Sophie Deicha

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Sophie Deicha (* 1955 in France ) is a French Christian Orthodox theologian, one of the first female professors at the Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge in Paris and an important figure in interdenominational dialogue. For many years she was a member of the World Council of Churches ' Faith and Order Commission . She was the representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople .

Life

Deicha comes from an Orthodox family of Russian descent. After studying Slavic philology and theology, she worked as a catechist in Paris.

Deicha was Orthodox representative at the European Ecumenical Assembly (CEC and CCEE) in Basel in 1989, at CEC in Prague in 1992 and at the World Council of Churches in 1993 in Santiago de Compostela and Harare in 1998.

academic career

From 1988 Sophie Deicha was the first woman to teach orthodox hagiology in France.

Historical and linguistic subjects were also taught by her; she was one of the first to introduce new teaching methods at the St. Sergius Institute, such as audiovisual methods and computer-based teaching. She was involved in the development of distance theological courses.

Her publications are also frequently used in Germany by theology professors of the younger generations. On the occasion of the millennium of the baptism of the Rus' a script was published that has been regularly reissued for over thirty years and has become a standard work.

Contributions to theology

Since 1980 Sophie Deicha has endeavored to bring some aspects of Orthodox holiness closer to the Western audience. In this context, she also dealt with some historical personalities, although these were not yet in the list of saints at the time. So Siluan from Mount Athos, mother Maria Skobtsowa, and Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic. Sophie Deicha has participated in the Oxford Patristic Conferences since 1989, and her contributions B. about Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow are often quoted by experts.

Only afterwards were these personalities officially canonized by the Orthodox Church.

Books

Sophie Deicha is the author of a dozen works, some of them in collaboration with specialists from other denominations.

Her college textbooks have been in use for several decades. In the Hagiology Course Volume 1 , the saints of today are dealt with first and then back to the time of the apostles. A second teaching aid, also divided into two-hour lessons, deals with Orthodox holiness in the North Pacific ( Hagiology Course Volume 2 ).

Books for religious instruction aimed at children She wrote children's books for religious instruction: the German-language booklet Icons of Orthodox Solemnities was also translated into Russian, Greek and Serbian.

Her academic work covers various areas: in German: Ecumenical Review , in English: women's voices and church visions , in French: the life and work of Georges Peskoff , The Return of the Angels and Constantinople at the Gates of Europe .

Citations in biographical directories

Further bibliographical information can be found in well-known English and American directories of contemporary authors , intellectuals , famous women , and 5000 personalities of the world

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leonie B. Liveris: Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice: Challenges for Orthodox Women and the Church . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2013, ISBN 978-1-4094-7706-8 ( google.de [accessed October 6, 2018]).
  2. ↑ cdo: Sessions oecuméniques - Eté 2008 - Comité Diocésain à l'oecuménisme. Retrieved October 6, 2018 (French).
  3. ^ Michael WS Parsons, Christoph Wassermann: The Concept of Nature in Science and Theology . Ed .: Niels H. Gregersen. Labor et Fides, 1997, ISBN 978-2-8309-0859-6 ( google.de [accessed October 6, 2018]).
  4. ↑ a b Σοφίας Δέησα: Ιερές εικόνες του Ορθοδοξου Δοδεκάορτο . Ed .: Κεντρο του Εκκλησιαστικού Ιδρυματος. Center of the Church Foundation for Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen 2003 (Greek).
  5. ↑ Ιερέσ Εικόνες. (PDF) Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Greek).
  6. ↑ Б. Бобринский: св. Сергий в Париже. (PDF) Retrieved October 6, 2018 (Russian).
  7. ↑ Protopresbytre B. Bobrinskoy: Преподобный Сергий в Париже . Росток, Санкт Петербург 2010, ISBN 978-5-94668-075-2 , 3rd part: Professors (deceased or emeritus), p. 245–248 (Russian, 710 pages).
  8. ↑ Impr. Mame: L'Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint-Serge, 70 ans de théologie orthodoxe à Paris . Hervas, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-84334-003-9 .
  9. ^ Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Professor Dr. Vladimir Ivanov: Practical Theology (Orthodox Ideal of Holiness) . Munich 2006.
  11. ↑ Book list. (PDF) Retrieved January 1, 2019 (French).
  12. ↑ Serge Model: Canonization in the Orthodox Church. 2013, accessed on May 19, 2019 (French).
  13. ↑ Vers une sainteté universelle de 1715 à nos jours . In: History of Saints and Christian Holiness . tape X . Hachette, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-245-02092-8 , pp. 105-107 (French).
  14. ↑ Marie Skobtsova . Dictionnaire. In: Histoire des Saints et de la sainteté chrétienne . Hachette, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-245-02092-8 , pp. 206 (French).
  15. ↑ Nikolaj Velimirovic: The Faith of the Saints (Part 1) . Serbian Orth. Kirchgemeinde Vorarlberg, Feldkirch July 2000 (49 pages, translation from Serbian; foreword: Archpriest Mile Mijic).
  16. ↑ S. Deicha: Impulsion donnée par le Métropolite Philarète de Moscou aux études patristiques en Russie au XIXe siècle . Ed .: Studia Patristica. 1989.
  17. ^ Adrian Marinescu: Patrology and related studies, Orthodoxy in the 20th century and early 21th century . Basilica, Bucharest 2013, p. 334 (Romanian).
  18. ↑ S. Deicha: Cours d'hagiology . tape 1 . ITO, Paris 1988, p. 101 (French).
  19. ↑ S. Deicha: hagiology 2ème partie . tape 2 . ITO, Paris 1993 (French, 103 pages).
  20. ↑ София Дейша: Иконы правослявных праздников. (PDF) Retrieved May 20, 2019 (Russian).
  21. ↑ Софија Дејша: Иконе ппавославних великих празника . СПЦ, Sibenik 1998, p. 31 (Serbian, online [PDF]).
  22. ↑ Ecumenical Review . In: German Ecumenical Study Committee (Hrsg.): Ökumenische Rundschau . 1992, ISSN  0029-8654 , OCLC 265573228 .
  23. ↑ Niels Henrik Gregersen, E. Agazzi, M. Artigas, M.Begzos, ERCruz, S. Deicha et al .: The concept of nature in science and theology . Labor et fides, Genève 1997, ISBN 2-8309-0859-7 (English, 234 pages).
  24. ↑ S. Deicha: La vie et l'oeuvre de Georges Peskoff (1885-1977). Université de Paris-Nanterre, 1983, accessed on May 20, 2019 (French).
  25. ↑ Guy Bedouelle, Adrian Schenker, Barbara Hallensleben, Sophie Deicha,… Yves Congar et al .: Le retour des Anges: colloque organisé par le Center d'études du Saulchoir à Paris, le 18 January 1997 . Saulchoir, 1998, ISBN 2-204-06056-9 (French, 92 pages).
  26. ↑ O. Abel, JD. Dubois, S. Deicha, A. Kniazeff et al .: Constantinople aux portes de l'Europe . In: Foi & Vie . No. 3-4 , 1990, ISSN  0015-5357 (French, 127 pages).
  27. ^ Nicholas S Law: Dictionary of international biography: a biographical record of contemporary achievement . International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England 1996, ISBN 978-0-948875-86-1 .
  28. ↑ International who's who of intellectuals. International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England 1997, ISBN 978-0-948875-47-2 .
  29. ^ The World who's who of women . International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England 1995, ISBN 978-0-948875-12-0 .
  30. ^ Five thousand personalities of the world . In: American Biographical Institute (Ed.): Five thousand personalities of the world . 1986, ISSN  1087-3953 , OCLC 436776759 .
personal data
SURNAME Deicha, Sophie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Christian Orthodox theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH France