Book Discussion (Date TBA) Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras

 

From the Foreword by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros

Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras is one of those rare hierarchs who has shaped profoundly and permanently the destiny of world Orthodoxy. Throughout the twentieth century, from his ministry on Kerkyra (Corfu), in America, and ultimately as Ecumenical Patriarch, his initiatives and determination to serve the most vulnerable as a fundamental expression of our Christian faith, have proved an inspiration for many Christians, regardless of denomination or confession, over many generations. Fifty years after his repose, Orthodox Christianity sill lives into his vision. 

The translation of these unique Dialogues with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras  was long overdue. I am particulary happy that this publication is taking place during the centennial celebration of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In deed, before his election to the See of the Mother church of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras presided over vital developments of Orthodoxy in America for over a decade, profoundly shaping the identity and nature of our presence in this country.