FIGHT FOR YOUR FAITH AND YOUR FATHERLAND

BICENTENNIAL OF THE HELLENIC WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

 

THE HELLENIC CULTURAL CENTER OF THE SOUTHWEST

PRESENT

“ΜΑΧΟΥ ΥΠΕΡ ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ”

FIGHT FOR YOUR FAITH AND YOUR FATHERLAND

 

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR EMERITUS CHRISTOS YANNARAS

 

Professor Yannaras explores a challenging thesis: The 19^th century Hellenic civilization is a continuation of the late Byzantine civilization formed mostly after 1204, when the Empire comprised of Greek-speaking peoples. The Orthodox faith is key for understanding the national identity at that time, but it is not the sole ingredient of Hellenism. Greek-speaking populations of the Ottoman Empire and of the diaspora consider themselves as the rightful heirs of the Byzantine world. Are these the main elements that shape the objectives of the Greek Revolution of 1821?  How did the Orthodox faith and the Church influence the revolution?

Professor Yannaras 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 was Professor of Philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, from 1982 to 2002.

The talk will be in Greek with interjected summary English translation

 

 

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