Athens, August 26, 2024
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Christos Yannaras, a Greek Orthodox theologian, hailed by some as one of the most important theologians of our day, reposed in the Lord on Saturday, August 24.
The news of his death was announced by his son Spyros on Facebook, reports Romfea.
He was a professor of philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens and the author of dozens of books, mainly focused on the Orthodox Christian tradition, many of which have been translated into other languages, including English.
Dr. Yannaras’ works published in English include:
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The Freedom of Morality, New York (SVS Press), 1984
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Elements of Faith, Edinburgh (T&T Clark), 1991
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On the Absence and Unknowability of God: Heidegger and the Areopagite, London (Continuum, 2005)
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Postmodern Metaphysics, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2004
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Variations on the Song of Songs, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2005
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Orthodoxy and the West, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2006
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Person and Eros, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2008
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The Meaning of Reality: Essays on Existence and Communion, Eros and History. Sebastian Press (Los Angeles), 2011
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Relational Ontology, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2011
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The Enigma of Evil, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2012
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Against Religion: The Alienation of the Ecclesial Event, Holy Cross Orthodox Press (Brookline, MA), 2013
May his memory be eternal!
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His biography from Wikipedia reads:
Yannaras was born in Athens. He studied theology at the University of Athens and philosophy at the University of Bonn (Germany) and the University of Paris (France). He received a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He held also a PhD of the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines at the Sorbonne-University of Paris IV. He had been a visiting professor at the universities of Paris (the Catholic Faculty), Geneva, Lausanne and Crete. He was Professor of Philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, from 1982 to 2002. He was an elected member of the Hellenic Authors' Society and International Academy of Human Sciences (Brussels).
He held honorary doctorates (honoris causa) from the University of Belgrade, St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York, Hellenic College Holy Cross, New Georgian University in Poti and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2019 Ecumenical Patriarch awarded him the Offikion of Archon Grand Rhetor of the Holy Great Church of Christ.
The main volume of Yannaras’ work represents a long course on study and research of the differences between the Greek and Western European philosophy and tradition, differences that are not limited to the level of theory only but also define a praxis (mode of life).
Yannaras died in Athens on 24 August 2024, at the age of 89.
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