Athens, Organized the presentation of the book entitled "Ecumenical Patriarchate and Political Forces: From the Lausanne Conference to the Election of Patriarch Vassilios III", by Archimandrite Evangelos Yfantidis, Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis of Italy and Meliti.
The book presentation was held in collaboration with the Alternative Youth Search Cell (KEAN) and Eptalofos editions. The book was presented by His Eminence, Metropolitan Joseph of Prikonisos , Mr. Gregory Tsaltas, former Minister and Rector of Panteion University, and Mrs. Despina Michalaga, Lecturer at the Athens School of Theology .The event was coordinated by Mr. Dimitrios Gonis Emeritus Professor of the University of Athens and Dr. Elizabeth Grapsa, Historian / Hall of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens.
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The Center for Island and Mediterranean Culture “Mesonisos” in cooperation with the Cell of Alternative Youth Searches (KEAN) and Eptalofos Publications organize the presentation of the book by Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Mr. Evangelos Yfantidis, Archbishop of the Holy Metropolis of Italy and Meliti, entitled: “Ecumenical Patriarchate and Political Powers: from the Lausanne Conference to the election of Patriarch Basil III”, Patriarchal Foundation of Patristic Studies, Kavala – Venice 2014, ISBN: 978-960-93-6603-8, published by Eptalophos.
The book will be presented by:
Rev. The book will be read by His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of Proiconissos, His Excellency Gregorios Tsaltas, former Minister and Rector of Panteion University, and the Lecturer at the Theological School of Athens, Ms. Despina Michalaga.
The presentation will be moderated by Elologim. Dimitrios Gonis, Professor of the University of Athens.
The book is a multifaceted and scholarly book which, as M. G. Dimitrios G. Gonis, will be the author of the book. Varvounis, Professor of the Democritus University, “the seriousness of the work and the multitude of sources used hitherto unknown, mainly from the archives of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from the corresponding archives of the Vatican, and the Foreign Ministries of France, Italy and Great Britain, i.e. the great Powers of the time, which played a key role in shaping developments, indicate that this is a study that will soon be recognized as a basic reference work for modern and contemporary patriarchal history, but also for the history of the nation in general. (… It is an important study, with full control of the relevant archival material and an excellent knowledge of the existing literature, which illuminates aspects of the life and action of the Ecumenical Throne in the difficult and dangerous period immediately after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, when the Mother Church of Constantinople suffered all kinds of hardships, in order to finally emerge victorious from this terrible ordeal, which the author describes and studies in an absolutely scientific way”.
