Christos Yannaras

Greek philosopher, theologian and author

Christos Yannaras (also Giannaras; Χρήστος Γιανναράς; born 10 April 1935) is a Greek philosopher, Eastern Orthodox theologian and author of more than 50 books which have been translated into many languages. He is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.

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 holds also a Ph. D of the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines at the Sorbonne University of Paris IV. He has 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 is an elected member of the Hellenic Authors' Society and International Academy of Human Sciences (Brussels). He holds 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 with 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 at the level of theory only but also define a praxis (mode of life).