Dr Andreas Andreopoulos 

Reader in Orthodox Christianity 

Humanities and Social Sciences 

Email:

Andreas.Andreopoulos@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

01962 827396 

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Biography

Andreas Andreopoulos is Reader in Orthodox Christianity and Programme Leader of the MTh in Orthodox Studies. He studied in Greece, Canada and the UK.

Expertise

• Orthodox Theology
• Greek Patristics
• Iconology
• Ecclesiology
• Liturgy
• Christian Semiotics
• Sacred Art
• Monasticism

Publications

Books:

This is my Beloved Son: the Transfiguration of Christ (Orleans, MA: Paraclete Press 2012)

The Sign of the Cross: the Gesture, the Mystery, the History (Orleans, MA: Paraclete Press, 2006)

Art as Theology: from the Postmodern to the Medieval (London: Equinox Publishing, 2006)

Metamorphosis: The Transfiguration in Byzantine Theology and Iconography (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2005)

Articles/Chapters in books:

The Use of Music in Orthodox Liturgical Life, in Benedict XVI and Beauty in Sacred Music, ed. J. E. Rutherford, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2012 (forthcoming)

A Modern Orthodox Approach to Spirituality, in Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 11, 2011, pp 11-23

The Song of Songs: an Asceticism of Love, in The Forerunner No. 57, Summer 2011, Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist, pp 17-26

Alexandros Papadiamantis: the Saint of Greek Literature, in Sobornost 32, summer/autumn 2011, pp 19-36.

The Holy Spirit in the Ecclesiology of Photios of Constantinople, in D. V. Twomey and J. Rutherford (eds) The Holy Spirit in the Fathers of the Church, Four Courts Press, 2010, pp 151-163.

Theology in Icons and Walls: the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Cardiff, in: Martin O’Kane and John Morgan-Guy (eds), Biblical Art from Wales, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010

The Transfiguration of Christ, in: the Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology, Cambridge University Press, 2010

Eshatologia si restaurarea finala (apocatastaza) la Origen, Grigore de Nyssa si Maxim Marturisitorul, in: Mihai-Silviu Chirila (ed.), Parintii Capadocieni, Iasi, Romania: Axis, 2009, pp 583-590

Synodality and Local Churches: the Ecclesiology of the Apostolic Church in the Era of Globalization, in: Church Studies: Annual Journal of the Centre of Church Studies, 5, 2, Nis, Serbia, 2008, pp 67-79

Icons: the Silent Gospels, in: Martin O’Kane (ed.), Imaging the Bible: an Introduction to Biblical Art, SPCK, London, 2008, pp 83-100

The Symbol, the Icon and the Body: an Examination of Christian Semiotics, in: Studia Patristica, Volume 39, Leuven, Peeters

Eschatology and final restoration (apokatastasis) in Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Maximos the Confessor, in: Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy, Volume 1/3, Spring 2004

The Wondrous Poetry of Symeon the New Theologian, in: Romanian Mediaevalia, Volume 4, New York, 2004, pp 277-286

How do we represent the Glory of God? Theological and iconological connections between the Transfiguration and the Resurrection, in: La mort et la résurrection dans la Tradition orthodoxe, GGC editions, University of Sherbrooke, 2004, pp 47-59

The Symbol and the Icon in Patristic Tradition: A Semiotic Comparison, in: Romanian Mediaevalia, Volume 3, 2003, pp 175-185

Od Sinaja do Tabora: Gora Mistichkog Ushotenia (From Sinai to Thabor: the Mountain of Mystical Ascent), in: St. Prince Lazar, Volume 4 (40), 2002, Prizren, Serbia, pp 11-20

The Mosaic of the Transfiguration in St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai: a Discussion of its Origins, in: Byzantion, Volume 72/1, June 2002, Ln, Belgium, pp 9-41

Imago Poetae: The Aesthetics of Manos Hadjidakis, in: Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 19/2, October 2001, Johns Hopkins University Press, pp 255-268

The Return of Religion in Contemporary Music, in: Literature and Theology, Volume 14/1, March 2000, Oxford University Press, pp 81-95

Research Interests

Current research:

• Interpretation of Icons as Visual Sermons
• Christian Semiotics in Iconography, Liturgy and Holy Tradition
• Early and Orthodox ecclesiology

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

Funding awards:

Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Penn Humanities Forum, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 2003: $45,000

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2001: $65,000

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Fellowship, 2000: $5000