Athanasios Angelopoulos ( el, Αθανάσιος Αγγελόπουλος) (born 6 November 1939 in
Katerini,
Northern Greece) is a
Professor of
Pastoral Theology at the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; founder and in-honour president of the
Institute for National and Religious Studies (Karipion Institute).
He has studied at the Theology School of the
University of Athens as well as in
University of Belgrade's Theology School. From 1973 to 1981 he was instructor of theology at Aristotle University; in 1982 he became an assistant professor and in 1984, full professor of Ecclesiastic (Church) History at the Department of Pastoral Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He is the founder and in-honour
president of the Institute for National and Religious Studies -
Karipio Melathro, which is based in
Thessaloniki, Greece. Angelopoulos is the co-organizer, along with the Greek National Line publishing House of
Athens, of the program
Ecumenical Hellenism.
He has been honoured with the title of the ''Archon Actuary of the Holy in Christ Great Mother Church'', by the
Ecumenical Patriarchate
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
of
Constantinople; the award of the
Academy of Athens, in 1980; and with awards and prizes from churches, states and institutes.
Angelopoulos had been appointed in the past as
Secretary of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs; he worked as an advisor of the
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
affairs
committee of the
Greek Parliament and as a special advisor of the Ministry of
Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
-
Thrace.
He has written books about religion, church history,
Orthodoxy
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Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...
and has been published in magazines, journals and newspapers. He is a collaborator of the newspaper ''"To Paron"''.
Having a personal friendship, for many years, with
Iakovos, Archbishop of America
Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America ( el, Ιάκωβος; born Demetrios Koukouzis (Δημήτριος Κουκούζης); July 29, 1911 – April 10, 2005) was the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America ...
, he was appointed as the person responsible for the scientific diligence and publication of the unedited
correspondence of the late Archbishop.
In January 2007, Angelopoulos was appointed by the
Church of Greece
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as special advisor and collaborator of the Holy Synod in
Athens.
Memberships
* President of the Institute for National and Religious Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece
* Member of the Macedonian studies Society, Thessaloniki
* Member of the American Association for the Advancement of
Slavic Studies
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(
Columbus, Ohio
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)
* Member of the Centre for the Appeals for Freedom (New York),
Russian and
East European Centre (
Illinois)
External sources
* http://karipeion.wordpress.com - Institute for National and Religious Studies (Karipion Institute)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051016153616/http://www.past.auth.gr/tomeas/aggelop.htm (in
Greek)
* http://www.gnl.gr - Ecumenical Hellenism programme (
Greek,
English)
*
Correspondence of late Greek Orthodox leader of Americas to be published -
Wikinews article
Genel Bilgiler
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1939 births
Living people
People from Katerini
Greek theologians
Eastern Orthodox theologians
University of Belgrade Faculty of Orthodox Theology alumni
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Academic staff of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki