John Zizioulas
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John Zizioulas was a Greek Orthodox bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Pergamon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople from 1986 until his death in 2023. He was one of the most influen
Zizioulas in 2014
Sophrony (Sakharov)
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Sophrony the Athonite, known also as Saint Sophrony, Elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony, was a Russian-born Orthodox Christian archimandrite and one of the most noted ascetic monks of the 20th century.
John Zizioulas
…Nikolai Afanassieff, Vladimir Lossky and his teacher Georges Florovsky. Zizioulas has also been significantly influenced by the ascetical theology of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), founder of the Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex, England. Zizioulas' ecclesiology was first developed in his doctoral dissertation…
Eldersophrony
As a young monk on Mount Athos