== Early Life ==<br />
The youngest member of the family was Igor, the future Metropolitan Hilarion. He was born on [[January 6]], 1948, in Spirit River, and spent his childhood in the country. He had to walk 2.5 miles to school every day, and describes his childhood as "pleasant...absolutely free of any harmful influences"<ref>http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enart_mhinterviewpriesthood.html</ref>. Later he transferred to another school in Blueberry Creek, but returned to finish high school.<br />
<br />
From his youth, Igor felt drawn to the Church, and loved to read books and periodicals on religion and morals. From a young age, around 6 or 7, he knew that he wanted to become a priest. He went to Holy Trinity Church in Spirit River, part of ROCOR and composed of ethnic Ukrainians. Services were held monthly or bi-monthly, and often Archbishop [[Panteleimon (Rudyk) of Edmonton|Panteleimon]] would celebrate these services. Abp Panteleimon was revered by Igor, and he was told by Abp Panteleimon that "someday you will be a priest"<ref>http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enart_mhinterviewpriesthood.html</ref>.<br />
<br />
In 1966, he found a spiritual director, Right Reverend [[Sava (Saračević) of Edmonton|Sava (Saračević)]], Bishop of Edmonton, a serbian who greatly revered our Holy Hierarch St. [[John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai|John (Maximovitch)]].<br />
<br />
==Seminary and the Priesthood==<br />
In 1967, when Igor Kapral was 19 years old, he entered the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] in Jordanville, NY, USA, under the advice of Bishop [[Sava (Saracevic) of Edmondton|Sava of Edmondton]]. While here, he was able to learn Russian, as well as sing on the kliros and serve in the altar, learning the order of divine services. <br />
<br />
From his second year at seminary, Igor was tasked with typesetting "Orthodox Life" in English, under the editorship of Archimandrite [[Constantine (Zaitsev)]]; Igor soon succeeded him as editor. After some time, Hieromonk Ignaty (who was in charge of the printery) asked him to do the Russian typesetting as well. He became editor-in-chief in 1975 on the repose of Archim. Constantine, and began teaching at the seminary.<br />
<br />
On graduating from the Seminary in 1972, Igor entered the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], becoming a [[novice]] (''poslushnik'') in 1973. On [[December 2]], 1974 he was tonsured a [[Monastic Ranks|rassaphore]] [[monk]] with the name Hilarion, in honor of Venerable Schema-monk Hilarion of the Kiev Caves, the famous Metropolitan of Kiev. On [[December 4]], 1975, Archbishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev]], +1976), for whom the future Vladyka served as a cell-attendant, [[ordination|ordained]] him a [[hierodeacon]].<br />
<br />
As part of Bishop Laurus' push to elevate the quality of Russian language and literature instruction at Holy Trinity Seminary, he was selected to study a Master's degree in Slavic Studies and Russian Literature. He graduated in 1976, the same year that [[Bishop]] [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus]] of Manhattan ordained him a [[hieromonk]].<br />
<br />
Fr Hilarion served as a priestmonk at the monastery, continuing his work at the printing press. He was often sent to parishes, replacing absent priests, often traveling to Cleveland and Pennsylvania.<br />
<br />
==Episcopacy==<br />
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Fr Hilarion was approved by the Bishop's Sobor meeting at Mansonville, Quebec in 1983, and Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) suggested that he be appointed Bishop of Manhattan, a vicar bishop of the Diocese of New York and Eastern America. On 10 December 1984, at the young age of 36, Fr Hilarion was consecrated a [[bishop]] by [[Metropolitan]] [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret of New York]] and nine other bishops (Abps [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim]], [[Antony (sinkevich) of Los Angeles|Antony]], [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of Montreal|Vitaly]], [[Laurus (Škurla) of Syracuse|Laurus]], [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul]], and Bps [[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington|Gregory]], [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark]], [[Alypy (Gamanovich) of Cleveland|Alypy]]) at the Synodal Cathedral in New York City. He was appointed to the [[see]] of Manhattan and charged with overseeing the [[parish]]es in Pennsylvania and the Eastern American diocese. In 1987, he was named deputy secretary for the Synod of Bishops. In 1995, Bishop Hilarion was transferred to the See of Washington while retaining his residence in New York. During his time as Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, he was noted for frequent visits to parishes and accessibility to the faithful.<br />
<br />
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand was experiencing turmoil, and had not had a ruling bishop for five years; hence in June 1996, recognising his pastoral gifts, he was transferred to the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] (which was experiencing some problems at that stage) and raised to the rank of [[archbishop]]. Abp Hilarion set establishing the Property Trust as an Act of the New South Wales Parliament, and then rectifying the shortage of priests and beginning missionary work, generally strengthening the diocese and its church life. In 2003 he was awarded the honour of wearing a diamond [[cross]] on his [[klobuk]]. He continued his accessibility to the faithful in his new diocese, including missions in Korea, China and Indonesia. He was the first hierarch of ROCOR to visit China since [[St John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|St John of Shanghai and San Francisco]]'s departure after World War II.<br />
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Upon Metr. Laurus's death, Abp. Hilarion was appointed as the temporary head of the ROCOR Synod. To his dismay, on [[May 12]], 2008, Archbishop Hilarion was elected and elevated as the new Metropolitan of ROCOR, having received all but one vote (his own). As First Hierarch, he convenes meetings of the synod (3-4 times each year), meetings of the Council of Bishops, and represents the ROCOR at the Moscow Patriarchate when bishops convene there. In addition, he remains ruling bishop of the diocese of Australia and New Zealand, in addition to also being ruling bishop of the Eastern American diocese. <br />
<br />
On the [[December 10]], 2009 Metropolitan Hilarion marked 25 years since the date of [[consecration of a bishop|consecration as a bishop]]. The festivities took place in the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. Vladyka Hilarion, notably, is presiding over a period where unity with the Church of Russia is smooth and without inequality, and divisiveness has died down in ROCOR.<br />
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On [[May 16]]th, 2022 at the age of 74, Hilarion fell asleep in the Lord after various health struggles. <br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/5enizbrany.html Archbishop Hilarion Is Elected First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia] (ROCOR site)<br />
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/official/hilarionbio_en.html Official biography] from the [[ROCOR]] Australia and New Zealand website<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/5enmhnastolavaniye.html Photo Report of Enthronement, May 18, 2008]<br />
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[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]</div>Vyprhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Hilarion_(Kapral)_of_New_York&diff=130106Hilarion (Kapral) of New York2022-05-24T04:02:28Z<p>Vypr: Memory eternal, vladyka.</p>
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<div>{{orthodoxyinamerica}}<br />
Metropolitan '''Hilarion (Kapral) of Eastern America and New York''' was First Hierarch of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) from 2008 until his repose on [[May 16]], 2020. Hilarion was formally [[enthronement|enthroned]] on [[May 18]], 2008. He was also the ruling bishop of the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. <br />
<br />
== Parents ==<br />
Metropolitan Hilarion’s parents – his father Alexei Kapral, and his mother, Euphrosynia (nee Kasyaniuk) – were from the village of Obenizha in [[w:Principality_of_Halych|Volyhn]]. In 1929, during the Polish occupation, the local populace was persecuted and oppressed by Poles attempting to turn Western Ukraine into a Polish province. Thus, the 19-year-old Alexei and his young wife decided to emigrate to Canada. At the time, the Canadian government afforded immigrants the opportunity to obtain large tracts of land in Western Canada; it was there that the young family settled. Upon their arrival in the province of Alberta, the Kapral family received 160 acres of untilled land, as well as $100 in cash, a hammer, and an axe, with which to build themselves a home. In the developing Spirit River region, there were some 200 Ukrainians, and in view of the oncoming cold, they quickly built themselves houses. The great economic crisis of 1929-1930 affected the settlers as well, making an already hard life even more difficult. To find work, Alexei Kapral had to travel far from home, and he earned but 25 cents per day. Nonetheless, the family grew ever larger – five boys and two girls filled the house with children’s voices, speaking Ukrainian at home, but the children had English as their first language. Their parents also spoke Russian and Polish.<br />
<br />
== Early Life ==<br />
The youngest member of the family was Igor, the future Metropolitan Hilarion. He was born on [[January 6]], 1948, in Spirit River, and spent his childhood in the country. He had to walk 2.5 miles to school every day, and describes his childhood as "pleasant...absolutely free of any harmful influences"<ref>http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enart_mhinterviewpriesthood.html</ref>. Later he transferred to another school in Blueberry Creek, but returned to finish high school.<br />
<br />
From his youth, Igor felt drawn to the Church, and loved to read books and periodicals on religion and morals. From a young age, around 6 or 7, he knew that he wanted to become a priest. He went to Holy Trinity Church in Spirit River, part of ROCOR and composed of ethnic Ukrainians. Services were held monthly or bi-monthly, and often Archbishop [[Panteleimon (Rudyk) of Edmonton|Panteleimon]] would celebrate these services. Abp Panteleimon was revered by Igor, and he was told by Abp Panteleimon that "someday you will be a priest"<ref>http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enart_mhinterviewpriesthood.html</ref>.<br />
<br />
In 1966, he found a spiritual director, Right Reverend [[Sava (Saračević) of Edmonton|Sava (Saračević)]], Bishop of Edmonton, a serbian who greatly revered our Holy Hierarch St. [[John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai|John (Maximovitch)]].<br />
<br />
==Seminary and the Priesthood==<br />
In 1967, when Igor Kapral was 19 years old, he entered the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] in Jordanville, NY, USA, under the advice of Bishop [[Sava (Saracevic) of Edmondton|Sava of Edmondton]]. While here, he was able to learn Russian, as well as sing on the kliros and serve in the altar, learning the order of divine services. <br />
<br />
From his second year at seminary, Igor was tasked with typesetting "Orthodox Life" in English, under the editorship of Archimandrite [[Constantine (Zaitsev)]]; Igor soon succeeded him as editor. After some time, Hieromonk Ignaty (who was in charge of the printery) asked him to do the Russian typesetting as well. He became editor-in-chief in 1975 on the repose of Archim. Constantine, and began teaching at the seminary.<br />
<br />
On graduating from the Seminary in 1972, Igor entered the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], becoming a [[novice]] (''poslushnik'') in 1973. On [[December 2]], 1974 he was tonsured a [[Monastic Ranks|rassaphore]] [[monk]] with the name Hilarion, in honor of Venerable Schema-monk Hilarion of the Kiev Caves, the famous Metropolitan of Kiev. On [[December 4]], 1975, Archbishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev]], +1976), for whom the future Vladyka served as a cell-attendant, [[ordination|ordained]] him a [[hierodeacon]].<br />
<br />
As part of Bishop Laurus' push to elevate the quality of Russian language and literature instruction at Holy Trinity Seminary, he was selected to study a Master's degree in Slavic Studies and Russian Literature. He graduated in 1976, the same year that [[Bishop]] [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus]] of Manhattan ordained him a [[hieromonk]].<br />
<br />
Fr Hilarion served as a priestmonk at the monastery, continuing his work at the printing press. He was often sent to parishes, replacing absent priests, often traveling to Cleveland and Pennsylvania.<br />
<br />
==Episcopacy==<br />
{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}<br />
Fr Hilarion was approved by the Bishop's Sobor meeting at Mansonville, Quebec in 1983, and Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) suggested that he be appointed Bishop of Manhattan, a vicar bishop of the Diocese of New York and Eastern America. On 10 December 1984, at the young age of 36, Fr Hilarion was consecrated a [[bishop]] by [[Metropolitan]] [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret of New York]] and nine other bishops (Abps [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim]], [[Antony (sinkevich) of Los Angeles|Antony]], [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of Montreal|Vitaly]], [[Laurus (Škurla) of Syracuse|Laurus]], [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul]], and Bps [[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington|Gregory]], [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark]], [[Alypy (Gamanovich) of Cleveland|Alypy]]) at the Synodal Cathedral in New York City. He was appointed to the [[see]] of Manhattan and charged with overseeing the [[parish]]es in Pennsylvania and the Eastern American diocese. In 1987, he was named deputy secretary for the Synod of Bishops. In 1995, Bishop Hilarion was transferred to the See of Washington while retaining his residence in New York. During his time as Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, he was noted for frequent visits to parishes and accessibility to the faithful.<br />
<br />
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand was experiencing turmoil, and had not had a ruling bishop for five years; hence in June 1996, recognising his pastoral gifts, he was transferred to the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] (which was experiencing some problems at that stage) and raised to the rank of [[archbishop]]. Abp Hilarion set establishing the Property Trust as an Act of the New South Wales Parliament, and then rectifying the shortage of priests and beginning missionary work, generally strengthening the diocese and its church life. In 2003 he was awarded the honour of wearing a diamond [[cross]] on his [[klobuk]]. He continued his accessibility to the faithful in his new diocese, including missions in Korea, China and Indonesia. He was the first hierarch of ROCOR to visit China since [[St John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|St John of Shanghai and San Francisco]]'s departure after World War II.<br />
<br />
Upon Metr. Laurus's death, Abp. Hilarion was appointed as the temporary head of the ROCOR Synod. To his dismay, on [[May 12]], 2008, Archbishop Hilarion was elected and elevated as the new Metropolitan of ROCOR, having received all but one vote (his own). As First Hierarch, he convenes meetings of the synod (3-4 times each year), meetings of the Council of Bishops, and represents the ROCOR at the Moscow Patriarchate when bishops convene there. In addition, he remains ruling bishop of the diocese of Australia and New Zealand, in addition to also being ruling bishop of the Eastern American diocese. <br />
<br />
On the [[December 10]], 2009 Metropolitan Hilarion marked 25 years since the date of [[consecration of a bishop|consecration as a bishop]]. The festivities took place in the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. Vladyka Hilarion, notably, is presiding over a period where unity with the Church of Russia is smooth and without inequality, and divisiveness has died down in ROCOR.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/5enizbrany.html Archbishop Hilarion Is Elected First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia] (ROCOR site)<br />
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/official/hilarionbio_en.html Official biography] from the [[ROCOR]] Australia and New Zealand website<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/5enmhnastolavaniye.html Photo Report of Enthronement, May 18, 2008]<br />
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[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]</div>Vyprhttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Maximos_(Aghiorgoussis)_of_Pittsburgh&diff=129972Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh2022-01-03T00:34:08Z<p>Vypr: </p>
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<div>His Eminence [[Metropolitan]] '''Maximos (Aghiorgoussis)''' was the former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh in the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. He was elected to this [[see]] in March 1979, and enthroned as the first bishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh on April 27, 1979, serving until August of 2011.<br />
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His elevation to the ecclesiastical rank of Metropolitan of Ainou by the Holy and Sacred [[Synod]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] of Constantinople was announced on [[November 24]], 1997, by His All Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew]], Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, "to reward his lengthy and dedicated service, without taking him away from the pastorship of the Holy Diocese of Pittsburgh."<br />
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Due to health reasons, he tendered his resignation as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh in August of 2011, and it was accepted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.[http://www.goarch.org/news/maximosresignation-09022011]<br />
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On [[November 2]], 2020, Maximos fell asleep in the Lord. His funeral and burial place is at St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Perrysville, Ohio.[https://www.pittsburgh.goarch.org/metropolitan-maximos]<br />
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==Life==<br />
His Eminence was born on the island of Chios on [[March 5]], 1935, to Father and [[Presvytera]] Evangelos Aghiorgoussis. He studied at the Patriarchal [[Theological School of Halki]] where he received his degree in Orthodox Theology in 1957. He was [[ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] in Halki on [[April 28]], 1957, and ordained a [[priest]] on his native island on [[July 26]], 1959. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Louvain, Belgium, where he received a Doctorate in Theology and Baccalaureate in Philosophy in 1964.<br />
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In 1966 he arrived in the United States and was appointed Professor of Systematic Theology at the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross School of Theology]] in Massachusetts where he remained until May 1979. During his tenure at the school, he also served as Vice President of [[Hellenic College (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Hellenic College]] and Academic Dean of the Holy Cross School of Theology, as well as Chairman of the Faculty Senate. From September 1979 to June 1985, His Eminence served as Professor of Systematic Theology at [[Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|Christ the Saviour Theological Seminary]] in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He is now visiting professor of Theology at that institution.<br />
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On [[April 11]], 1978, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected him [[Bishop]] of Diokleia. Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos]] [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] him to the Episcopacy on [[Pentecost]] Sunday, [[June 18]], 1978, at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City.<br />
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Upon the repose of Bishop [[Kallistos (Samaras) of Zelon|Kallistos of Zelon]] (+1991), Metropolitan Maximos accepted the responsibility of spiritual father and advisor of Orthodox People Together (OPT).{{ref|2}} He also served as advisor to the organizing committee of the Pan-Orthodox Conference on Mission and Evangelism. <br />
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During 1991-1992 he was visiting professor [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York.<br />
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The Metropolitan put special emphasis on youth ministry, religious education, [[monasticism]], and spiritual life and renewal. The Diocese sponsored the first Orthodox Christian Mission to Indonesia. The [[St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio)|St. Gregory Palamas Monastery]], a men's [[monastery]], was founded in 1981. Two monasteries for women were also established: The Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Convent, with the St. Elias Retreat Center, in 1989; and The Holy Protection of the Theotokos Convent in 1994. <br />
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Metropolitan Maximos is fluent in French and Italian, in addition to Greek and English, and has authored publications in each language.<br />
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On August 3, 2011, His Eminence submitted his resignation as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh to Archbishop Demetrios, due to health reasons. His resignation was approved by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate by August 30, and Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit was named Locum Tenens of the Pittsburgh Metropolis. He was succeeded as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh by His Eminence Metropolitan [[Savas (Zembillas) of Pittsburgh]] who was elected to the office of Metropolitan of Pittsburgh on [[November 2]], 2011, by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, and was enthroned [[December 8]], 2011.<br />
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==Ecumenism==<br />
Metropolitan Maximos has participated in various National Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC) missions, including the fact-finding mission of a Blue Ribbon NCCC Panel to the Middle-East (February-March, 1980), a courtesy visit of an NCCC special delegation to the People's Republic of China (November 1981), a similar visit of an NCCC delegation to the USSR (October 1984), a [[World Council of Churches]] (WCC) mission to Lebanon at the time of the Israeli invasion (July 1982), and a peace conference in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia (December 1984). The Metropolitan also joined the Patriarchal delegation to the Sixth General Assembly of the WCC in Vancouver, Canada (July-August, 1983), and served on the Nominating Committee of the same. <br />
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In June 1988, Metr. Maximos returned to the USSR and Czechoslovakia for the celebration of the Christian Millennium in the land of Kievan Rus. In April-May, 1992, the Metropolitan took part in a WCC fact-finding mission to Bielorussia and the Ukraine. The purpose of the mission was to study the problem of [[Unia]]tism and to report his findings to the appropriate WCC Committee. In October 1992, Metr. Maximos represented the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Fourth Conference of the [[Roman Catholic]] Latin American Bishops (CELAM) in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. <br />
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Metr. Maximos was an active participant of the Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania,{{ref|1}} serving as a member of the Council, the Executive Committee, and the Theological Advisory Committee. The Diocese of Pittsburgh has become a member (judicatory) of the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia Councils of Churches, as well as of the Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. His Eminence took part in the 12th National Conference of Christians and Jews in Chicago (November 1990), and served as a member of the organizing committee of the 13th National Conference of Christians and Jews, which was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 1992.<br />
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==Reference==<br />
*{{note|1}} [http://www.casp.org/ Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania]<br />
*{{note|2}} [http://www.orthodoxpeopletogether.org/ Orthodox People Together]<br />
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==Source==<br />
*[http://pittsburgh.goarch.org/metropolitan/ His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh] (Official biography)<br />
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*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/goarch/current.htm#maximos_metr Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute<br />
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===Writings===<br />
*[http://www.orthodox.net/ecumenism/2000-09-18-maximos.html On the Vatican Declaration "Dominus Iesus"] 18 September 2000<br />
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<div>His Eminence [[Metropolitan]] '''Maximos (Aghiorgoussis)''' was the former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh in the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. He was elected to this [[see]] in March 1979, and enthroned as the first bishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh on April 27, 1979, serving until August of 2011.<br />
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His elevation to the ecclesiastical rank of Metropolitan of Ainou by the Holy and Sacred [[Synod]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] of Constantinople was announced on [[November 24]], 1997, by His All Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew]], Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, "to reward his lengthy and dedicated service, without taking him away from the pastorship of the Holy Diocese of Pittsburgh."<br />
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Due to health reasons, he tendered his resignation as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh in August of 2011, and it was accepted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.[http://www.goarch.org/news/maximosresignation-09022011]<br />
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On [[November 2]], 2020, Maximos fell asleep in the Lord. His funeral and burial place is at St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Perrysville, Ohio.[https://www.pittsburgh.goarch.org/metropolitan-maximos]<br />
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==Life==<br />
His Eminence was born on the island of Chios on [[March 5]], 1935, to Father and [[Presvytera]] Evangelos Aghiorgoussis. He studied at the Patriarchal [[Theological School of Halki]] where he received his degree in Orthodox Theology in 1957. He was [[ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] in Halki on [[April 28]], 1957, and ordained a [[priest]] on his native island on [[July 26]], 1959. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Louvain, Belgium, where he received a Doctorate in Theology and Baccalaureate in Philosophy in 1964.<br />
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In 1966 he arrived in the United States and was appointed Professor of Systematic Theology at the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross School of Theology]] in Massachusetts where he remained until May 1979. During his tenure at the school, he also served as Vice President of [[Hellenic College (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Hellenic College]] and Academic Dean of the Holy Cross School of Theology, as well as Chairman of the Faculty Senate. From September 1979 to June 1985, His Eminence served as Professor of Systematic Theology at [[Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|Christ the Saviour Theological Seminary]] in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He is now visiting professor of Theology at that institution.<br />
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On [[April 11]], 1978, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected him [[Bishop]] of Diokleia. Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos]] [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] him to the Episcopacy on [[Pentecost]] Sunday, [[June 18]], 1978, at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City.<br />
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Upon the repose of Bishop [[Kallistos (Samaras) of Zelon|Kallistos of Zelon]] (+1991), Metropolitan Maximos accepted the responsibility of spiritual father and advisor of Orthodox People Together (OPT).{{ref|2}} He also served as advisor to the organizing committee of the Pan-Orthodox Conference on Mission and Evangelism. <br />
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During 1991-1992 he was visiting professor [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York.<br />
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The Metropolitan put special emphasis on youth ministry, religious education, [[monasticism]], and spiritual life and renewal. The Diocese sponsored the first Orthodox Christian Mission to Indonesia. The [[St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio)|St. Gregory Palamas Monastery]], a men's [[monastery]], was founded in 1981. Two monasteries for women were also established: The Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Convent, with the St. Elias Retreat Center, in 1989; and The Holy Protection of the Theotokos Convent in 1994. <br />
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Metropolitan Maximos is fluent in French and Italian, in addition to Greek and English, and has authored publications in each language.<br />
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On August 3, 2011, His Eminence submitted his resignation as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh to Archbishop Demetrios, due to health reasons. His resignation was approved by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate by August 30, and Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit was named Locum Tenens of the Pittsburgh Metropolis. He was succeeded as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh by His Eminence Metropolitan [[Savas (Zembillas) of Pittsburgh]] who was elected to the office of Metropolitan of Pittsburgh on [[November 2]], 2011, by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, and was enthroned [[December 8]], 2011.<br />
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==Ecumenism==<br />
Metropolitan Maximos has participated in various National Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC) missions, including the fact-finding mission of a Blue Ribbon NCCC Panel to the Middle-East (February-March, 1980), a courtesy visit of an NCCC special delegation to the People's Republic of China (November 1981), a similar visit of an NCCC delegation to the USSR (October 1984), a [[World Council of Churches]] (WCC) mission to Lebanon at the time of the Israeli invasion (July 1982), and a peace conference in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia (December 1984). The Metropolitan also joined the Patriarchal delegation to the Sixth General Assembly of the WCC in Vancouver, Canada (July-August, 1983), and served on the Nominating Committee of the same. <br />
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In June 1988, Metr. Maximos returned to the USSR and Czechoslovakia for the celebration of the Christian Millennium in the land of Kievan Rus. In April-May, 1992, the Metropolitan took part in a WCC fact-finding mission to Bielorussia and the Ukraine. The purpose of the mission was to study the problem of [[Unia]]tism and to report his findings to the appropriate WCC Committee. In October 1992, Metr. Maximos represented the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Fourth Conference of the [[Roman Catholic]] Latin American Bishops (CELAM) in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. <br />
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Metr. Maximos was an active participant of the Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania,{{ref|1}} serving as a member of the Council, the Executive Committee, and the Theological Advisory Committee. The Diocese of Pittsburgh has become a member (judicatory) of the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia Councils of Churches, as well as of the Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. His Eminence took part in the 12th National Conference of Christians and Jews in Chicago (November 1990), and served as a member of the organizing committee of the 13th National Conference of Christians and Jews, which was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 1992.<br />
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==Reference==<br />
*{{note|1}} [http://www.casp.org/ Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania]<br />
*{{note|2}} [http://www.orthodoxpeopletogether.org/ Orthodox People Together]<br />
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==Source==<br />
*[http://pittsburgh.goarch.org/metropolitan/ His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh] (Official biography)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/goarch/current.htm#maximos_metr Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute<br />
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===Writings===<br />
*[http://www.orthodox.net/ecumenism/2000-09-18-maximos.html On the Vatican Declaration "Dominus Iesus"] 18 September 2000<br />
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<div>Our venerable father among the [[saint]]s, '''Beuno the Wonderworker''', Abbot of Clynnog (d. 640) is commemorated by the church [[April 21]]<br />
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Beuno was born in Powys, supposedly at Berriew, the grandson of a prince of that realm. After education and [[ordination]] in the [[monastery]] of Bangor-on-Dee in north-east Wales, he became an active [[missionary]], Cadfan, King of Gwynedd, being his generous benefactor… <br />
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Cadwallon, Cadfan's son and successor, deceived Beuno about some land and, when the saint demanding justice, proved unsympathetic. Thereupon, Cadwallon's cousin Gwyddaint, in reparation, "gave to God and Beuno forever his township" of Clynnog Fawr, where the saint founded the famous [[abbey]]. <br />
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Beuno became the guardian and restorer to life of his niece, the virgin Saint Winefride. He was relentless with hardened sinners, but full of compassion to those in distress. Before his death "on the seventh day of Easter" he had a wondrous vision<br />
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* [http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=330&Itemid=151/ St Beuno], from the Archdiocese of Thyateria website.<br />
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<div>[[Saint]] '''Jarlath of Tuam''' (c. 445-c. 550) (or Iarlaith, Hierlath, Iarfhlaith) was Tuam's first [[bishop]], and a [[disciple]] of Saint Enda. He founded a [[monastery]] in Tuam and was both [[abbot]] and bishop there. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[June 6]], the date on which his [[relics]] were moved to a church built in his honor adjoining the cathedral of Tuam.<br />
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Jarlath came from a wealthy family. The second syllable of his name, ''fhlaith'', means ''lord''; the meaning of the first syllable is unknown. He studied under St. Enda at Arran around 495. He was a renowned scholar, founding a college attached to the monastery at Cluain Fois (anglicized as Cloonfush). According to the writings of Saint [[Brendan the Voyager|Brendan of Clonfert]], when St. Jarlath's chariot wheel broke, it showed him the place at which he would meet his death; he founded his monastic community there. The town of Tuam still uses the chariot wheel as its symbol. <br />
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His students at the monastic college included Saint Brendan of Ardfert (or Clonard) and Saint Colman of Cloyne. Jarlath died peacefully, although accounts differ between 540 and 550 for the year of his death.<br />
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==External Links and Sources==<br />
*[http://www.galwayonline.ie/history/history2/saints.htm The Saints of County Galway]<br />
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323c.htm St. Jarlath]<br />
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=681 St. Jarlath]<br />
*[http://www.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter9.html Notes on the Foundation of the Diocese of Tuam]<br />
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15082a.htm School of Tuam]<br />
*[http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/publications/tuam/4.html History of Tuam]<br />
*[http://www.jarlaths.ie/ St. Jarlath's College official site]<br />
*[http://art.okstate.edu/vrl/ireland/st%20jarlathdig.htm Tuam: St. Jarlath's Church] (digital images)<br />
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<div>[[Image:Fr.-Golitzin-1.jpg|thumb|His Grace, Bishop Alexander (Golitzin)|200px]]<br />
His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Alexander (Golitzin)''' (secular name '''Alexander George Golitzin''', {{lang-ru|Александр Юрьевич Голицын}}) is archbishop of the [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|Dallas, the South]] and ruling bishop of the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]].<br />
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He has also served as ''locum tenens'' of the [[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.]] and the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]].<br />
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Bishop Alexander is the second ruling bishop of the OCA's Bulgarian Diocese. He succeeded His Eminence, the late [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Archbishop Kyrill (Yonchev)]], who had overseen the diocese from 1964 to 2007.<br />
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On [[March 29]], 2016, Bp. Alexander was elected to fill the vacant See of Dallas and the South, succeeding His Eminence, the late [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]]. He was enthroned on [[June 11]], 2016. In 2017, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Alexander Yurievich Golitzin was born in Burbank, California, on May 27, 1948, a son of Yuri Alexandrovich Golitzin and Carol (née Higgins) Golitzin. Through his father, Prince Yuri (George) Golitzin (1916-1963), he is a descendant of the Golitzin princely line. Alexander Golitzin attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a B. A. in English in 1970. In 1973, he earned a Master of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. With the help of his mentor at St. Vladimir's Seminary, John Meyendorff, Golitzin spent his next seven years at Oxford in doctoral studies and was granted a D. Phil. degree in 1980. His doctoral work on [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] was supervised by Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] with Sebastian Brock and Henry Chadwick as his dissertation examiners. During his doctoral studies, Golitzin also spent two years in Greece, including one year at [[Simonopetra Monastery (Athos)|Simonos Petras Monastery]] on [[Mount_Athos|Mount Athos]]. His time at Simonos Petras, under the guidance of its archimandrite, Elder Aimilianos (Vafeidis), was decisive in shaping his understanding of mystical experience. In his own words, on Mount Athos he found that "the holy man was not a distant ideal or a literary topos — something out of an eight-century manuscript or a Paleologian icon — but a reality." After receiving his D. Phil. from Oxford, he returned to the USA, where he was ordained to the [[Deacon|diaconate]] on January 23, 1982, and to the [[Presbyter|priesthood]] on February 26, 1984. In 1986, he was tonsured to monastic orders by the Elder Aimilianos at the monastery of Simonos Petras and received the monastic name of Alexander. He was later elevated to the rank of [[igumen]] and, on the day of his election to the episcopate, to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. He served the Orthodox Church by participating in missions in northern California and headed the Diocese of the West’s mission committee. In 1989, Golitzin took up a permanent faculty position in the Theology Department at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where, over the next two decades, he established himself as a leading expert on Jewish and Christian mysticism. Although widely known for his groundbreaking scholarship, he also became an exceptional teacher who was able to mentor a large cohort of doctoral students during his time at Marquette. He was particularly helpful to those students who came to Marquette University from the Eastern Orthodox tradition by giving them a clearer understanding of their own theological and spiritual legacy. During his tenure at Marquette University he formed with his doctoral students what later came to be known as the "Theophaneia School" — a theological forum on the Jewish roots of Eastern Christian mysticism. In April 2012, Golitzin retired from Marquette University as Professor Emeritus. On Saturday, May 5, 2012, he was consecrated Bishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese during a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Saint George Orthodox Cathedral in Rossford, Ohio. On March 30, 2016, he was elected Bishop of Dallas, the South and the Bulgarian Diocese. During the 2017 Spring Session of the Holy Synod, he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop.<br />
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== Teaching ==<br />
Bishop Alexander is a noted scholar. He contributed, together with Fr. Michael Prokurat, to the establishment of an Orthodox scholarly presence in Berkeley, CA (now the [[Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute]]). From 1989 until 2012 he taught [[patristics]] at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, as assistant professor, associate professor, and eventually full professor.<br />
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== Scholarship ==<br />
==== Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism and Mysticism ==== <br />
One of the distinctive features of Golitzin’s scholarly approach, manifested already in his earliest writings, was his keen attention to the Jewish matrix of Eastern Orthodox theology and spirituality. Golitzin’s appreciation of early Jewish traditions, represented not only in the Hebrew Bible, but also in the large body of extra-biblical apocalyptic and mystical testimonies, was initially developed under the influence of his spiritual mentor, Elder Aimilianos, and the monks of the monastery of Simonos Petras on Mount Athos. Archimandrite Aimilianos himself was a learned man who had some knowledge of Jewish mystical accounts and did not discourage his monks from reading these texts. Once, during a later visit to Simonos Petras, Golitzin spotted Schäfer's Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur in the hands of one of Aimilianos’ monks. This early interest in Jewish apocalyptic and mystical traditions, along with their relevance for understanding Eastern Christian spirituality, was stimulated when Golitzin joined the theological faculty of Marquette University in 1989. There some of his colleagues, including Michel Barnes, introduced him to the scholarship of Alan Segal and other experts in Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism. By the middle of the 90-s, Golitzin had established himself as one of the most significant voices among Orthodox scholars advocating for the importance of Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism in understanding the conceptual roots of Orthodox theology and liturgy. In one of his writings, he insisted that “the recent developments in the study of apocalyptic literature, of the Qumran Scrolls, of Gnosticism, and of later Jewish mysticism ... throw new and welcome light on the sources and continuities of Orthodox theology, liturgy, and spirituality.” Golitzin firmly upheld the conviction that "Eastern Christian asceticism and monasticism — i.e., Eastern spirituality, in short — arose out of an original matrix in the pre-Christian era of Second Temple Judaism." Still, Golitzin’s work on the Jewish roots of Eastern Christian spirituality has never been widely accepted, and even today he remains a lonely voice in the larger Orthodox scholarly community. In his books and articles, Golitzin often laments the failure of Orthodox scholarship to attend to "the patrimony of biblical and post-biblical Israel." Moreover, he persistently reminds his Orthodox colleagues that the Church arose out of the great pool of Israel's traditions, and that from this pool she “has continued to draw in order to frame her dogmas, to voice her praises, to understand her vocation, and to describe the Christian calling as embodied in her saints." Golitzin insists that “no one who has seriously studied patristic exegesis, or ancient theological controversy, or the liturgy, or the writings of the Church Fathers can have missed the overwhelming presence of exactly those images and texts that are present in early Jewish testimonies.” Even so, an appreciation of Christianity’s Jewish roots is strikingly lacking in modern Orthodox theological reflection: "neither in the older school theology that has haunted Orthodox seminaries, nor even (with some exceptions) among the advocates of the neo-patristic synthesis do the great theophanies either of Israel, or of the New Testament (save the Transfiguration), enjoy the prominent, indeed central role that they should have, and that they do have in the Fathers, in the liturgical texts, and in the spiritual writers.” For Golitzin, Jewish apocalypses, preserved and copied by Orthodox monks for centuries, are living proof that their ancient custodians had a great appreciation of their Jewish heritage. He often notes the difference between these monks and those modern Orthodox academics who ignore this rich legacy of pseudepigraphical and apocryphal materials from post-biblical Israel and Christian antiquity. Whereas the monks thought these documents were worthy of the considerable attention necessary just to copy them, one would be hard-pressed to find a single, contemporary Orthodox theologian who devotes any significant amount of time and space even to study them. One of Golitzin's original contributions to the understanding of the evolution from Jewish to Christian apocalypticism, and then further to apocalyptic traditions preserved by Eastern Orthodox authors, is his concept of the so-called "interiorized apocalypticism." He defined this phenomenon as "the transposition of the cosmic setting of apocalyptic literature and in particular of the 'out of body' experience of heavenly ascent and transformation to the inner theater of the soul." In many of his articles, he traces the development of the interiorization of the ascent to heaven, as well as other apocalyptic motifs from the Second Temple and early Christian apocalypses, to later Orthodox monastic literature.<br />
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==== Theophany and Transformation ==== <br />
In early Jewish biblical and pseudepigraphical accounts, divine theophanies are often portrayed as revelations of the divine Glory, or Kavod. Moreover, these early Jewish testimonies attempt to envision Kavod not simply as an anthropomorphic manifestation of the deity, but rather as a crucial nexus of cultic devotion and worship. Such veneration of the divine Glory takes place not only in heaven, where the divine Kavod is surrounded by angelic worship, but also on earth, where the symbolic presence of the divine Form between the two cherubim of the Holy of Holies becomes the very center of the Jewish sacrificial cult. Early roots of this Kavod symbolism in Jewish lore are traceable to the mythological imagery found in the first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel, which became an enduring inspiration for generations of apocalypticists and mystics, including later Eastern Orthodox authors. In the manifesto of the “Theophaneia School,” a theological forum, which Golitzin established with his graduate students during his tenure as a professor at Marquette university, he argues that theophany stands "at the heart of the Orthodox tradition." In the “Theophaneia School” theological program, he also reminds us that the Christian East has always understood theophany as the very content of the gospel of Jesus Christ, since this word means, literally, the manifestation or appearance of God. And, indeed, one can agree with Golitzin that "theophany permeates the Orthodox tradition throughout, informing its dogmatic theology and its liturgy." Yet, at the same time, in this document and in other publications Golitzin identifies how this essential theophanic character of Orthodox theology has become marginalized and forgotten in modern times, especially in academic settings. He reflects on this unfortunate theological forgetfulness in contemporary Orthodoxy by noting that "while the witness continues uninterrupted in the liturgical texts, in hagiography, in the practice of the monasteries and especially of the hermitages, the formal, academic theology taught in Orthodox schools ... has long lost sight of this essential, theophanic thread.” <br />
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==== Jewish Temple and Christian Liturgy ====<br />
Another distinctive feature of Golitzin’s scholarly approach is his keen attention to Jewish sacerdotal and liturgical traditions which profoundly shaped both early Christian liturgical settings and later Eastern Orthodox mystical testimonies. Golitzin argues that even though "the Gospel of the Risen Jesus compelled a certain parting of the ways with Christianity’s Jewish matrix, it would be wrong to exaggerate the extent of that rupture.” For him, the lines of continuity and discontinuity appear perhaps most clearly in the scriptural idea of the “Temple.” While in biblical Israel the Temple was the locus of the Glory of God, in nascent Christianity these sacerdotal settings became applied to Jesus, who replaced the Temple and the Torah as the primary “place” of the divine presence. In this novel Christian reformulation, Jesus Christ himself was identified as the Glory or Shekinah who “tabernacled among us,” according to John 1:14. Golitzin demonstrated how the idea of the Temple was not completely lost in the Christian tradition, but rather adapted through Christological reformulations. Long before Greek philosophical vocabulary became the standard conceptual vehicle of Christian doctrine, Christians natively and universally drew on the symbolic liturgical language of the Jewish Temple. As in the earliest Jewish traditions about the heavenly Temple, the Church's liturgy was understood to be the mirror of heaven which reveals “the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem” (Heb 12:22). Such sacerdotal imagery was already influential among New Testament authors and remained dominant in the Eastern Orthodox tradition until the advent of modernity. Yet, in contemporary patristic scholarship, all references to early Jewish symbolism found in dogmatic and ascetical works of the Church Fathers, whether the imagery of the Divine Chariot (the Merkavah), the Holy of Holies, the Temple, or the details of the temple worship are usually interpreted as mere rhetorical devices and stylistic embellishments. Golitzin criticizes such a simplified approach, contending that without a proper understanding of Jewish sacerdotal and liturgical traditions, we are unable to fully grasp the dogmatic core of patristic theology. <br />
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==== Dionysius the Areopagite ====<br />
Golitzin's first effort to apply his new methodology to the study of patristic texts was his doctoral dissertation on [[Dionysius the Areopagite]], defended in Oxford University and later published in Analekta Vlatadon. As Basil Lourié rightly observes, the Corpus Dionysiacum was simultaneously the most convenient and the most inconvenient source for testing Golitzin’s fresh methodology of reading patristic texts. It was most convenient because few other authors drew on liturgical symbolism so saliently in their formulation of Christian dogma. And it was most inconvenient because the cultural heritage of the Corpus Dionysiacum had stronger connections to Platonic rather than to Jewish traditions. Indeed, while the Platonic connections of the Corpus Dionysiacum were evident on the surface, its Jewish core was deeply concealed in such a manner that it required a novel methodology for its full recovery — one, which only Golitzin’s vision of Jewish roots was able to provide. Golitzin’s discernment of the Jewish roots of Dionysius the Areopagite’ liturgical symbolism did shed new light on his unique Christology. This, in turn, led to a reconsideration of the concept of the “Christological corrective,” which, according to Golitzin's teacher, John Meyendorff, was developed by Maximus the Confessor and Gregory Palamas in order to understand Dionysius the Areopagite. Golitzin showed that if one reads Pseudo-Dionysius’ text in the language of the Jewish and Christian liturgical traditions in which it was originally written, the internal Christology of the Corpus Dionysiacum is impossible to miss, and a “Christological corrective” becomes unnecessary. Golitzin's pioneering study thus placed Dionysius the Areopagite within a tradition which extends to the origins of Christianity and then even further to its Second Temple Jewish roots. The study also exhibited his use of more proximate Christian sources, notably fourth-century Syrian ascetical literature, whose own roots go back to the earliest forms and sites of Christianity: the Jewish-Christian villages and communities of Aramaic speaking Palestine. <br />
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== Pastoral Work ==<br />
While in California, Fr. Alexander was active in missionary work. In Milwaukee, he assisted the [[Orthodox Christian Fellowship]] at Marquette University, and was attached to [[Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)|Ss. Cyril & Methodius Orthodox Church]]. He preached, taught, heard confessions, and assisted in the liturgical and pastoral work. Moreover, for several years he also served major services at the St. John Chrysostom monastery in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.<br />
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Igumen Alexander was nominated for the vacant See of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese at the Fifth Diocesan Congress-Sobor held in Toledo, OH, on Saturday, [[July 9]], 2011. On [[October 4]], 2011, the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America canonically elected Father Alexander to the vacant see, also raising him to the rank of archimandrite. On Saturday, [[May 5]], 2012, he was consecrated to the episcopacy during a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Saint George Orthodox Cathedral in Rossford, OH.<br />
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In his address prior to the ordination, Bishop-elect Alexander said: <br />
:When standing before the holy altar at the anaphora, the bishop images forth the one and unique High Priest—Christ—Who acts through His celebrant. While it is true that our Lord Jesus is true God and true King, it is also true that He did not come to us, His creatures, with the pomp and splendor of the King, attended by the legions of heaven, but rather in humility He emptied Himself and was found in the likeness of a servant. These are very different images: the first set revelatory of the splendor of heaven, and the second of the humility, long-suffering, and charity of our Lord’s life and ministry. … I must keep this difference firmly in mind throughout my life as bishop, by which I mean the glory of the liturgical iconography should have no place in my office and day-to-day demeanor. My actions, my patterns of speech, my service in short, is to be determined by the example given us by God the Word Himself. [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/archimandrite-alexander-golitzin-consecrated-bishop-of-toledo-and-the-bulga]<br />
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On July 9, 2012, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America named the newly-consecrated Bishop Alexander as ''locum tenens'' of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., a role he discharged until November 13 of the same year. He was later appointed by the Holy Synod ''locum tenens'' of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]], serving in this capacity from April 15, 2013, to December 27, 2014.<br />
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== Public Lectures ==<br />
* [http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/svsvoices/force_your_mind_to_descend_into_the_heart "Force Your Mind to Descend into the Heart": Some Resemblances between Byzantine Hesychasm and Merkavah Mysticism] (Second Annual Meyendorff Lecture at SVOTS on September 14, 2014)<br />
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== Writings ==<br />
'''Books:'''<br />
* ''Mistagogia: Experienta lui Dumnezeu in Ortodoxie''. Sibiu, 1998. [in Romanian]<br />
* ''The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain: Contemporary Voice from Mount Athos''. South Canaan, 1996. (ISBN 978-1878997487)<br />
* ''St Symeon the New Theologian on the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses'', 3. vols. Crestwood, 1995-1997. (ISBN 978-0-881-41231-4)<br />
* ''The Historical Dictionary of the Orthodox Church'', with Michael Prokurat and Michael Peterson. Lanham, 1996. (ISBN 978-0810830813)<br />
* ''Et introibo ad altare dei: The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita''. Thessalonika, 1994.<br />
* [http://www.cistercianpublications.org/Detail.aspx?ISBN=9780879072506 ''Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita'']. Kalamazoo, 2013. (ISBN 978-0879072506)<br />
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'''Articles:'''<br />
Several articles can be viewed at [http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/scrinium3.pdf]<br />
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*[http://www.mu.edu/maqom/Liturgy.pdf "Liturgy and Mysticism: The Experience of God in Eastern Orthodox Christianity" (part 1)]<br />
*[http://www.mu.edu/maqom/Liturgy2.pdf "Liturgy and Mysticism: The Experience of God in Eastern Orthodox Christianity" (part 2)].<br />
*[http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/11/3/2.aspx Review of Hilarion Alfeyev, The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 2000), published in ''St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly'' 46 (2002): 285-290]. <br />
*"The Mysticism of Dionysius Areopagita: Platonist or Christian?" ''Mystics Quarterly'' 19 (1993): 98-114. <br />
*"Hierarchy Versus Anarchy: Dionysius Areopagita, Symeon the New Theologian, Nicetas Stethatos, and Their Common Roots in the Ascetical Tradition," ''St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly'' 38 (1994): 131-179.<br />
*"Anathema! Some Historical Perspectives on the Athonite Statement of May 1995," ''St. Nersess Theological Review'' 3 (1998): 103-117<br />
*"'A Contemplative and a Liturgist': Father Georges Florovsky on the Corpus Dionysiacum," ''St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly'' 43 (1999): 131-161. <br />
*"Revisiting the 'Sudden': Epistle III in the Corpus Dionysiacum," ''Studia Patristica'' 37 (2001): 482-491.<br />
*"Many Lamps Are Lightened From the One: Paradigms of the Transformational Vision in the Macarian Homilies," ''Vigiliae christianae'' 55 (2001): 281-298 [with Andrei Orlov]<br />
*"Earthly Angels and Heavenly Men: The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Nicetas Stethatos, and the Tradition of Interiorized Apocalyptic in Eastern Christian Ascetical and Mystical Literature," ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'' 55 (2001): 125-153.<br />
*"Adam, Eve, and Seth: Pneumatological Reflections On An Unusual Image in Gregory of Nanzianus's Fifth Theological Oration," ''Anglican Theological Review'' 83 (2001): 537-546.<br />
*"Dionysius Areopagites in the Works of Saint Gregory Palamas: On the Question of a 'Christological Corrective' and Related Matters," ''Saint Vladimir's Theological Quarterly'' 46 (2002): 163-90.<br />
*"The Demons Suggest an Illusion of God's Glory in a Form: Controversy Over the Divine Body and Vision of Glory in Some Late Fourth, Early Fifth Century Monastic Literature," ''Studia Monastica'' 44 (2002): 13-44.<br />
*"A Testimony to Christianity as Transfiguration: The Macarian Homilies and Orthodox Spirituality," ''Orthodox and Wesleyan Spirituality'' (ed. S. T. Kimbrough; Crestwood, N.Y.: ''St. Vladimir's Seminary Press'', 2002), 129–156 <br />
*"Dionysius Areopagita: A Christian Mysticism?" ''Pro Ecclesia'' 12 (2003): 161-212.<br />
*"The Place of the Presence of God: Aphrahat of Persia’s Portrait of the Christian Holy Man," ''ΣΥΝΑΞΙΣ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΙΑΣ: Studies in Honor of Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonos Petras, Mount Athos'' (Athens: Indiktos, 2003), 391-447.<br />
*"The Image and Glory of God in Jacob of Serug's Homily, On That Chariot That Ezekiel the Prophet Saw," ''Saint Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 46'' (2003): 323-364. <br />
*"'Suddenly, Christ': The Place of Negative Theology in the Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagites," ''Mystics: Presence and Aporia'' (ed. Michael Kessler and Christian Shepherd; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003), 8-37.<br />
*"Christian Mysticism over Two Millennia," ''The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism'' (ed. Andrei Orlov and Basil Lurie; St. Petersburg: Byzantino-rossica, 2007), 17–33. <br />
*"The Vision of God and the Form of Glory: More Reflections on the Anthropomorphite Controversy of AD 399," ''Abba: The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West'': FS Kallistos Ware (SVS Press, 2007): 273-297.<br />
*"Il corpo di Cristo: Simeone il Nuovo Teologo sulla vita spirituale e la chiesa gerarchica," ''Simeone il Nuovo Teologo e il monachesimo a Costantinopoli'' (Qiqajon: Monastero di Bose, 2003), 255-288. (ENGLISH: "The Body of Christ: Saint Symeon the New Theologian on Spiritual Life and the Hierarchical Church," ''The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism'' (Saint Petersburg: Byzantinorossica, 2007), 106-127)<br />
*"Theophaneia: Forum on the Jewish Roots of Orthodox Spirituality," ''The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism'' (Saint Petersburg: Byzantinorossica, 2007), xvii-xx.<br />
*"Heavenly Mysteries: Themes from Apocalyptic Literature in the Macarian Homilies and Selected Other Fourth Century Ascetical Writers," ''Apocalyptic Themes in Early Christianity'' (ed. Robert Daly; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009), 174–192<br />
*"Making the Inside like the Outside: Toward a Monastic ''Sitz im Leben'' for the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel," ''To Train His Soul in Books: Syriac Asceticism in Early Christianity'' (ed. Robin Darling Young and Monica J. Blanchard; CUA Press, 2011). An earlier version of this article is available [http://www.mu.edu/maqom/daniel.html].<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-alexander The Most Reverend Alexander] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-bishop-alexander-of-toledo-to-vacant-dallas-see Holy Synod elects Bishop Alexander of Toledo to vacant Dallas See]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/archimandrite-alexander-golitzin-consecrated-bishop-of-toledo-and-the-bulga Archimandrite Alexander (Golitzin) consecrated Bishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian diocese]<br />
*[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-archimandrite-alexander-golitzin-as-bishop-of-the-bulgari Holy Synod elects Archimandrite Alexander as Bishop of the Bulgarian Diocese]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305062700/http://www.marquette.edu/theology/golitzin.shtml ''Archive of'' Father Alexander's faculty web page at Marquette University]<br />
*[http://www.marquette.edu/maqom Father Alexander's website on "The Jewish Origins of Christian Mysticism"]<br />
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::Thanks for your work Sîmbotin. Actually, you were made a "bureaucrat" which is a funny name, but allows you to administrate users, particularly on RO. God bless, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 09:19, November 10, 2016 (UTC)<br />
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<div>His Grace, the Right Reverend '''David (Mahaffey) of Sitka''' was the [[Bishop]] of [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Sitka and Alaska]] for the [[Orthodox Church in America]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Sterry David Mahaffey, Jr., was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on [[May 25]], 1952, and baptised at Mahaffey Methodist Church on [[December 14]] the same year. He grew up active in the United Methodist Church, including being president of the Youth Fellowship in high school, serving as Sunday School Superintendent, and filling in for the pastor during his summer vacation from 15 years of age. On graduation from high school, he was offered a Lay Pastor's License, but did not accept it. In 1968, he began serving as a lay minister in the United Methodist Church, conducting services and delivering homilies for UMC parishes. He also studied at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Punxsutawney Campus) between 1970-72. In his secular work, he worked in maintenance, heavy equipment operator, and other roles between 1970-89, before working in car sales between 1989-91.<br />
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While dating Karen Meterko, she invited him to attend her church - Sts Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey - at a time when he was intent on seeking God. While the service was different to what he had experienced, he was drawn back to ponder the meaning and Divine Majesty he encountered there. On [[May 5]], 1973, he married the former Karen Meterko at Sts Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey, with whom he had four children (Nikolas in 1980, Sterry Michael in 1982, Seth in 1985, and Kyra in 1987). Early in their marriage, the Mahaffey's would both attend services at both Mahaffey Methodist and at Sts Peter & Paul. Fr Raphael Rozdilski answered the many questions posed to him, and took him to the 1975 Memorial Day Pilgrimage at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St Tikhon's Monastery]], where he decided to convert to Orthodoxy - to the hesitancy of his wife, who knew that his parents would blame her for his choice. In 1975, he ceased to be a UMC lay minister, and was chrismated into the Orthodox Christian faith on [[November 16]], 1975, at the same church he was married. He also began the Late Vocations Program of the [[Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]] in the same year, graduating in 1980. He was also ordained a Reader, then a Subdeacon, by Bp [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius of Pittsburgh]].<br />
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He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[April 12]], 1981, and served at various [[parish]]es of the [[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]] - assisting the bishop, assisting the priest, and serving Typika at the bishop's direction. Dcn David also served as the Parish Education Coordinator at those parishes - including speaking on teen and adult education at retreats and lecture series' in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Dioceses, and developing educational software in game format for use at parish and regional levels. He had anticipated serving as a deacon until the end of his secular working life, before serving as priest at a small parish. In the midst of feeling somehow unfulfilled, Karen asked if he had considered seminary and the priesthood. Dcn David felt God's calling to go to seminary, and they immediately began plans to attend St Tikhon's Seminary in 1992 - he would move to the seminary, while Karen and their four children lived with her parents for the first year.<br />
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After his first year, he was ordained a [[priest]] on [[July 31]], 1993, and was assigned as rector of St Michael's Church in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, which allowed him to continue his studies and reunite his family. Fr David graduated ''cum laude'' from St Tikhon's in 1997, before starting further studies at the University of Scranton in 1999 with Bachelors of Arts majoring in Theology and in Philosophy and graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 2003 (with awards for Academic Excellence and Excellence in Philosophy, and giving Presidential Honors in 2000, 2001 and 2003 from the University President), and graduating from a Master of Arts in Theology degree (also from the University of Scranton). He continued to serve at St Michael's until January 2006, when he was transferred to the pastorate of Holy Trinity Church in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and was then transferred from there to be Acting Rector of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bethlehem, PA. He also served as [[dean]] of the Philadelphia Deanery, as Treasurer of St Tikhon's Alumni Association, Secretary of the NEPA Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni, Secretary of the Clergy Brotherhood of NEPA, Staff of ''Your Diocese Alive in Christ'' magazine, auditor of the [[OCA]] and the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, and on the Bishop's Task Force on Missions and Evangelism for the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania. He was elevated to [[Archpriest]] in 2002 and awarded the [[palitsa]] in 2006.[http://holytrinity-oca.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HTOC-Trisagion-2008-10.pdf]<br />
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Between 2003-04, Fr. David served as a graduate assistant in the Theology Department of the University of Scranton, before serving from 2005-11 as Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Doctrine, Church History, Comparative Theology and Modern Belief at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Tikhon’s Seminary]], and from March 2009 as Adjunct Lecturer in theology and philosophy at the Melrose Park Campus of Alvernia University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />
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Tragically, on [[August 8]], 2007, Fr. David's wife, Matushka Karen, fell asleep in the Lord.<ref>[http://doepa.org/news_070809_1.html] In Memoriam: Matushka Karen Mahaffey</ref><br />
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In subsequent years, Fr David became nominated for a series of sees - to the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania in November 2008, to the Diocese of New York and New Jersey in August 2009, to the Diocese of the Midwest in October 2010. On [[September 15]], 2012, he was nominated by the delegates to the Assembly of the [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]] as the candidate for election as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska by the [[Holy Synod]]. He was tonsured a [[riassaphore]] on September 23 by Abp [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]] at St Tikhon's Seminary.[http://doepa.org/news_120924_6.html]<br />
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On October 9-11, 2012 the Holy Synod of OCA accepted Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin’s]] presentation of Hieromonk David (Mahaffey) as the nominee for the Episcopal See of Alaska<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-of-bishops-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod of Bishops concludes fall session]</ref>. On Friday, February 21, 2014, Archimandrite David was consecrated Bishop of Alaska during a Hierarchical Liturgy by [[Metropolitan]] [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon of Moscow]], Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]], Bishop [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael of New York]], Bishop [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Irineu of Dearborn Heights]], and Bishop [[Irénée (Rochon) of Quebec City|Irénée of Quebec City]] at St Innocent Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska. Co-serving the bishops were [[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Chancellor for the Orthodox Church in America]] [[Archpriest]] [[John A. Jillions]], Archpriest Victor Nick ([[Chancellor]] of the Diocese of Alaska), and 40 other priests from around the diocese. A banquet was held in his honor that evening at the University of Alaska’s Lucy Cuddy Center in Anchorage<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/banquet-honoring-bishop-david-held-at-university Banquet honoring Bishop David held at University]</ref>.<br />
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On October 2, 2020, Archbishop David was diagnosed with renal cancer. A little over a month later, on November 27, 2020, he fell asleep in the Lord.<br />
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* [[David (disambiguation)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Source==<br />
* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/diocese-of-alaska-nominates-archprist-david-mahaffey-to-vacant-see-of-sitka Diocese of Alaska nominates Archpriest David Mahaffey to vacant See of Sitka and Alaska]<br />
* [http://www.stnicholasoca.org/administration.html Hieromonk S. David Mahaffey, Jr. - Hieromonk]<br />
* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-david-of-sitka-and-alaska The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska]<br />
* [http://www.nynjoca.org/files/2009/08-17/Mahaffey_bio.pdf Curriculum Vitae: V. Rev. S. David Mahaffey, Jr.] (for the Episcopal Search Committee of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey)<br />
* [https://www.oca.org/in-memoriam/his-eminence-archbishop-david In Memoriam: His Eminence Archbishop David]<br />
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<div>His Grace, the Right Reverend '''David (Mahaffey) of Sitka''' was the [[Bishop]] of [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Sitka and Alaska]] for the [[Orthodox Church in America]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Sterry David Mahaffey, Jr., was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on [[May 25]], 1952, and baptised at Mahaffey Methodist Church on [[December 14]] the same year. He grew up active in the United Methodist Church, including being president of the Youth Fellowship in high school, serving as Sunday School Superintendent, and filling in for the pastor during his summer vacation from 15 years of age. On graduation from high school, he was offered a Lay Pastor's License, but did not accept it. In 1968, he began serving as a lay minister in the United Methodist Church, conducting services and delivering homilies for UMC parishes. He also studied at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Punxsutawney Campus) between 1970-72. In his secular work, he worked in maintenance, heavy equipment operator, and other roles between 1970-89, before working in car sales between 1989-91.<br />
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While dating Karen Meterko, she invited him to attend her church - Sts Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey - at a time when he was intent on seeking God. While the service was different to what he had experienced, he was drawn back to ponder the meaning and Divine Majesty he encountered there. On [[May 5]], 1973, he married the former Karen Meterko at Sts Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey, with whom he had four children (Nikolas in 1980, Sterry Michael in 1982, Seth in 1985, and Kyra in 1987). Early in their marriage, the Mahaffey's would both attend services at both Mahaffey Methodist and at Sts Peter & Paul. Fr Raphael Rozdilski answered the many questions posed to him, and took him to the 1975 Memorial Day Pilgrimage at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St Tikhon's Monastery]], where he decided to convert to Orthodoxy - to the hesitancy of his wife, who knew that his parents would blame her for his choice. In 1975, he ceased to be a UMC lay minister, and was chrismated into the Orthodox Christian faith on [[November 16]], 1975, at the same church he was married. He also began the Late Vocations Program of the [[Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]] in the same year, graduating in 1980. He was also ordained a Reader, then a Subdeacon, by Bp [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius of Pittsburgh]].<br />
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He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[April 12]], 1981, and served at various [[parish]]es of the [[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]] - assisting the bishop, assisting the priest, and serving Typika at the bishop's direction. Dcn David also served as the Parish Education Coordinator at those parishes - including speaking on teen and adult education at retreats and lecture series' in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Dioceses, and developing educational software in game format for use at parish and regional levels. He had anticipated serving as a deacon until the end of his secular working life, before serving as priest at a small parish. In the midst of feeling somehow unfulfilled, Karen asked if he had considered seminary and the priesthood. Dcn David felt God's calling to go to seminary, and they immediately began plans to attend St Tikhon's Seminary in 1992 - he would move to the seminary, while Karen and their four children lived with her parents for the first year.<br />
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After his first year, he was ordained a [[priest]] on [[July 31]], 1993, and was assigned as rector of St Michael's Church in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, which allowed him to continue his studies and reunite his family. Fr David graduated ''cum laude'' from St Tikhon's in 1997, before starting further studies at the University of Scranton in 1999 with Bachelors of Arts majoring in Theology and in Philosophy and graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 2003 (with awards for Academic Excellence and Excellence in Philosophy, and giving Presidential Honors in 2000, 2001 and 2003 from the University President), and graduating from a Master of Arts in Theology degree (also from the University of Scranton). He continued to serve at St Michael's until January 2006, when he was transferred to the pastorate of Holy Trinity Church in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and was then transferred from there to be Acting Rector of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bethlehem, PA. He also served as [[dean]] of the Philadelphia Deanery, as Treasurer of St Tikhon's Alumni Association, Secretary of the NEPA Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni, Secretary of the Clergy Brotherhood of NEPA, Staff of ''Your Diocese Alive in Christ'' magazine, auditor of the [[OCA]] and the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, and on the Bishop's Task Force on Missions and Evangelism for the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania. He was elevated to [[Archpriest]] in 2002 and awarded the [[palitsa]] in 2006.[http://holytrinity-oca.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HTOC-Trisagion-2008-10.pdf]<br />
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Between 2003-04, Fr. David served as a graduate assistant in the Theology Department of the University of Scranton, before serving from 2005-11 as Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Doctrine, Church History, Comparative Theology and Modern Belief at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Tikhon’s Seminary]], and from March 2009 as Adjunct Lecturer in theology and philosophy at the Melrose Park Campus of Alvernia University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />
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Tragically, on [[August 8]], 2007, Fr. David's wife, Matushka Karen, fell asleep in the Lord.<ref>[http://doepa.org/news_070809_1.html] In Memoriam: Matushka Karen Mahaffey</ref><br />
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In subsequent years, Fr David became nominated for a series of sees - to the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania in November 2008, to the Diocese of New York and New Jersey in August 2009, to the Diocese of the Midwest in October 2010. On [[September 15]], 2012, he was nominated by the delegates to the Assembly of the [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]] as the candidate for election as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska by the [[Holy Synod]]. He was tonsured a [[riassaphore]] on September 23 by Abp [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]] at St Tikhon's Seminary.[http://doepa.org/news_120924_6.html]<br />
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On October 9-11, 2012 the Holy Synod of OCA accepted Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin’s]] presentation of Hieromonk David (Mahaffey) as the nominee for the Episcopal See of Alaska<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-of-bishops-concludes-fall-session Holy Synod of Bishops concludes fall session]</ref>. On Friday, February 21, 2014, Archimandrite David was consecrated Bishop of Alaska during a Hierarchical Liturgy by [[Metropolitan]] [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon of Moscow]], Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]], Bishop [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael of New York]], Bishop [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Irineu of Dearborn Heights]], and Bishop [[Irénée (Rochon) of Quebec City|Irénée of Quebec City]] at St Innocent Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska. Co-serving the bishops were [[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Chancellor for the Orthodox Church in America]] [[Archpriest]] [[John A. Jillions]], Archpriest Victor Nick ([[Chancellor]] of the Diocese of Alaska), and 40 other priests from around the diocese. A banquet was held in his honor that evening at the University of Alaska’s Lucy Cuddy Center in Anchorage<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/banquet-honoring-bishop-david-held-at-university Banquet honoring Bishop David held at University]</ref>.<br />
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On October 2, 2020, Archbishop David was diagnosed with renal cancer. A little over a month later, on November 27, 2020, he fell asleep in the Lord.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[David (disambiguation)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Source==<br />
* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/diocese-of-alaska-nominates-archprist-david-mahaffey-to-vacant-see-of-sitka Diocese of Alaska nominates Archpriest David Mahaffey to vacant See of Sitka and Alaska]<br />
* [http://www.stnicholasoca.org/administration.html Hieromonk S. David Mahaffey, Jr. - Hieromonk]<br />
* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-david-of-sitka-and-alaska The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska]<br />
* [http://www.nynjoca.org/files/2009/08-17/Mahaffey_bio.pdf Curriculum Vitae: V. Rev. S. David Mahaffey, Jr.] (for the Episcopal Search Committee of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey)<br />
* [https://www.oca.org/in-memoriam/his-eminence-archbishop-david]<br />
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<div>'''List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]''' __NOTOC__<br />
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The [[synaxis]] of the Serbian hierarchs is celebrated on [[August 30]].<br />
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==Archbishops and Patriarchs of Žica and Peć==<br />
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===Archbishop of Žica, 1219-1233===<br />
*St. [[Sava of Serbia|Sava I]] 1219-1233 <br />
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===Archbishops of Peć, 1233-1337===<br />
*St. [[Arsenius I (Sremac) of Pec|Arsenije I Sremac]] 1233-1263<br />
*St. [[Sava II of Pec|Sava II of Peć]] 1263-1271 <br />
*Danilo I (Daniel I) 1271-1272 <br />
*St. [[Joannicius I of Pec|Joanikije I]] 1272-1276<br />
**''vacant'' <br />
*St. [[Eustatius I of Pec|Jevstatije I]] 1279-1286 <br />
*St. Jakov 1286-1292 (James)<br />
*St. [[Jevstatije II of Pec|Jevstatije II]] (Eustatius II), 1292-1309 <br />
*St. [[Sava III of Pec|Sava III]] 1309-1316 <br />
*St. [[Nikodemus I of Pec|Nikodim I]] 1316-1324 <br />
*St. [[Daniel II of Pec|Danilo II]] 1324-1337 <br />
*St. [[Joanicius II of Pec|Joanikije II]] 1337-1346 ''raised Patriarch 1346''<br />
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===Patriarchs of Peć, 1346-1766===<br />
*1 St. [[Joanicius II of Pec|Joanikije II]] 1346-1354 <br />
*2 St. [[Sava IV of Pec|Sava IV]] 1354-1375 <br />
*3 St. [[Ephraem of Pec|Jefrem]] (''1st time'') 1375-1380<br />
*4 St. [[Spyridon of Pec|Spiridon]] 1380-1389 <br />
*(3) St. Jefrem (''2nd time'') 1389-1390 <br />
*5 Danilo III (Daniel III) 1390-1396 <br />
*6 Sava V 1396-1407 <br />
*7 Danilo IV (Daniel IV) 1407 <br />
*8 Saint Kirilo I (Cyril I) 1407-1418 <br />
*9 Saint Nikon 1418-1435 <br />
*10 Teofan (Theophanes) 1435-1446 <br />
*11 Nikodim II (Nikodemus II) 1446-1453 <br />
*12 Arsenije II (Arsenius II) 1453-1459<br />
**''vacant''<br />
*(13) Jovan (John) 1508 (''Disputed'')<br />
**''vacant''<br />
*(14) Marko (Marc) 1524 ''locum tenens''<br />
**''vacant''<br />
*(15) [[Paul I of Pec|Pavle of Smederevo]] 1527-1535 ''disputed''<br />
**''vacant''<br />
*(16) Nikanor 1550-1557 ''disputed''<br />
*13(17) St [[Makarije (Sokolovic) of Pec|Makarije Sokolović]] (Macarius) 1557-1570/71 <br />
*14(18) Antonije Sokolović (Antony) 1570/71-1575 <br />
*15(19) Gerasim Sokolović 1575-1585 <br />
*16(20) Savatije Sokolović (Savatius) 1585-1586 <br />
*17(21) Jerotej Sokolović (Hieroteos) 1586-1591 <br />
*18(22) Filip Sokolović (Philip) 1591-1592 <br />
*19(23) St.Jovan Kantul (John II) 1592-1613 <br />
*20(24) [[Paisius I of Pec|Pajsije I of Janjevo]] 1613-1647 <br />
*21(25) St. [[Gabriel I of Pec|Gavrilo I]] 1648-1655<br />
*22(26) St. [[Maximus I of Pec|Maksim I of Skoplje]] 1655-1672 <br />
*23(27) [[Arsenius III (Carnojevic) of Pec|Arsenije III Crnojevic]] 1672-1690; later Metropolitan of Karlovci<br />
*24(28) [[Kalinik I of Pec|Kalinik I]] (Callinicus I) 1693-1710 <br />
*25(29) Atanasije I (Athanasius I) 1711-1712 <br />
*26(30) Mojsije Rajović (Moses) 1712-1725 <br />
*27(31) [[Arsenius IV (Jovanovic-Sakabenta) of Pec|Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta]] 1725-1737; later Metropolitan of Karlovci<br />
*28(32) [[Joanicius III of Constantinople|Joanikije III Karadža]] (Joannicius III) 1737-1746 <br />
*29(33) Atanasije II Gavrilović (Athanasius II) 1746-1752 <br />
*30(34) Gavrilo II Mihić Mihajlović (Gabriel II) 1752 <br />
*31(35) Gavrilo III Nikolin (Gabriel III) 1752-1758 <br />
*32(36) Vikentije I Stefanović (Vicentius I) 1758 <br />
*33(37) Pajsije II (Paisius II) 1758 <br />
*34(38) Gavrilo IV (Gabriel IV) 1758-1759 <br />
*35(39) Kirilo II (Cyril II) 1759-1763 <br />
*36(40) Vasilije Jovanović Brkic (Basil) 1763-1765 <br />
*37(41) Kalinik II (Callinicus II) 1765-1766<br />
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==Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci==<br />
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===Metropolitans of Krušedol, 1691-1716===<br />
*[[Arsenius III (Carnojevic) of Pec|Arsenije III Crnojević]] 1691-1706; former Patriarch in Pec (1672-1691)<br />
*Isaija (Đaković) (1708)<br />
*Sofronije (Podgoričanin)(1710-1711)<br />
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===Metropolitans of Karlovci, 1708-1842===<br />
*Vikentije (Popović Hadžilavić) (1713-1725) ''transfered see from Krušedol Monastery in Sremski Karlovci'' 1718<br />
*Mojsije (Petrović) ''Metropolitan of Belgrade'' (1713-1730) and ''Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci'' (1726-1730)<br />
*Vikentije (Jovanović) ''Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci'' (1731-1737) <br />
*[[Arsenius IV (Jovanovic-Sakabenta) of Pec|Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta]] 1737-1748; former Patriarch in Peć (1725-1737)<br />
*Pavle Nenadović (Paul) 1749-1768<br />
**Danilo (''[[locum tenens]]'') 1768-1769 <br />
*Jovan Đorđević (John) 1768-1773<br />
**Mojsije (''locum tenens'') 1773-1774 <br />
*Vikentije (Vicentius) 1774-1780<br />
*Mojsije Putnik (Moses) 1780-1790<br />
**Petar (''locum tenens'') 1790<br />
*Stefan Stratimirović (Stephen ) 1790-1836<br />
*Stefan Stanković (Stephen ) 1836-1841<br />
**Georgije (''locum tenens'') 1841-1842<br />
*Josif Rajačić (Joseph) 1842-1848 ''raised to Patriarch 1848''<br />
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===Patriarchs of Karlovci, 1848-1920=== <br />
*1 Josif Rajačić (Joseph) 1848-1861 <br />
*2 Samuilo Maširević (Samuel) 1863-1870<br />
**Arsenije Stojkovic (''1st time'') (''locum tenens'') 1870-1872<br />
**Nikanor Grujic (''locum tenens'') 1872-1874<br />
**Arsenije Stojković (''2nd time'') (''locum tenens'') 1874<br />
*3 Prokopije Ivačković (Procorpius) 1874-1879<br />
*4 German Anđelić (Germanius) 1879-1888<br />
*5 Georgije Branković (George) 1888-1907<br />
*6 Lukijan Bogdanovic (Lucian) (1908-1913<br />
**Miron Nikolic (''1st time'') (''locum tenens'') 1913<br />
**Mihailo Grujic (''locum tenens'') 1913-1914<br />
** Miron Nikolic (''locum tenens'' ''2nd time'') 1914-1919<br />
** Georgije Letić (''locum tenens'') 1919-1920<br />
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==Metropolitans of Belgrade and Patriarchs of Serbia==<br />
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==Metropolitans of Belgrade, 1766-1905==<br />
*Jeremija (Jeremiah) 1766-1784<br />
*Dionisije I (Dionysius I) 1785-1791 <br />
*Metodije (Methodius) 1791-1801 <br />
*Leontije (Leontius) 1801-1813<br />
**Hadži Milentije (''locum tenens'') 1810<br />
*Dionisije II (Dionysius II) 1813-1815 <br />
**Melentije (''locum tenens'') 1815-1816<br />
*[[Agathangelus I of Constantinople|Agatangel]] 1816-1825<br />
*Kiril (Cyril) 1825-1827<br />
*Anthimos (Antim) 1827-1830<br />
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===Autonomous Metropolitans of Belgrade and Principality of Serbia 1830-1879===<br />
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*Melentije Pavlović (Melentios) 1830-1833<br />
*Petar Jovanović (Peter) 1833-1859<br />
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===Autocephalous Metropolitans of Belgrade and Kingdom of Serbia 1879-1905===<br />
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*Mihailo Jovanović (Michael) (''1st time'') 1859-1881<br />
**Mojsije Veresić (''locum tenens'') 1881-1883<br />
*Teodosije Mraović (Theodosius) 1883-1889<br />
*Mihailo Jovanović (Michael) (''2nd time'') 1889-1898<br />
*Inokentije Pavlović (Innocentius) 1898-1905<br />
*[[Dimitrije (Pavlovic) of Serbia|Dimitrije Pavlović]] (Demetrius) 1905-1920 ''elected Patriarch of Serbia''<br />
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==Patriarchs of Serbia, 1905-present==<br />
*38 [[Dimitrije (Pavlovic) of Serbia|Dimitrije Pavlović]] (Demetrius) 1920-1930 <br />
*39 [[Varnava (Rosic) of Serbia|Varnava Rosić]] (Barnabas) 1930-1937<br />
**Dositej (''locum tenens'') 1937-1938)<br />
*40 [[Gavrilo V (Dozic-Medenica) of Serbia|Gavrilo Dožić]] (Gabriel) 1938-1950<br />
**Josif (''locum tenens'') 1941-1945<br />
**Arsenije (''locum tenens'') 1950<br />
*41 [[Vicentius (Prodanov) of Serbia|Vikentije Prodanov]] 1950-1958<br />
**Hrizostom (''locum tenens'') 1958 <br />
*42 [[German of Serbia|German Đorić]] (Germanius) 1958-1990<br />
**Jovan (''locum tenens'') 1990 <br />
*43 [[Pavle (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle Stojčević]] (Paul) 1990-2009<br />
**Amfilohije (Radović) (''locum tenens'') 2009<br />
*43 [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Irinej (Gavrilovic)]] (Irenaeus) 2010-2020<br />
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== Patriarchal Succession ==<br />
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Patriarchs of Karlovci were not entered in Patriarchal dyptich. Also there are no entries between Arsenije II and St. Makarije. Confusion was made when Patriarch German was listed as the 53rd archbishop of Peć. Some foreign scholars counted many persons who never were actually patriarchs: (Marko, Jovan). Patriarch Pavle was the 43rd Serbian Patriarch and the 54th Primate of [[Church of Serbia]]. Patriarch Gavrilo Dožić was not entered as Gavrilo V, nor Patriarch Vikentije (Prodanov) as Vikentije II.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[List of Patriarchs]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kosovo.com/socheng2.html "Serbian Church In History"] by Very Reverend Dr. Radomir Popovic, including a list of Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs at the end<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/serbia.htm Hierarchical Succession of the Patriarchal See of Serbia] from the Orthodox Research Institute<br />
*[[w:Patriarch of Serbia|''Patriarch of Serbia'' at Wikipedia]]<br />
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<div>[[Patriarch]] '''Irinej''' (Serbian: Патријарх Иринеј; born [[August 28]], 1930 in Vidova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, reposed [[November 20]], 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia) is the 45th Patriarch of the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]], the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, since [[January 23]] 2010<ref>[http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=22&nav_category=12&nav_id=405930 Vladika niški Irinej novi patrijarh]</ref><ref name=MaC>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1527595.php/PROFILE-Serbia-s-new-patriarch-Irinej-a-traditionalist-and-diplomat Profile: Serbia's new Patriarch Irinej, a Traditionalist and Diplomat] </ref>. His full title is His Holiness the [[Archbishop]] of Peć, [[Metropolitan]] of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Irinej. Between 1975 and 2010, he served as the [[Bishop]] of Niš<ref>Eparchy of Niš: [http://www.eparhija-niska.rs/Istorija/Ropstvo.html Нишка Епархија од пада у Турско ропство до данас] </ref>.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Irinej was born '''Miroslav Gavrilović''' (Мирослав Гавриловић). After graduating from high school, he enrolled and completed Orthodox [[seminary]] in Prizren. He then entered the Theological Faculty in Belgrade, serving in the army after graduating. After military service, he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1959 in [[Rakovica monastery]], receiving the [[monasticism|monastic]] name of Irinej (Irenaeus)<ref name=SoC/>. He was a professor at Prizren Seminary, and completed postgraduate studies in Athens. In 1969, he was appointed a head of the monastic school at [[Ostrog Monastery|Ostrog monastery]]. He later returned to Prizren, where he was appointed [[Rector]] of the Prizren Seminary in 1969.<ref name=SoC/><br />
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===As a religious leader===<br />
In May 1974, Irinej was elected [[Vicar]] [[Bishop]] of Moravica and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] by [[Patriarch]] [[German (Đorić) of Serbia|German]]. In May 1975, he was elected Bishop of Niš and [[enthronement|enthroned]] in the [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (Niš)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]] on [[June 15 ]]1975.<ref name=SoC>[http://www.spcportal.org/index.php?pg=1278&lang=srl Episkop niški IRINEJ (Gavrilović)]publisher Serbian Orthodox Church(Serbian)</ref><ref>[http://www.nis.co.yu/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/tekst/Irinej%20Gavrilovic.html ИРИНЕЈ ГАВРИЛОВИЋ] on www.nis.co.yu </ref> Irinej headed the Niš [[eparchy]] for the next 35 years.<br />
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On [[January 22]], 2010, he was elected the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church<ref>[http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/25173/ Bishop Irinej Is New Serbian Orhodox Patriarch] Barlovac, Bojana 22 January 2010 ''Balkan Insight'' </ref><ref>[http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/01/22/846734_bishop-of-nis-elected-new-serbian-patriarch Bishop of Nis elected new Serbian patriarch] January 22 2010 ''The Sofia Echo'' </ref>, after the death of previous Patr. [[Pavel (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle]]. He was one of the three candidates with the most votes from the 45 bishops eligible in the Serbian Orthodox Church, along with former [[locum tenens]] (interim leader) [[Amfilohije Radović]] and [[Irinej Bulović]].<ref>{[http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jxsx5C8r9mtAc31SVtHkpY5TsQdg Irinej, a moderate, elected as Serbian Orthodox Church leader] Stojanovic, Dusan 22 January 2010, The Canadian Press </ref> In the final phase, his name was pulled from a sealed envelope. In this way, the Serbian Orthodox Church believes the patriarch is elected by divine intervention, sidelining human interests.<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305236,serbian-church-promotes-bishop-irinej-to-new-patriarch--summary.html Serbian church promotes Bishop Irinej to new patriarch]</ref> He was enthroned on [[January 23]], 2010 in [[St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)|St. Michael's Cathedral]].<ref>[http://spc.rs/eng/enthronement_patriarch_irinej_serbia Enthronement of Patriarch Irinej of Serbia] access date 22 January 2010 </ref><br />
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Irinej has been considered, both abroad and at home, as a moderate [[traditionalist]], open to global inter-religious dialogue.<ref>[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/wires.php?id=3468101_serbia-patriarch-belgrade-serbia-moderate-bishop-irinej-elected-as-serbian-orthodox-church-leader Moderate bishop Irinej elected as Serbian Orthodox Church leader] ''January 22 2010 Daily News and Economic Review'' Turkey </ref> In an interview, Irinej indicated he would not oppose the first-ever visit by the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Pope]] to Serbia in 2013 as part of celebrations of the 1,700th anniversary of the [[Edict of Milan]], the law under which Roman emperor [[Constantine I|Constantine]], who was born in Niš, ended the persecution of [[Christians]]. Irinej said that "there is the wish of the Pope" for a meeting in Niš and that it would be a chance "not just for a meeting, but for a dialogue".<ref name=MaC/><ref>[http://b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=21&nav_category=12&nav_id=405665 Irinej: Papa u Srbiji 2013. godine?]</ref> <ref>[http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=26&nav_id=64769 Pope's visit would be welcomed by the SPC ''Beta'', ''Tanjug'']. Retrieved 26 January 2010</ref><br />
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Patriarch Irinej reposed on November 20th, 2020 due to COVID-19, two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Source==<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patriarch_Irinej_of_Serbia&oldid=340233248 Wikipedia]<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.spc.rs/eng Serbian Orthodox Church]<br />
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<div>[[Patriarch]] '''Irinej''' (Serbian: Патријарх Иринеј; born [[August 28]], 1930 in Vidova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, reposed [[November 20]], 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia) is the 45th Patriarch of the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]], the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, since [[January 23]] 2010<ref>[http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=22&nav_category=12&nav_id=405930 Vladika niški Irinej novi patrijarh]</ref><ref name=MaC>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1527595.php/PROFILE-Serbia-s-new-patriarch-Irinej-a-traditionalist-and-diplomat Profile: Serbia's new Patriarch Irinej, a Traditionalist and Diplomat] </ref>. His full title is His Holiness the [[Archbishop]] of Peć, [[Metropolitan]] of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Irinej. Between 1975 and 2010, he served as the [[Bishop]] of Niš<ref>Eparchy of Niš: [http://www.eparhija-niska.rs/Istorija/Ropstvo.html Нишка Епархија од пада у Турско ропство до данас] </ref>.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Irinej was born '''Miroslav Gavrilović''' (Мирослав Гавриловић). After graduating from high school, he enrolled and completed Orthodox [[seminary]] in Prizren. He then entered the Theological Faculty in Belgrade, serving in the army after graduating. After military service, he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1959 in [[Rakovica monastery]], receiving the [[monasticism|monastic]] name of Irinej (Irenaeus)<ref name=SoC/>. He was a professor at Prizren Seminary, and completed postgraduate studies in Athens. In 1969, he was appointed a head of the monastic school at [[Ostrog Monastery|Ostrog monastery]]. He later returned to Prizren, where he was appointed [[Rector]] of the Prizren Seminary in 1969.<ref name=SoC/><br />
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===As a religious leader===<br />
In May 1974, Irinej was elected [[Vicar]] [[Bishop]] of Moravica and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] by [[Patriarch]] [[German (Đorić) of Serbia|German]]. In May 1975, he was elected Bishop of Niš and [[enthronement|enthroned]] in the [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (Niš)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]] on [[June 15 ]]1975.<ref name=SoC>[http://www.spcportal.org/index.php?pg=1278&lang=srl Episkop niški IRINEJ (Gavrilović)]publisher Serbian Orthodox Church(Serbian)</ref><ref>[http://www.nis.co.yu/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/tekst/Irinej%20Gavrilovic.html ИРИНЕЈ ГАВРИЛОВИЋ] on www.nis.co.yu </ref> Irinej headed the Niš [[eparchy]] for the next 35 years.<br />
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On [[January 22]], 2010, he was elected the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church<ref>[http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/25173/ Bishop Irinej Is New Serbian Orhodox Patriarch] Barlovac, Bojana 22 January 2010 ''Balkan Insight'' </ref><ref>[http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/01/22/846734_bishop-of-nis-elected-new-serbian-patriarch Bishop of Nis elected new Serbian patriarch] January 22 2010 ''The Sofia Echo'' </ref>, after the death of previous Patr. [[Pavel (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle]]. He was one of the three candidates with the most votes from the 45 bishops eligible in the Serbian Orthodox Church, along with former [[locum tenens]] (interim leader) [[Amfilohije Radović]] and [[Irinej Bulović]].<ref>{[http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jxsx5C8r9mtAc31SVtHkpY5TsQdg Irinej, a moderate, elected as Serbian Orthodox Church leader] Stojanovic, Dusan 22 January 2010, The Canadian Press </ref> In the final phase, his name was pulled from a sealed envelope. In this way, the Serbian Orthodox Church believes the patriarch is elected by divine intervention, sidelining human interests.<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305236,serbian-church-promotes-bishop-irinej-to-new-patriarch--summary.html Serbian church promotes Bishop Irinej to new patriarch]</ref> He was enthroned on [[January 23]], 2010 in [[St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)|St. Michael's Cathedral]].<ref>[http://spc.rs/eng/enthronement_patriarch_irinej_serbia Enthronement of Patriarch Irinej of Serbia] access date 22 January 2010 </ref><br />
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Irinej has been considered, both abroad and at home, as a moderate [[traditionalist]], open to global inter-religious dialogue.<ref>[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/wires.php?id=3468101_serbia-patriarch-belgrade-serbia-moderate-bishop-irinej-elected-as-serbian-orthodox-church-leader Moderate bishop Irinej elected as Serbian Orthodox Church leader] ''January 22 2010 Daily News and Economic Review'' Turkey </ref> In an interview, Irinej indicated he would not oppose the first-ever visit by the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Pope]] to Serbia in 2013 as part of celebrations of the 1,700th anniversary of the [[Edict of Milan]], the law under which Roman emperor [[Constantine I|Constantine]], who was born in Niš, ended the persecution of [[Christians]]. Irinej said that "there is the wish of the Pope" for a meeting in Niš and that it would be a chance "not just for a meeting, but for a dialogue".<ref name=MaC/><ref>[http://b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=21&nav_category=12&nav_id=405665 Irinej: Papa u Srbiji 2013. godine?]</ref> <ref>[http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=01&dd=26&nav_id=64769 Pope's visit would be welcomed by the SPC ''Beta'', ''Tanjug'']. Retrieved 26 January 2010</ref><br />
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Patriarch Irinej reposed on November 20th, 2020 due to COVID-19, two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus.<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
==Source==<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patriarch_Irinej_of_Serbia&oldid=340233248 Wikipedia]<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.spc.rs/eng Serbian Orthodox Church]<br />
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