Athanasios Angelopoulos
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Athanasios Angelopoulos(Greek: Αθανάσιος Αγγελόπουλος), born November 1939 in Katerini, Northern Greece, is a full Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; founder and in-honour president of the Institute for National and Religious Studies (Greek: Ίδρυμα Εθνικού και Θρησκευτικού Προβληματισμού).
He has studied at the Theology School of the University of Athens and in Belgrade's Theology School. From 1973 to 1981 he was instructor of theology at Aristotle University; in 1982 he became an assistant professor and in 1984, full professor of Ecclesiastic(Church) History at the Department of Pastoral Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He is the founder and in-honour president of the Institute for National and Religious Studies - Karipion Melathro, which is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. Angelopoulos is the co-organizer, alongside with the Greek National Line publishing House of Athens, of the programme Ecumenical Hellenism.
He has been honoured with the title of the Archon Actuary of the Holy in Christ Great Mother Church, by the Patriarchate of Constantinople; the award of the Academy of Athens, in 1980; and with various other awards and prizes from Churches, States and Institutes.
He wrote many books about Religion, Church History, Orthodoxy and plenty of articles written by him have been published in magazines, journals and newspapers.
Having a personal friendship, for many years, with Iakovos, Archbishop of America, he was appointed as the responsible for the scientific diligence and publication of the inedited correspondence of the late Archbishop; a work which is planned to be published in 2006.
- http://users.auth.gr/inra - Institute for National and Religious Studies(Karipion)
- http://www.past.auth.gr/tomeas/aggelop.htm (in Greek)
- http://www.gnl.gr - Ecumenical Hellenism programme (Greek,English)
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