Source: Fordham University | Orthodox Christian Studies Center A joint celebration by St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University. Join us for a two-day commemoration honoring the 100th birthday of Father John Meyendorff (1926–1992), one of the most influential Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century. A scholar of extraordinary range, Father John shaped the study of Byzantine theology, Orthodox ecclesiology, and ecumenical dialogue for generations. His dual role as Dean and Professor at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and Professor of Byzantine History at Fordham University made him a unique bridge between Orthodox theological education…
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PDF version available here This paper was presented originally at a symposium honoring Fr Meyendorff on the 20th year of his death, held at St Sergius Institute in Paris on February 8-11, 2012. It was published in St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 56 (2012): 335-52, and is being reprinted here with permission. Fr Meyendorff was in the 1950s one of the teachers of His Beatitude, Patriarch Ignatius, at the Institut de Théologie Saint-Serge in Paris, and it is evident that they shared the same ecclesial vision. My personal acquaintance with Patriarch Ignatius began when I was a small child, when he…