It has been 25 years since Father Ioannis Romanidis passed awaytranslated

On the first day of November, a quarter of a century has passed since the death of Father Ioannis Romanidis, one of the leading Orthodox theologians of the 20th century in the field of dogmatics and patristics.

Ioannis Sava Romanidis was born in 1927 to Greek parents who immigrated to America immediately after his birth.

He studied theology at the Holy Cross Orthodox Theological Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts, graduating in 1949. While a student at Yale University, in 1951, he was ordained a priest.

Ioannis Romanidis completed his studies in Paris and Athens where, in 1957, he received his doctorate in Theology. In 1958 he was appointed a professor at the Orthodox Theological Institute "Holy Cross", and starting with 1968, he was a professor at the Faculty of Theology in Thessaloniki.

Father passed to eternal life on November 1, 2001, in Athens.

Testimony of a disciple In a commemorative article recently published on the Mystagogy Resource Center, Metropolitan Ierotheos Vlachos of Nefpaktos and Saint Vlassios (Greek Orthodox Church) tells how he met Father Ioannis Romanidis.

"I met him for the first time in Athens, after…