BEBIS, GEORGE S

BEBIS, GEORGE S., theologian. Born in Greece on the island of Crete, Bebis holds degrees in theology, B.A. and B.D., from the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (q.v.), an S.T.M. from Harvard University, and Lic. Theol. and a doctorate from the University of Athens. He also studied at the Center of Ecumenical Studies in Bossey, Switzerland.

He has taught at the Ecumenical Seminar at the Episcopal Theological Seminary (Cambridge, Massachusetts), and at the Pope Joh n XXIII Center at Fordham University in New York. He has lectured in colleges, seminaries, and churches in this country as well as in Greece and in England. He holds the Chair of Patristics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and in 1989 he received the Archbishop Iakovos Faculty Award for his distinguished service as a professor and scholar.

Dr. Bebis is a member of many learned societies and the Liturgical Commission of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, and has also been a member of the Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation for ten years. Currently, he is a member of the Anglican-Orthodox Consultation. In August 1991 he was elected president of the Orthodox Theological Society in America. In January 1990 Dr. Bebis represented the Patriarchate in the International Conference in Baar, Switzerland, sponsored by the World Council of Churches, which discussed “Theological Perspectives and Affirmations on the Contemporary Religious Plurality.” He participated in the 7th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Canberra, Australia, as a delegate and actively worked in the committee that discussed the topic, “Spirit of Truth, Come and Liberate Us.”

His book on Nestorius was published in Greek and an English translation is forthcoming. He published numerous articles and book reviews in learned periodicals in this country and abroad. Dr. Bebis was a major contributor to the new book, Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain, published by Paulist Press (1989).