Fr. John Chryssavgis - March 21, 2009
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Christ creating the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day. Fresco detail, Suchevitsa Monastery, Romania. |
SPECIAL EVENT: We will be hosting internationally recognized theologian Fr John Chryssavgis, who will be giving an address Saturday, March 21 titled:
Discerning the Justice and Beauty of the Earth:
Ecological Reflections on the Beatitudes.
Ecological Reflections on the Beatitudes.
- Vespers at 6:00pm
- Fr John Chryssavgis' talk at 7:00pm
- Refreshments in the Hall to follow
- Read Fr Steven's introductory reflections on Orthodox ecological thinking - with book list for further reading and links
- OrthodoxWiki entry for Fr John Chryssavgis
- Books by Fr John Chryssavgis available through Amazon.com
- Special Interview with Fr John Chryssavgis
- Printable PDF flier here.
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Fr John Chryssavgis |
Biography:
Fr John Chryssavgis was born in Australia in 1958. He matriculated from the Scots College in Sydney in 1975 and received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens in 1980. He received a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music in 1979 and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary in 1982. He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford in 1983. Chryssavgis read patristic theology at Oxford. After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he worked with the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew's Theological College in Sydney, where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He was also Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90) and the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney.
In 1995, he moved to Boston, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology and directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002. He established the Environment Office at the same School in 2001. He has also taught as professor of Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon.
In recent years, he has published several books and countless articles in international journals and encyclopedias in the area of religion and ecology, social justice and peace, with forthcoming books including John Climacus: from the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain (Ashgate, UK, Winter 2004); and Light Through Darkness: Insights into Orthodox Spirituality (Orbis Books, Summer 2004).
He currently serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues.
OrthodoxWiki, February 2009.