Grigorios Larentzakis
Emeritus Professor, Department of Orthodox Theology, University of Graz
Grigorios Larentzakis was born in 1942 in Chania, Crete. He studied at the Theological School of Halki, from which he received the diploma of Magister of Orthodox Theology in 1965. He subsequently pursued postgraduate studies in Roman Catholic Theology at the Universities of Salzburg and Innsbruck in Austria. He was awarded a doctorate in Catholic Theology by the University of Innsbruck in 1969, and in 1983 he received a second doctoral degree from the Faculty of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He went on to pursue a long academic career at the University of Graz, where he served as Full Professor and Head of the Department of Orthodox Theology, and today holds the title of Emeritus Professor. He has also been a central figure in ecumenical dialogues, participating in the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and in the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. For this work, he was honoured by the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the title of Archon Grand Protonotary. In recognition of his overall scholarly work and his service to the Church, he was proclaimed Honorary Doctor of the Department of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.