Source: Hellenic College | Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology today announces the appointment of Rev. Dr. Demetrios Bathrellos as tenure-track Associate Professor of Theology. He will join Holy Cross Faculty by mid-August and will teach courses in the areas of Dogmatics and Patristics.
Fr. Bathrellos, an Orthodox theologian with international academic experience, was born and raised in Athens, Greece. He holds dual degrees in classical philology and theology from the University of Athens and pursued doctoral studies in systematic theology at King’s College London. His PhD research was supervised by esteemed theologians Professor Colin E. Gunton and Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) and examined by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware and Fr. Andrew Louth.
Fr. Bathrellos has served as a priest at the Greek Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in London and at the parish of Hagia Sophia in the Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki in Athens. His academic career has spanned several academic institutions worldwide, including King’s College London, Emory University (Atlanta, GA), Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK), and St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia).
He is a prolific author who published four books and over fifty scholarly articles in the fields of Patristics and Systematic Theology. His monograph, Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of St Maximus the Confessor (Oxford University Press, 2004), has been widely recognized for its scholarly contribution. Fr. Bathrellos is currently completing a new monograph on the sinlessness of Christ, also through OUP.
Fr. Bathrellos is involved in theological education and dialogue through his roles on the Boards of Directors of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK), the Volos Academy of Theological Studies (Volos, Greece), and the Pappas Patristic Institute (Brookline, MA). He also serves on the Steering Committee of IOTA for dogmatic theology and the Bioethics Committee of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece and represents the Church of Greece in the official Lutheran–Orthodox Dialogue.
He is married to Kyriaki Triantafyllidou, and together they are the proud parents of five children: Evangelia, Kyriakos, Ioanna, Pavlina, and Vasilis.
Father Demetrios believes that Holy Cross offers a unique combination of academic excellence, spiritual formation, and preparation for service to the Orthodox Christian Church and the wider society.
Holy Cross Dean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc added, “We are happy to welcome Fr. Demetrios as an esteemed member of our faculty. I am convinced that Fr. Bathrellos’ international reputation as scholar and academic will contribute to the high standards that Holy Cross upholds as a premier Greek Orthodox School of Theology nationally and internationally.”