Metropolitan of Constantine Vasilios (Karagiannis)

Profile:

Metropolitan of Constantine Basil (Karagiannis) teaches Dogmatics in the Undergraduate Theology program of the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus. He was elected Metropolitan of Constantia – Famagusta in 2007. He holds a PhD degree in “Ontological Distinction of Substance, Energy and Knowledge of God according to St. Maximus the Confessor” and a postgraduate Diploma from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He has served as a representative of the Church of Cyprus in the cross-Christian dialogue for a number of years. He has paricipated in a number of international conferences. Since 2011, he is co-organizer of the research program of the Salamis Free University of Famagusta, where, and is also the initiator of the Ayia Napa research project. He is a member of scientific associations, committees for the organization of conferences and professional services. He has a rich research resume with publications in scientific journals and many presentations in international and local conferences.

Studies:

Doctor of Theology, Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1991. Title of thesis: Maxime le Confesseur: Essence et énergies de Dieu, “Ontological Distinction of Essence, Energy and Knowledge of God according to Saint Maximus the Confessor”.

Postgraduate Title, Theological School of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1981.

Degree in Theology, Theological School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1978.

Famagusta Boys’ High School Diploma, 1974.

Three-year cycle of Studies, “Apostolos Varnavas” Clerical School, 1970.

Research interests:

He is currently submitting a new doctoral dissertation to the examining committee of the Department of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens entitled, ‘The knowledge of God according to St. John Damascene’. (p. 500).

 Selected Publications:

• Μητ. Κωνσταντίας Βασίλειος (2015). Μετανάστης από τον Ουρανό. Η Γέννηση του Ιησού Χριστού, Αμμόχωστος.
• Μητ. Κωνσταντίας Βασίλειος (2012). Η Φυσιογνωμία της Ευρώπης και ή Ορθόδοξη Μαρτυρία, Αμμόχωστος.
• Τριμυθούντος Βασίλειος (2001). Ευαγγέλιο και Ζωή. Η Προσευχή στα Ιερά Ευαγγέλια, Θεσσαλονίκη.
• FROM CREATION TO ESCHATOLOGY. (This paper is a contribution as public lecture to the Conference on “Miracles and Wonders in Antiquity and Byzantium”, organized by the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Cyprus in Nicosia from 16-18 October 2014. The main theological question is whether miracles violate the laws of nature or they renew them). (Academia.edu).
• LA STRUCTURE CANONIQUE, LA PRATIQUE ECCLÉSIASTIQUE ET L’ÉVALUATION ECCLÉSIOLOGIQUE DE LA SYNODALITÉ DANS L’ÉGLISE APOSTOLIQUE DE CHYPRE. (Συμβολή σε διεθνές Συνέδριο στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Fribourg Ελβετίας (2017), προς δημοσίευση στα πρακτικά του Συνεδρίου)
• LA PRAXIS DU PATRIARCAT ŒCUMÉNIQUE ET DE L’ÉGLISE DE CHYPRE FACE À L’ECCLÉSIOLOGIE DU CONCILE DE MOSCOU (Συμβολή σε διεθνές Συνέδριο στο Ινστιτούτο Αγίου Σεργίου Παρισίων (8-10 Δεκεμβρίου 2017), προς δημοσίευση στα πρακτικά του Συνεδρίου)