Theology, Interpretation, and Synodality

An Interview with the late Metropolitan of Pergamon, John D. Zizioulas

Authors

  • John D. Zizioulas Metropolitan of Pergamon, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63394/kfbv9y58

Keywords:

theology, interpretation, synodality, hermeneutics, John D. Zizioulas, interview

Abstract

This interview is published here for the first time. It contains the transcript of a December 2014 conversation in Kifissia Greece, between Metropolitan of Pergamon John D. Zizioulas and Bishop of Los Angeles Maxim Vasiljević, Andrej Jeftić (now WCC, Faith and Order Committee Director), and Marko Vilotić of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University in Belgrade (Serbia).

Author Biography

  • John D. Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

    Metropolitan John D. Zizioulas (1931–2023) was a preeminent Orthodox theologian, whose work reshaped contemporary ecclesiology and patristic thought. Born in Katafygion, Greece, he pursued theological studies in Thessaloniki, later earning his master's at Harvard and defending his doctoral thesis on the unity of the Church in 1965. His academic career spanned institutions such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, King’s College London, and Thessaloniki, producing influential works like Being as Communion (1985) and Communion and Otherness (2006). Ordained Metropolitan of Pergamon in 1986, he played a vital role in the Ecumenical Patriarchate and participated in the 2016 Holy and Great Council in Crete. A towering figure in Orthodox theology, his legacy endures through his writings, culminating in the posthumous publication of Remembering the Future in 2023.

Theology, Interpretation, and Synodality: An Interview with the late Metropolitan of Pergamon, John D. Zizioulas

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Published

2025-10-31

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): Hermeneutics in Metropolitan of Pergamon John Zizioulas

Section

Theological Heritage

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How to Cite

Zizioulas, John D. 2025. “Theology, Interpretation, and Synodality: An Interview With the Late Metropolitan of Pergamon, John D. Zizioulas”. OmegAlpha 1 (2): 7-39. https://doi.org/10.63394/kfbv9y58.

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