Profile
Name: Christos Arampatzis.
Position: Professor, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Education
1984-1988: Graduate Degree, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1988-1989: Studies at the Centre de Linguistique Appliqué, Université de Franche-Comté in Besançon, France.
1989-1991: Postgraduate Studies at the Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
1989-1990: Seminars at the Centre Orthodoxe du Patriarcat Œcuménique in Geneva, Switzerland.
1992: Semester in the Faculty of Theology in the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum, Germany.
1994: PhD, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Scholarships
1989 -1991: Centre Orthodoxe du Patriarcat Œcuménique in Geneva, Switzerland.
1992: IKY (Greek State Scholarships Foundation), Athens, Greece.
Positions
1991-1998: Scientific Cooperator, Center of Byzantine Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998-2002: Teaching Specialist, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2002: Lecturer, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2006-2012: Member of the Committee of Post Graduate Studies.
2007-2016: Member of the Accreditation Committee of the Faculty of Theology.
2012: Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007-2016, 2023: Member of the Accreditation Committee of the Faculty of Theology.
2009-2023: Member of The Society of Byzantine Studies, Athens, Greece.
2016: Professor of Christian Literature, Faculty of Theology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Distinctions
2018: Distinctions Awarded - Member of Accademia Ambrosiana, Milan-Italy.
2018-2023 President of Supervisor Committee of Hellenic Institute of Venice- Ministry of Foreign Affaires
Scientific Activity
2003: Visiting Scholar at the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City.
2003-2005: Scientific Activity, Professor of Byzantine History, The Organization of Tourism Education and Training, (O.T.E.K.) Thessaloniki, Greece.
2004: Visiting Scholar at the libraries of the Vatopedi and Great Lavra monasteries in Mount Athos, Greece.
2005: Visiting Scholar at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, and the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia.
2007-2010: Visiting Assistant Professor (during tenure) & Research at the libraries of the Iviron, Koutloumousiou, Osiou Gregoriou, and Xenophontos monasteries in Mount Athos, Greece.
2007: Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Tartu, Estonia.
2008: Visiting Professor at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon.
2009: Fieldwork, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
2010: Visiting Professor, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, USA.
2010: Researcher, Harvard University Library (Divinity School and Widener Library), Cambridge, USA.
2012: Visiting Professor, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, USA.
2014: Visiting Professor, Faculty of Catholic Theology University of Graz
2015: Visiting Professor, Faculté de Theologie Catholique – Université de Strasbourg
2017: Visiting Professor at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon
2019: Visiting Professor at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon
2019: Visiting Professor, Center for Classical and Medieval Studies, Pekin University, China
2022: Visiting Professor at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon
2023: Visiting Professor, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
PhD Dissertations
2005-2022: 26 PhD Candidates awarded the title of Doctorate under my Supervision
Post Doc: 5 postdoctoral researches were completed under my supervision
Research Interests
1. Interpretation of Christian Texts
2. Publication of Unpublished Texts from the 13th to the 19th Century.
3. Human prosperity and bliss to Byzantine writers
4. The Byzantines and their neighbors
Selected Lectures
2009: Hesychasm and the Interpretation of Tradition, Soteriology and Epistemology, Open University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2010: History - Theology and Imperial Power in Byzantium. The Interpretation of History in the Patristic Tradition and the Problem of the Relationship Between the Emperor and the Church”, Open University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2010: The Tradition of the Church and its Relation to Scripture and Patrology - The Three Levels of Interpretation, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, USA.
2012: “L’interprétation de la littérature des pères de l’église” & “De la Bible à la littérature patristique. Herméneutique patristique et hermé-neutique contemporaine”, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Université de Strasbourg, France.
2018: “L’acceptation et la vénération de saint Ambroise dans la Théologie et l’Église Grecque Orthodoxe au XXe siècle”, Accademia Ambrosiana, Milan-Italy
2018: "The religion to the service of the Byzantine Empire" Center for Classical and Medieval Studies, Pekin University, China
2019: “Christianity in East and West. From his appearance to
and the 6th century”, Center for Classical and Medieval Studies, Pekin University, China
2021: “The Legend of Alexander the Great in byzantine tradition of 14th century”, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Cairo-Egypt
2022 : “The reception and the role of Light in Byzantine and Hindu religious tradition” JNU New Delhi-India.
Books
1. The Council of Lyons (1274) - Personalities and Theology (Ph.D.), Publication Pournaras, Thessaloniki, 1994-2002 (Greek & Romanian).
2. “St. Athanasios Parios (18th Centuty) - Bibliographical Works”, Publication Paros, Thessaloniki 1998 (Greek).
3. “Interpretation of the Patristic Tradition. Volume A: John Vekkos – Primary Interpretation and Methods of Analysis in Patristic Literature”, Thessaloniki 2006 (Greek).
4. Church Writers and Texts from the 12th to the 15th century – The Late Byzantine Theological Renaissance, Publication Pournaras, 2007.
5. Christian Literature – Volume I – The First Millennium, Publication Pournaras, 2008.
6. Anthology (florilège) of Patristic Literature from the 13th to the 15th century – Concerning the Schism of the Church, Publication Pournaras, 2009.
7. Interpretation and Misinterpretation of the Patristic Tradition in the History of the Church -From the 4th to the 14th century. Published Pournaras Publications, Thessaloniki & NewRome Press, Columbia, MO 2012 (Greek & English).
Selected Essays
1. "Ecclesiastical Politics and Theological Development in Constantinople in the wake of the Council of Lyon (1274-1280), Byzantina 20 (1999), pp. 199-251.
2. "Marius Victorinus Hymns in the Holy Trinity with Observations on Triadology and in the Modern Greek Translation" Yearbook of the Society of Byzantine Studies, vol. 50 (1999-2000), pp. 225-269.
3. "Patriarch Germanus II of Constantinople and the Latin Church" Byzantina 20 (2000), pp. 245-264.
4. "The Greek Translation of the Symbols of the 1st Council of Toledo by Demetrius Cydones or Manuel Calecas" Byzantina 21 (2000), pp. 385-398.
5. "The Confession of Faith of Patriarch Philotheus I of Constantinople", Scientific Annals of Theology (Theology Department) AUTH, Volume 10, Thessaloniki 2000, pp. 1-33.
6. Costantino il grande secondo le fonti agiografiche. P. Martinelli - L. Bianchi (eds.), In caritate veritas. Luigi Padovese scritti in memoria, EDB, Bologna 2011, p 513-524
7. L'onore e l'autorita di s. Agostino nella Letteratura Theologica tardobizantina, Sant'Agostino nella tradizione cristiana occidentale e orientale, Atti dell 'XI Simposio intercristiano, Roma, 3-5 setembre 2009, Edizioni San Leopoldo, p 261-274.
8. L'herméneutique patristique des 14è et 15è siècles: L'autorité de saint Jean Damascène. To be published in the Minutes of the Conference, “Saint John of Damascus Theology, Image & Melody”, Donorum commutatio. Studi in onore dell 'arcivescovo Ioannis Spiteris per il suo 70mo genetliaco, [Analecta Theologica 5], Thessaloniki 2010, p 457-468.
9. “Storia ed escatologia. Tendenze ermeneutiche e contrapposizioni ideologiche nella spiritualità athonita del XIII secolo”, La Sacra Montagna e l'Ortodossia nell'epoca della turcocrazia. Atti del IX Convegno Internazionale di studi sulla cultura e spiritualità della Sacra Montagna (Roma, Accademia di Romania, 29 maggio 2010), published in http://onlus.insiemeperathos.org/atti_ix_convegno.pdf (Ch. Arambatzis- P. Yfantis),
10. The Tradition of the Church in the Work of Nicholas Louvaris. The Unknown Revival of Unconventional Antiochian Christology, published in “Nicholas Louvaris - The philosopher, Educator and Theologian”, Minutes of the Conference on Nikoloas Louvaris,, Thessaloniki 2011, p 85-95
11. Arguments et antilogue à propos de la philosophie et de la théologie à Thessalonique au XIVe siècle : Nilos Kavasilas et Dimitrios Cydonis
12. The authοrity of pope Leo I the Great in the Orthodox Church: Testimonies of Saint's and Synod's in the 5 th and 6 th century
13. The Laudatio Therapontis and his Unknown author (Chypre 2016)
14. Intertextuality and Reception History in the story of Jonah and Elijah in the Lives of the Prophets. The Tradition of Jonah as the Widow's Son
15. The Interpretation of Tradition in the 6th Century The Case of the “Leontian” Texts .
16. The honour and authority of Saint Augustine in post-Byzantine literature (Rome 2016)
17. Ambrose of Milan in the Byzantine Tradition (Milan 2017)
18. Greek- centrism and theocentric interpretation of Collybades and anti-Collybades’ history (2018).
19. Giovanni Bekkos e Bessarione. Convergenze e deviazioni nella interpretazione della Tradizione Patristica, (Venice 2018)
20. Religion and Politics in Russia in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The development of messianic conceptions of the Russian nation (Thessaloniki 2018)
21. "The religion to the service of the Roman Empire from the 4th till the 6th century CE" (Pekin 2019)
22. "The common language of the Greeks and the formation of consciousness shortly before the revolution of 1821" (Thessaloniki 2021)
23. The impact of Byzantine-Chinese trade policies on the Western world and the religious factor. (Mystras 2021)
24. From Preveza to Lepanto; Impressions from known and unknown contemporary sources and mapmakers (Split 2021)
25. The attribution of spurious works to the pen of Gennadius Scholarios and the formation of Gennadiu's “image” in modern research (Constantinople 2022)
26. Raisons et contradictions à propos des rituels liturgiques mixtes en Crète occupée par les Vénitiens aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles, (Paris 2022).
27. La Mer dans les textes Hagiographiques de la periode Protobyzantine (Venice 2022)
