Fathers and Hellenism Dn Paul L. Gavrilyuk
Alexander Defeats the Persians ‘Alexander’ Sarcophagus. Royal Necropolis of Sidon, chamber #3. Last quarter of 4 th c BC. Istanbul Archeological Museum.
Isocrates on Hellenism So far has our city [Athens] surpassed the rest of mankind in thought and speech that her pupils have become the teachers of the rest of the world; and our city has brought it about that the name ‘Hellenes’ suggests no longer a race, but an intelligence, and the title ‘Hellenes’ is applied rather to those who share our culture than to those who share common blood. Isocrates ( BCE)
My students enjoying the Latrines of Vespasian. Philippi, Greece.
Playing Mithras in Ostia Antica… Mithraeum of the Seven Doors. Ostia Antica, Italy.
Mithras killing a bull
Julia Domna ( ) as Mater Deum or Cybele
Emperor Cult Julius Caesar Octavian Augustus Alexander the Great
Remains of the Temple of Trajan and Hadrian. Pergamum, Turkey.
Byzantine Emperor as ‘the Ruler of the Romans’
De-Hellenization vs. Re-Hellenization Adolf von Harnack ( )Georges Florovsky ( )
St Paul in the company of Sybil, Solon, and Greek philosophers
Julian the Philhellene
From Roman Pietas to Christian Orans Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. AR Denarius, Orans, ca 3 rd c. Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome. Mother of God. Apse Mosaic, St Sophia, Kiev, 11 th c.
Baptism of Jesus with the Personification of Jordan Baptism of Jesus. Arian Baptistery, Ravenna.
Personification of Jordan copied by Rublev Epiphany. Cathedral of Dormition. Vladimir. Workshop of Andrey Rublev and Daniil Cherny. c
Beyond Harnack and Florovsky… Adolf von Harnack ( )Georges Florovsky ( )