Mitri Haji Athanasio

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Mitri Haji Athanasio , also Metri Haji Athanasiou ( Arabic متري هاجي أثناسيو, DMG Mitrī Hāǧī Aṯanāsiyū ; * October 26, 1937 in Damascus ), is a Syrian priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church , who preaches in the Cathedral of Our Lady al-Niah (al-Zeitoun Church) in Damascus. He is best known for his research and publications on churches in Syria .

Life

Mitri Haji Athanasio was born on October 26, 1937 and grew up in the Bab Musalla area in the al-Midan district of Damascus . Here he attended primary and secondary school before going to Harissa ( Lebanon ), where he obtained the Lebanese and French university entrance qualification at the Melkite Seminary of St. Paul in 1958 . This was followed by a study of dogmatic theology at the Melkite seminary of Saint Anne in Jerusalem , when the old city was still under Jordanian administration. Athanasio was ordained a priest in 1963 and was given the rank of Archimandrite in 1992 .

He received his doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of Leuven . At the Sorbonne in Paris he obtained a second doctorate in philosophy with his dissertation on "The Platonic Philosopher Namasius".

Athanasio published various philosophical and theological works as an author, including a work "On the Nature of Man ", in which he deals with the philosophy of Plato and compares Greek and Arabic manuscripts. Partly in collaboration with Qutaiba Shihabi , five encyclopedic works were published: “Encyclopedia of the History and Archeology of the Patriarchate of Antioch”, “Encyclopedia of the Churches in Damascus”, “Churches and Monasteries of Damascus and its Landscape”, “Encyclopedia of Icons” and “Encyclopedia of Damascus ”. In addition, he brought out four book series, also as an author: "Faith and Life" (19 books for students and educated people, including "The vision of St. John the Apostle ", " Faith ", "The face of God in his saints " , "The Lord's Prayer ", " Saint Ephrem " and " John Chrysostom "), "Miracles of the Soul" (10 books), "The good news of Jesus for children" (8 books), "Christian education" for elementary school classes in Lebanon (6 books) and “Christian Education” for teaching in Sudan (6 books).

languages

According to his own statements, Athanasio speaks very good French, English, ancient Greek and Latin as well as some Spanish and modern Greek in addition to his mother tongue Arabic.

Note on the name

Athanasios name Haji or Hādschī (هاجي' Beginning of word Hā' ) is not identical to the pilgrim honorary titleحاجي respectively حاجّ( Hajj , word beginning Ha ' in Christian pilgrims Jerusalem also Χατζής or Хаджи, as with Αθανασίου summary name Χατζηαθανασίου), although he sometimes inexact as "متري حاجي اثناسيو“Is quoted.

Works

Encyclopedias

  • موسوعة بطريركية انطاكية التاريخية والأثرية: سورية المسيحية في الألف الأول الميلادي [Encyclopedia of the History and Archeology of the Patriarchate of Antioch: Christian Syria in the First Millennium AD]. مكتبة نبل, Damascus 1997.
  • موسوعة الإيقونات السورية [Encyclopedia of Icons of Syria], Damascus 2002.
  • موسوعة كنائس دمشق [Encyclopedia of the Churches in Damascus], Damascus 2003.
  • (with Qutaiba Shihabi / قتيبة شهابي): اديرة وكنائس دمشق وريفها: (بحث ميداني توثيقي تاريخي اثري) [Monasteries and churches in Damascus and their landscape (historical archaeological documentary research)], Damascus 2005.
  • موسوعة دمشق ("وعزُّ الشرق أوّلهُ دمشقُ") [Damascus Encyclopedia (“The glory of the east is the first of Damascus”)], Damascus 2007.

Series of publications

  • سلسلة "إيمان وحياة" (للجامعيين والمثـقّفين) (ظهر منها 19 كتاباً) ["Faith and Life" (19 books)], including:
    • رؤيا القديس يوحنا الرسول [The vision of St. John the Apostle]
    • الإيمان [The belief]
    • وجه الله في قدّيسيه [The face of God in his saints]
    • أبانا (الصلاة الربـيّة) [The Lord's Prayer]
    • مار أفرام [Saint Ephrem]
    • القدّيس يوحنّا الذهبيّ الفم [John Chrysostom]
  • سلسلة "معجزات الروح" (ظهر منها 10 كتب) ["Miracles of the Soul" (10 books)]
  • سلسلة "بُشرى يسوع للأطفال" (ظهر منها 8 كتب) ["The good news of Jesus for children" (8 books)]
  • سلسلة "التعليم المسيحي" للصفوف الابتدائية في لبنان (6 أجزاء) ["Christian Education for Elementary Schools in Lebanon" (6 books)]
  • التربية المسيحية في السودان (6 أجزاء) ["Christian Education in Sudan" (6 books)]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlotte Wiedemann : A people teach tolerance. Nowhere in the Middle East is there so much peace between the many religions as in Syria. But the fear is about: a collapsing Iraq could drag its neighbors into the abyss. Die Zeit , February 22, 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Athanasio, Mitri Haji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES متري هاجي اثناسيو (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Damascus