John Zizioulas


John Zizioulas
Metropolitan of Pergamon
Zizioulas in 2014
Native name
Ιωάννης Ζηζιούλας
ChurchEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
DioceseMetropolis of Pergamon
Orders
Consecration22 June, 1986
Personal details
Born10 January, 1931
Died2 February, 2023 (92 years old)
Athens, Greece
BuriedFirst Cemetery of Athens
NationalityGreek
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Alma materUniversity of Thessaloniki University of Athens

John Zizioulas (Greek: Ιωάννης Ζηζιούλας; 10 January 1931 – 2 February 2023)[1][2] was a Greek Orthodox bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Pergamon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople from 1986 until his death in 2023. He was one of the most influential Orthodox Christian theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries.[3]

  1. ^ "enploeditions.gr - Ζηζιούλας Ιωάννης (Mητροπολίτης Περγάμου)". www.enploeditions.gr. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ "(Ο εκ Καταφυγίου) Μητροπολίτης Περγάμου Ιωάννης Ζηζιούλας: 30 χρόνια Αρχιερωσύνη". mikrovalto.gr (in Greek). 5 May 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ Cf. e.g. Rowan Williams, 'Eastern Orthodox Theology', in David F. Ford (ed.) The Modern Theologians, 3rd edn. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, pp. 572-88.

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