Christos Yannaras

Christos Yannaras studied at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Bonn. The recorded working language is Modern Greek, French and German. The field of work recorded is philosophy, theology and literary activity. Employment is recorded with Panteion University. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctor of the University of Belgrade, honorary doctor of the University of Crete, Honorary doctor of the University of Lausanne and Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva.

• Name — Christos Yannaras • Native Name — Χρήστος Γιανναράς • Era — Contemporary philosophy • Region — Western philosophy • School Tradition — Neo-orthodoxy (Eastern Orthodoxy) • Born — 10 April 1935 • Birthplace — Athens, Greece • Died — 24 August 2024 • Place of death — Kythira, Greece • Resting Place — First Cemetery of Athens • Citizenship — Greece • Main Interests — Metaphysics, Eastern Orthodox theology, political philosophy • Institutions — Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne • Alma Mater — University of Paris, University of Athens, University of Bonn • Spouse — Tatiana Ioannou-Yannara • Children — 2

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 Ph.D 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). Christos Yannaras appears in the video "Rhetoric-Hill of the Pnix" directed in 2017 by French artist Youssef Tabti. Over the course of 40 minutes, C. Yannaras shares his views on freedom of expression and democracy, as they were experienced in ancient Athens and as we know them today. Yannaras died in the island of Kythira on 24 August 2024, at the age of 89.

• "The Theology of personhood, a study of the thought of Christos Yannaras", a review of the book published afterwards under the title Person and Eros by Rowan Williams (a former Archbishop of Canterbury) in the journal Sobornost, No. 6, Winter 1972, pp. 415–430 • A review of Elements of Faith by Nicholas Franck