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A Man Sent By God: The Life of Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople

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Patriarch Athenagoras (Spyrou) was the 268th Archbishop of Constantinople, leading the Orthodox Church from 1948 to 1972. A man of peace, reconciliation, and love, Patriarch Athenagoras left an indelible mark on God’s Church wherever he served, as Metropolitan of Kerkyra (1922 to 1930), as Archbishop of North and South America (1930 to 1948), and as Ecumenical Patriarch (1948 to 1972). He will always be remembered for his breakthrough relationship with the Roman Catholic Church, leading to the lifting of the excommunications of 1054. 

 

Paperback:
130 Pages
Publisher:
Holy Cross Orthodox Press
ISBN:
9780916586072
Product Dimensions:
6x9 inches

 

Contents

 

Photographs

IX

Publisher's Note 

XI

Foreword

XIII

Chapter 1


Origins, Social Background, and Education 


1. Early Years

15

2. Metropolitan of Corfu and Paxi 

24

3. His Other Work

30

Chapter 2


1. The Beginning of His Ministry as Archbishop

35

2. Pan-Orthodox, Pan-Christian Orientations 

38

3. Neo-Byzantine Culture

39

Chapter 3


Ecumenical Patriarch


1. The Beginning of His Ministry As Ecumenical Patriarch 

43

2. Expectations- Contradictions of Byzantinism and Cosmopolitanism 

44

3. The New Tradition of the Phanar 

46

4. Homos Politics? 

47

5. Basic Objectives

50

6. Political Differences Between Athens- Ankara

51

7. The Trial of Adnan Menderes

54

8 Pan-Orthodox Unity

55

9. Disruption of the Pan-Orthodox Front by the Church of Greece

60

10. Relations with the Protestant Church

63 

11. Relations with the Vatican

65

12. The Jerusalem Meeting 

69

13 Revocation of the Ex-Communcations

74

Chapter 4: The Philosophy of Athenagoras


1 Was he a Christian Revolutionary?

81

2 Western and Orthodox Traditions

87

3 Athenagoras and St. Kosmos

90

4 Thoughts and Meditation

91

5 Dialogue with Christian Churches 

97

6 Youth

98
7 Intellectual Communication

99

8 Greek Neo-Fatherhood

101

Chapter 5


Conclusion

105

End Notes

113

Index of Names 116