Directors
- The Right Rev. Dr. Auxentios,
- B.A., Princeton University
Lic. Theol., CTOS
Th.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Titular Bishop of Photiki
Acting Synodal Exarch in America
- The Very Rev. Father Dr. Akakios
- B.A., California State University
Lic. Theol., CTOS
D.Min., San Francisco Theological Seminary
Abbot, St. Gregory Palamas Monastery
- Very Rev. Archimandrite Dr. Patapios
- B.A. (honors), Cambridge University
M.A., M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh
M.A., Pennsylvania State University
Th.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Lic. Theol., CTOS
Faculty and Advisors
- The Most Reverend Cyprian
- Dr. Theol. (honoris causa), Orthodox
Theological Academy of St. Martin
Metropolitan of Oropos and Phyle
- † Dr. Constantine Cavarnos
- Ph.D., Harvard University
President, Institute for Byzantine
and Modern Greek Studies
- Dr. Augustin Ioan
- Ph.D., Ion Mincu University
Ph.D. University of Bucharest
Dean of Advanced Studies,
Ion Mincu University
of Architecture and Urbanism
Bucharest, Romania
- † Dr. Nikolai E. Khokhlov
- Ph.D., Duke University
Professor Emeritus, California State University
- † Dr. John R. Rexine
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Charles A. Dana Professor of the Classics Emeritus
Dean of the Humanities Division
Colgate University
- † Dr. Eugene Zavarin
- Ph.D., University of California
Professor Emeritus, University of California
(Forest Products Laboratory, Berkeley)
- Dr. Thomas Brecht
- Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Alabama Psychiatric Services
- Dr. John V. Petropoulos
- D.Phil., Oxford University
Professor of Ancient Greek Literature,
Democritean University of Thrace
Director and Senior Fellow in Hellenic Civilization,
Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies, Nafplion, Greece
- John R. Franklin
- Juris Doctor, W.F. George School of Law,
Mercer University
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
- Dr. Dimitri Kitsikis
- Ph.D., University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- † Dr. Jeremias Norman
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
- Dr. Deborah Sirko-Osadsa, D.A.B.M.G., F.A.C.M.G.
- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Laboratory, Genzyme Genetics
Faculty, Clinical Genetics Training
Program, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, Medical Genetics Residency Program, Division of Human Genetics,
University of Connecticut Health Center
- Dr. George T. Kosar
- Ph.D., Brandeis University
Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Tufts University
Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Instructor, Harvard University Extension School
Graduate Lecturer, Northeastern University
- Dr. John N. Caminis
- B.Sc., University of Montréal
M.D., University of Athens School of Medicine
Medical Director, Immunology and Bone,
Ucb Biosciences, Raleigh, NC
- Dr. Ernest Hargreaves Latham, Jr.
- B.A., Dartmouth College
M.A., Roosevelt University
Ph.D., University of Bucharest
Instructor, Foreign Service Institute,
U.S. Department of State
Research Associates
- Very Reverend Archimandrite Fr. Gregory
- A.A., Long Beach City College
Dip. Theol., Lic. Theol., C.T.O.S.
- The Very Reverend Dr. James Thornton
- A.A., Golden West College
Diploma, Lic. Theol., CTOS
D.Min., San Francisco Theological Seminary
- The Reverend George M. Mavromatis
- B.A.. St. Louis University
M.Div., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
School of Theology
Serving Priest, Convent of St. Elizabeth
the Grand Duchess of Russia
- The Reverend Mother Dr. Elizabeth
- B.A., Ashland University
Lic. Theol., CTOS
D.Min., San Francisco Theological Seminary
Abbess, Convent of St. Elizabeth
the Grand Duchess of Russia
Senior Research Scholars
- The Most Rev. Dr. Chrysostomos
- Ph.D., Princeton University
Synodal Exarch in America
- The Reverend Dr. Gregory Telepneff
- Th.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Legal Counsel
- Daniel F. Lula, Esq.
- B.A. (Yale University), J.D. (Harvard Law School)
Partner, Payne & Fears LLP, Attorneys at Law,
Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA
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The Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies (see “About C.T.O.S.” on menu bar) was established in 1981 under the auspices of the St. Gregory Palamas Monastery. It has to date published over one hundred books and monographs in Orthodox history and theology and related subjects. Located within the monastery compound, the Center houses administrative offices, a lecture hall, and the Metropolitan Cyprian Theological Library, with more than 9,500 volumes and 4,000 periodical holdings. A significant center for scholarly research in Orthodox studies, it is administered by a board of distinguished international scholars, who serve as its Directors and Advisors.
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Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy
Sermons on the Lives and Works of
the Patriarchs and Prophets
of the Old Testament
by Father James Thornton
$11.95 — 200 pp.
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“...[I]t seemed to this author that it would be of benefit to the faithful to learn something of the holy men of the Old Testament and through their stories and experiences to gain some appreciation of the vast expanse of the four-thousand-year-long history of the struggle for sanctity, what specialists often call the Heilsgeschichte, the ‘holy history,’ the history of God’s interaction with mankind. The need for the further presentation and elucidation of the Old Testament stories in an Orthodox Christian context was to me especially urgent since Orthodox Christians, at least those in America, are inadequately instructed in this subject and are often, therefore, the easy prey of sectarians of various stripes, who are always ready to exploit such circumstances to their own profit. That is unfortunate, even shameful, since Orthodox Christians are as much the true heirs to the legacy of the heroes of the Old Testament as they are to the legacy of the heroes of the New, and of all subsequent Christian history.”
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The Œcumenical Patriarchate and
the Question of Greek-Turkish
Relations Through
the Centuries
by Constantine Cavarnos
with a Foreword by Archbishop Chrysostomos
$8.95 — 104 pp.
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This unique book, composed of two lectures written by Professor Cavarnos, approaches subjects, events, and matters of importance to all Orthodox Christians. So central is the image of the Œcumenical Patriarchate, the “Great Church,” to the Orthodox that one brings to mind the importance of the Vatican to Latin Christianity, even if the Œcumenical Patriarch is not a Pope and the Phanar is not a political state like the Vatican. A tragic victim of the vicissitudes of history, this most ancient center of the Christian world—assailed even by one of the Papal Crusades, placing it under Latin domination for nearly sixty years—has been held captive for centuries by its Turkish masters: enslaved with Greece and the Balkans under Ottoman rule and imperiled today by its fragile status in the modern Turkish state. For an Orthodox scholar of Greek heritage to write with dispassion about the Great Church and Greek-Turkish relations is, therefore, a gargantuan task. Yet, as a paradigmatic gentleman, Dr. Cavarnos presents us with an absolutely impartial appraisal of the Œcumenical Patriarchate and of Greek-Turkish relations over the centuries.
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We are pleased to publish under the imprint of the
Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies the four volumes
of Archbishop Chrysostomos’ classic series, Themes in
Orthodox Patristic Psychology, published by
various presses between 1983 and 1990. The
texts have been updated, edited, and
handsomely printed in
this single volume.
Earlier assessments of the constituent volumes in this collection:
• “Archimandrite Chrysostomos, a psychologist trained in the West, reminds us of a different tradition of thought which finds unities where most of us find dichotomies. He demonstrates how, within the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, these dichotomies are connected-how acceptance of Orthodox belief arises from the unity of an Orthodox way of thinking and way of living. To see this argument in all its strength and to understand how humility arises from this unity, one must read with care and with a mind free of western psychological preoccupations this challenging and provocative volume.”
John M. Darley,
Dorman R. Warren Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs,
Princeton University, and former President of the American
Psychological Association (on the book Humility)
• “All who meet Father Chrysostomos must be impressed with his deep spirituality and broadmindedness, which are indeed reflected in this book. Generally, he lays great stress on tradition and moderation, both dominant traits of Orthodoxy.”
Mother Alexandra (Princess Ileana of Romania),
Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration (on the same book)
• “I met my friend Archimandrite Chrysostomos when I arrived at Harvard. Since then, we have exchanged ideas about our shared wonder of the desert Fathers. In the brilliance and beauty of his scholarship and the book he is preparing on the virtue of obedience from a psychological view he gives them a clarity which will touch and transform the hearts of many.”
Henri Nouwen, S.J.,
Harvard Divinity School (on the book Obedience)
• “As I have written elsewhere, Bishop Chrysostomos is one of the most significant Orthodox scholars to appear in America in recent years. This view was shared by the famous Russian Orthodox theologian Father Georges Florovsky, who characterized the Bishop's writings as ‘important contributions to the body of Orthodox literature.’ The book Repentance, a third volume in the series Orthodox Patristic Psychology, confirms these positive evaluations. The essays on repentance contained in this book, written by the author and one other Orthodox thinker, are accompanied by Greek Patristic texts on the subject. A masterful translator, Bishop Chrysostomos excellently renders these texts in clear and understandable English.”
Constantine, Cavarnos,
President, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
(on the book Repentance)
• “Bishop Chrysostomos, working with Father James Thornton, has produced an outstanding study on the subject of love, the fourth and last volume of Themes in Orthodox Patristic Psychology. His Grace is a Princeton-educated scholar who brings to this and the previous volumes in his series extensive learning and a remarkable amount of reading in science, psychology, Byzantine history, and Orthodox Patristic studies. The extent of his Renaissance education and his professorial skills are evident in every page of this latest volume. ...Bishop Chrysostomos's skillfully translated apophthegms from the monks of the Egyptian desert complement the wisdom that he and Father Thornton show in their discussion of the theological and spiritual significance of love in the Orthodox tradition.”
John E. Rexine,
Charles A. Dana Professor of Classics and
Dean of the Division of Humanities,
Colgate University (on the book Love)
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