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Kallistos Ware

1934–2022 · Bath

About

Metropolitan Kallistos was an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. From 1982, he held the titular bishopric of Diokleia in Phrygia, later made a titular me

Contemplative Christian tradition
Eastern Orthodox
Modern Greek, English

Biography

Metropolitan Kallistos was an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. From 1982, he held the titular bishopric of Diokleia in Phrygia, later made a titular metropolitan bishopric in 2007, under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He was one of the best-known modern Eastern Orthodox hierarchs and theologians. From 1966 to 2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford.

Teachings & topics

Contemplative prayerMysticismSilenceGrace

Bibliography

  • Orthodox Theology in the TwentyFirst Century2012 · World Council of Churches (WCC Publications)
  • The inner kingdom2000 · St Vladimirs Seminary Pr
  • The Inner Kingdom2000 · St. Vladimir's Seminary Press