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[[File:Gregorios Papamichael (1875-1956).jpg|right|thumb|Professor Gregorios Papamichael.]]
'''Gregorios Papamichael''' ({{el icon}} Γρηγόριος Παπαμιχαήλ), 1875-1956, was a theologian of the Orthodox [[Church of Greece]] and a renowned professor at the Theology School of the University of Athens (1918-1920, and 1923-1939).
He was responsible for resurrecting and placing in their proper places two almost forgotten great personalities of Orthodoxy: [[Gregory Palamas|Gregorios Palamas]] and [[Maximus the Greek|Maximos (Trivolis) the Greek]].<ref name=CHRISTOU>Panagiotes K. Christou. ''[http://www.apostoliki-diakonia.gr/en_main/catehism/theologia_zoi/themata.asp?cat=dogma&NF=1&contents=contents_Texts.asp&main=texts&file=5.htm Neohellenic Theology at the Crossroads].'' '''The Greek Orthodox Theological Review'''. 28, n. 1, Spring 1983, p. 39-54.</ref> Furthermore, he examined diligently various cultural aspects of church life, and is jointly credited, together with his close friend Archbishop [[Chrysostomos I (Papadopoulos) of Athens]] (1923-1938), for establishing the two basic academic journals of Neohellenic theology: ''Theologia'' and ''Ekklesia.''<ref name=CHRISTOU/>
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Gregorios Papamichael was born in the village of Ippeios on Lesbos in 1875,<ref>{{el icon}} Δημήτριος Μπαλάνος (Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών). ''[http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/metadata/1/1/5/metadata-01-0000131.tkl Εκατονταετηρίς 1837-1937, Τόμος Α', Ιστορία της Θεολογικής Σχολής].'' Αθήναι: Πυρσός Α.Ε., 1937. σελ. 15.</ref> and completed his education at the Gymnasium of Mytilene, as well as in Samos, and at the Holy Cross School of Jerusalem.<ref group="note">The "Holy Cross School of Jerusalem" (''Theological School of the Patriarchal Throne of Jerusalem'') was founded in 1855 under Patriarch [[Cyril II of Jerusalem]] (1845-1872), and was located at the [[w:Monastery of the Cross|Monastery of the Holy Cross]]. It functioned for about fifty years with some interruptions (1855-1909).</ref>
He also studied theology at the [[Theological School of Halki]].
Later he worked as a teacher in the Greek community of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Finally he continued his theological studies at the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg, [[Church of Russia|Russia]], where he was granted his Master of Theology degree in 1905 for his thesis ''"St. [[Gregory Palamas]], Archbishop of Thessaloniki."''
===Academic career===
From 1905-1907 he taught as professor at the Theological School of the Cross in Jerusalem, publishing studies in the journal ''"New Zion".''
Over the next ten years, he took over management of the two periodicals of the [[Patriarchate of Alexandria]], ''"Clerical Lighthouse"''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Ἐκκλησιαστικὸς Φάρος»</ref> and ''"Pantainos",''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Πάνταινος»</ref> to which he added significant prestige, publishing valuable articles and studies.
In 1918 he was unanimously elected ordinary professor of Apologetics and of the Encyclopedia of Theology, at the Theological School of [[w:National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|Athens University]] (1918-1920, and 1923-1939), while also teaching at the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School in Athens, where he served as Dean from 1937-1940.<ref group="note">Saint [[Nectarios of Pentapolis]] had also previously served as Dean of the ''Rizarios Ecclesiastical School'', from 1894 to 1908.</ref>
He concurrently served as the Dean of the School of Theology,<ref group="note">Grk.: Διευθυντὴς τῆς «Θεολογίας»</ref> as well as the Rector of the University of Athens from 1936-1937, and organized the celebrations for the University's centenary (i.e. 1837-1937).
In 1945 he was elected a member of the [[w:Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy of Athens]],<ref>{{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=436&nt=18&lang=1 Τακτικά μέλη της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών κατά σειρά εκλογής].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.</ref> later serving as the president of the Academy in 1954.<ref>{{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=211&nt=18&lang=1 Πρόεδροι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών από την ίδρυσή της].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.</ref>
Parallel to his didactic and literary labours, Gregorios Papamichael undertook ecclesiastical and social activities, taking charge of the periodicals ''Ecclesiastical Herald''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Ἐκκλησιαστικὸς Κήρυξ»</ref> and ''New Didache'',<ref group="note">Grk.: «Καινὴ Διδαχή»</ref>, and later the periodicals ''Theologia''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Θεολογίας»</ref> and ''Ekklesia'',<ref group="note">Grk.: «Ἐκκλησίας»</ref> publishing many articles and studies.
Professor Gregorios Papamichael passed away in 1956.
==Literary production==
His literary production was vast and rich, covering many theological disciplines. He published seventy (70) major theological works in the fields of [[apologetics]], [[ethics]], [[hagiography]], [[Patrology]], and history, as well as over a thousand smaller publications, ecclesiatical articles and book reviews.
As a theologian and academic instructor Gregorios Papamichael combined scientific profundity with literary grace. His ecclesiastical columns in the theological journals, especially in the journal ''"Theologia",'' testify to his great love and devotion to the work and the mission of the [[Orthodox Church]].
==Notes==
<references group="note" />
==References==
<div><references/></div>
==Sources==
* {{el icon}} ''[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/press/theologia/show_content.asp?what=cv_papamichail ΓΡΗΓΟΡΙΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΜΙΧΑΗΛ (1874-1956)].'' Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος (Περιοδικό ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.
* {{el icon}} Δημήτριος Μπαλάνος (Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών). ''[http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/metadata/1/1/5/metadata-01-0000131.tkl Εκατονταετηρίς 1837-1937, Τόμος Α', Ιστορία της Θεολογικής Σχολής].'' Αθήναι: Πυρσός Α.Ε., 1937. σελ. 15.
* {{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=211&nt=18&lang=1 Πρόεδροι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών από την ίδρυσή της].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.
* {{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=436&nt=18&lang=1 Τακτικά μέλη της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών κατά σειρά εκλογής].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.
* {{el icon}} [http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB Γρηγόριος Παπαμιχαήλ].'' Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
* Panagiotes K. Christou. ''[http://www.apostoliki-diakonia.gr/en_main/catehism/theologia_zoi/themata.asp?cat=dogma&NF=1&contents=contents_Texts.asp&main=texts&file=5.htm Neohellenic Theology at the Crossroads].'' '''The Greek Orthodox Theological Review'''. 28, n. 1, Spring 1983, p. 39-54.
[[Category:Modern Writers|Papamichael]]
[[Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates|Papamichael]]
[[Category:St. Petersburg Academy Graduates|Papamichael]]
'''Gregorios Papamichael''' ({{el icon}} Γρηγόριος Παπαμιχαήλ), 1875-1956, was a theologian of the Orthodox [[Church of Greece]] and a renowned professor at the Theology School of the University of Athens (1918-1920, and 1923-1939).
He was responsible for resurrecting and placing in their proper places two almost forgotten great personalities of Orthodoxy: [[Gregory Palamas|Gregorios Palamas]] and [[Maximus the Greek|Maximos (Trivolis) the Greek]].<ref name=CHRISTOU>Panagiotes K. Christou. ''[http://www.apostoliki-diakonia.gr/en_main/catehism/theologia_zoi/themata.asp?cat=dogma&NF=1&contents=contents_Texts.asp&main=texts&file=5.htm Neohellenic Theology at the Crossroads].'' '''The Greek Orthodox Theological Review'''. 28, n. 1, Spring 1983, p. 39-54.</ref> Furthermore, he examined diligently various cultural aspects of church life, and is jointly credited, together with his close friend Archbishop [[Chrysostomos I (Papadopoulos) of Athens]] (1923-1938), for establishing the two basic academic journals of Neohellenic theology: ''Theologia'' and ''Ekklesia.''<ref name=CHRISTOU/>
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Gregorios Papamichael was born in the village of Ippeios on Lesbos in 1875,<ref>{{el icon}} Δημήτριος Μπαλάνος (Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών). ''[http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/metadata/1/1/5/metadata-01-0000131.tkl Εκατονταετηρίς 1837-1937, Τόμος Α', Ιστορία της Θεολογικής Σχολής].'' Αθήναι: Πυρσός Α.Ε., 1937. σελ. 15.</ref> and completed his education at the Gymnasium of Mytilene, as well as in Samos, and at the Holy Cross School of Jerusalem.<ref group="note">The "Holy Cross School of Jerusalem" (''Theological School of the Patriarchal Throne of Jerusalem'') was founded in 1855 under Patriarch [[Cyril II of Jerusalem]] (1845-1872), and was located at the [[w:Monastery of the Cross|Monastery of the Holy Cross]]. It functioned for about fifty years with some interruptions (1855-1909).</ref>
He also studied theology at the [[Theological School of Halki]].
Later he worked as a teacher in the Greek community of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Finally he continued his theological studies at the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg, [[Church of Russia|Russia]], where he was granted his Master of Theology degree in 1905 for his thesis ''"St. [[Gregory Palamas]], Archbishop of Thessaloniki."''
===Academic career===
From 1905-1907 he taught as professor at the Theological School of the Cross in Jerusalem, publishing studies in the journal ''"New Zion".''
Over the next ten years, he took over management of the two periodicals of the [[Patriarchate of Alexandria]], ''"Clerical Lighthouse"''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Ἐκκλησιαστικὸς Φάρος»</ref> and ''"Pantainos",''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Πάνταινος»</ref> to which he added significant prestige, publishing valuable articles and studies.
In 1918 he was unanimously elected ordinary professor of Apologetics and of the Encyclopedia of Theology, at the Theological School of [[w:National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|Athens University]] (1918-1920, and 1923-1939), while also teaching at the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School in Athens, where he served as Dean from 1937-1940.<ref group="note">Saint [[Nectarios of Pentapolis]] had also previously served as Dean of the ''Rizarios Ecclesiastical School'', from 1894 to 1908.</ref>
He concurrently served as the Dean of the School of Theology,<ref group="note">Grk.: Διευθυντὴς τῆς «Θεολογίας»</ref> as well as the Rector of the University of Athens from 1936-1937, and organized the celebrations for the University's centenary (i.e. 1837-1937).
In 1945 he was elected a member of the [[w:Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy of Athens]],<ref>{{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=436&nt=18&lang=1 Τακτικά μέλη της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών κατά σειρά εκλογής].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.</ref> later serving as the president of the Academy in 1954.<ref>{{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=211&nt=18&lang=1 Πρόεδροι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών από την ίδρυσή της].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.</ref>
Parallel to his didactic and literary labours, Gregorios Papamichael undertook ecclesiastical and social activities, taking charge of the periodicals ''Ecclesiastical Herald''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Ἐκκλησιαστικὸς Κήρυξ»</ref> and ''New Didache'',<ref group="note">Grk.: «Καινὴ Διδαχή»</ref>, and later the periodicals ''Theologia''<ref group="note">Grk.: «Θεολογίας»</ref> and ''Ekklesia'',<ref group="note">Grk.: «Ἐκκλησίας»</ref> publishing many articles and studies.
Professor Gregorios Papamichael passed away in 1956.
==Literary production==
His literary production was vast and rich, covering many theological disciplines. He published seventy (70) major theological works in the fields of [[apologetics]], [[ethics]], [[hagiography]], [[Patrology]], and history, as well as over a thousand smaller publications, ecclesiatical articles and book reviews.
As a theologian and academic instructor Gregorios Papamichael combined scientific profundity with literary grace. His ecclesiastical columns in the theological journals, especially in the journal ''"Theologia",'' testify to his great love and devotion to the work and the mission of the [[Orthodox Church]].
==Notes==
<references group="note" />
==References==
<div><references/></div>
==Sources==
* {{el icon}} ''[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/press/theologia/show_content.asp?what=cv_papamichail ΓΡΗΓΟΡΙΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΜΙΧΑΗΛ (1874-1956)].'' Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος (Περιοδικό ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.
* {{el icon}} Δημήτριος Μπαλάνος (Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών). ''[http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/metadata/1/1/5/metadata-01-0000131.tkl Εκατονταετηρίς 1837-1937, Τόμος Α', Ιστορία της Θεολογικής Σχολής].'' Αθήναι: Πυρσός Α.Ε., 1937. σελ. 15.
* {{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=211&nt=18&lang=1 Πρόεδροι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών από την ίδρυσή της].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.
* {{el icon}} ''[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=436&nt=18&lang=1 Τακτικά μέλη της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών κατά σειρά εκλογής].'' Ακαδημία Αθηνών. (Academy of Athens). Retrieved: 2013-08-27.
* {{el icon}} [http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB Γρηγόριος Παπαμιχαήλ].'' Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
* Panagiotes K. Christou. ''[http://www.apostoliki-diakonia.gr/en_main/catehism/theologia_zoi/themata.asp?cat=dogma&NF=1&contents=contents_Texts.asp&main=texts&file=5.htm Neohellenic Theology at the Crossroads].'' '''The Greek Orthodox Theological Review'''. 28, n. 1, Spring 1983, p. 39-54.
[[Category:Modern Writers|Papamichael]]
[[Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates|Papamichael]]
[[Category:St. Petersburg Academy Graduates|Papamichael]]