Georges Khodr

Georges Khodr (born July 6, 1923 Tripoli , Lebanon ) is the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Byblos and Botrys (Mont-Liban).

He grew up in the Christian district of Tripoli in Harat El Nasarah. As a young man he took part in the activities and demonstrations for Lebanon's independence in 1943, while he was already a law student at the Université Saint-Joseph . In 1944 he and others founded the Orthodox youth movement in Beirut . Then he started studying theology at the Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge in Paris , which he graduated in 1952. He was ordained a priest in December 1954 and was parish pastor in Tripoli until he was ordained bishop in February 1970. He was also Professor of Arab Culture at the Lebanese University and Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Theological Seminary of St. John of Damascus at Balamand University .

He is involved in the ecumenical movement and in dialogue with Islam . He is considered an expert on Islam in the Orthodox Church. He also writes a weekly column for the An-Nahar newspaper.

He received honorary doctorates from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York , and in 1988 from the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Paris.

Fonts

• The témoignage de la douceur évangélique face au déchaînement des violences. In: Foi chrétienne et pouvoirs des hommes. (= Le Supplément. Revue d'éthique et théologie morale ) No. 162, Éd. du Cerf, Paris 1987
• Et si je disais les chemins de l'enfance. Ed. du Cerf, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-204-05692-8 ; ISBN 2-940042-09-8 .
• Christianisme, judaïsme et islam. Fidélité et overture. 1999.
• Slogan orthodox. Conversion - Au cœur de la foi - Communion ecclésiale - Prière et liturgie - Pâques. 2000.
• L'appel de l'Esprit. Église et société. Texts choisis et mis en forme par Maxime Egger. Ed. du Cerf, Paris 2001.

Web links

• Biography on the website of the Archdiocese of Byblos, Botris & Mount Lebanon
• Homepage of Georges Khodr
• Biography at orthodoxwiki.org