* Unité ==Life==Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on [[February 17]], 1926, [[Protopresbyter]] '''John Meyendorff''' completed his secondary education in France and his theological education at the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)]] in 1949. In 1948 he also received a license-es-lettres at the Sorbonne, and later earned a Diplôme d'études supérieures (1949), a Diplôme de l'Empire et divisions école practique des chrétiensHautes Etudes (1954), and a Doctorate of Letters (Paris: Editions du Cerf, 19921958) [Trans. of Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions]

* Imperial Unity In France he was an Assistant Professor of Church History at the Orthodox Theological Institute, and Christian Divisionsa Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. The Church 450-680 AD (1989)

* The Primacy of Peter: Essays Having been [[ordination|ordained]] to the priesthood in Ecclesiology and the Early Orthodox Church , he became Professor of Church History and Patristics at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (rev. edn.Crestwood, New York) ]] (Crestwood1959), NY: SVS Pressholding also successive joint appointments as lecturer in Byzantine theology at Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks (to which he returned for a semester as Acting Director of Studies in 1977), and as Professor of Byzantine History at Fordham University (from 1967). He also was Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary and lectured widely on university campuses and at church events. He held the position of Dean of St Vladimir's Seminary from March 1984 until June 1992).

* The Legacy A widely published scholar (see bibliography below), Fr Meyendorff's books have been published in a number of St Vladimirlanguages, including French, German, Italian, Russian, Greek, Finnish, ed. with Fr John Breck and Eleana SilkSpanish, Dutch, (CrestwoodJapanese, NY: SVS PressSerbian, 1990)and Polish.

* Vizantiia i Moskovskaia Rus': ocherk po istorii tserkovnykh i kul'turnykh sviazei v XIV veke (Paris: YMCA PressFr Meyendorff was a member of several professional associations, 1990). serving during different periods as President of the [[Trans. Orthodox Theological Society of America]], President of: Byzantium the American Patristic Association, and a member of the Rise Executive Committee, U.S. Committee for Byzantine Studies. He was a Fellow of Russia]the National Endowment for the Humanities (1976-77), and a Guggenheim Fellow (1981).

* Christian Spirituality: PostDuring his service at the seminary, he held the positions of librarian, director of studies, and was long-Reformation and Modern, ed. with Ltime editor of St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. DupeHis service to the church included positions as chairman of the Department of External Affairs of the [[Orthodox Church in America]], Don E. Saliersas advisor to the Holy Synod, edand as editor of the monthly newspaper ''The Orthodox Church''. (New York He was rector of [http: Crossroad, (1989)//www.christthesaviornyc.org/bkshelf/en_parishhistory.shtml Christ the Savior] Church in Manhattan from 1977-1984

* Chrystus Zwyciezyl: Wokol Chryta Rusi Kijowsidej As a representative of the Orthodox Church, he participated in the activities of the [[World Council of Churches]], having been Chairman of the Commission on Faith and Order (Warsaw: Verbinum1967-1976) and a member of the Central Committee. Committed particularly to inter-Orthodox unity and cooperation, 1989he was one of the founders and the first general secretary of [[Syndesmos]] (World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth Organizations), and served later as its president.

* Imperial Unity Fr Meyendorff held honorary doctorates from the University of Notre Dame and Christian Divisions: The Church 450-680 AD (CrestwoodGeneral Theological Seminary, NY: SVS Press. 1989)and was a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

* A Legacy He was a Senior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. The Diploma of Honorary Member of the Leningrad Theological Academy was bestowed upon Fr John in May of Excellence, ed1990. with In June 1991 Fr John was awarded the Order of St Vladimir Borichevsky and William Schneirla, 2nd Class, by His Holiness [[Alexei II (CrestwoodRidiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]], NY: SVS Press, 1988)[[Patriarch]] of Moscow and All Russia.

* Vyzantio kai Rosia: Meleton Vizantino-Rosikon Scheseon kata to 14 Aiona (Athens: Ekdoseis DomosFr John Meyendorff retired as Dean of St Vladimir's Seminary on [[June 30]], 1988)1992. He died on [Trans[July 22]], 1992. of: Byzantium and the Rise of Russia: A Study of Byzantine-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century]

* Christian Spirituality==International Conference honoring Legacy of John Meyendorff==From the 9th until the 11th of February, 2012, [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)]] will hold an International Conference to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the falling asleep in the Lord of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff. For a complete description of the international conference, including the [http: High Middle Ages //www.aiep-iaps.org/PDF/Meyendorff_Conference.pdf detailed program] and Reformationregistration form, edvisit the [http://meyendorffconference.blogspot.com/ Conference blog] and the [http://saint-serge. with Jnet/evenements/avenir. Raitt, Bhtml#colloque_meyendorff Website of St. McGinn (New York: Crossroad, 1987)Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute].

== Publications ==* Vision of Unity (Crestwood''Rome, Constantinople, NYMoscow: SVS Press. 1987)Historical and Theological Studies''.  * Witness to the World (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press. 1987), 1996; 2003.  * Le Marriage dans la Perspective Orthodoxe (''Unité de l'Empire et divisions des chrétiens'', Paris: YMCA PressEditions du Cerf, 1986). [Trans1992; tr. of: Marriage, an Orthodox Perspective]''Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions''.  * Christian Spirituality''The Primacy of Peter: Origins to Essays in Ecclesiology and the Twelfth CenturyEarly Church'', rev. ed. with Bernard McGinnCrestwood, World Spirituality, v. 16 (New YorkNY: CrossroadSVS Press, 1985)1992.  * Vvedenie v sviatootecheskoe bogoslovie: konspekty lektsii (New York: Religious Books for Russia''The Legacy of St Vladimir'', 1985) 2nd ed.  * Vizantijsko Bogoslovje, Kragujevac, trans. (1985)with Fr. [Trans[John Breck]] and Eleana Silk. of: Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes]  * Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective, 3rd rev. ed. (CrestwoodCrestwood, NY: SVS Press. 1984), 1990.  * La Teologia Bizantina''Vizantiia i Moskovskaia Rus': Sviluppi storid e temi dottrinali (Casale Monfeirateocherk po istorii tserkovnykh i kul'turnykh sviazei v XIV veke''. Paris: Casa Editrice MariettiYMCA Press, 1984). [Trans1990; tr. of: Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends ''Byzantium and Doctrinal Themes]the Rise of Russia''. * Byzantine Theology''Christian Spirituality: Historical Trends Post-Reformation and Doctrinal Themes (New York: FordhamModern'', 1983) 2nd ed., 2nd printing with revisionsL.  * Catholicity and the Church (CrestwoodDupe, NY: SVS PressDon E. 1983)Saliers, ed. New York: Crossroad, 1989.  * Gamos''Chrystus Zwyciezyl: mia Orthodoxe Prooptike (AthensWokol Chryta Rusi Kijowsidej''. Warsaw: Ekdose Hieras Metropoleos Thevon kai LevadeiasVerbinum, 1983)1989. [Trans. of* ''Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions: MarriageThe Church 450-680 AD''. Crestwood, NY: An Orthodox Perspective]SVS Press, 1989.  * Ho Hapos Gregorios ho Palamas kai he Orthodoxe Mystike paradose (Athens: Ekdoseis "Akritas''A Legacy of Excellence''," 1983)ed. [Trans, with Vladimir Borichevsky and William Schneirla. ofCrestwood, NY: St Grégoire Palamas et la mystique orthodoxe]SVS Press, 1988. * Sveti Grigorije Palama ipravoslavna mistika (Beograd, 1983)''Vyzantio kai Rosia: Meleton Vizantino-Rosikon Scheseon kata to 14 Aiona''. [Trans. of: St Grégoire Palamas et la mystique orthodoxe]  * Ho Christos soterias semena Homilia-sychetese? (Athens: SynaxeEkdoseis Domos, 1985)1988; tr.  * of ''Teologla bizantyjska.' historia i doktiyna (WarsawByzantium and the Rise of Russia: Instytut Wydawn. Pax., 1984). [Trans. A Study of: Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes]-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century''. * The Triads''Christian Spirituality: Gregory PalamasHigh Middle Ages and Reformation'', ed. , with introduction (J. Raitt and B. McGinn. New York: Paulist Crossroad, 1987.* ''Vision of Unity''. Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 1983)1987.  * Catholicity and ''Witness to the Church (1983)  * The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church (World''. Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 1987. 1982).  * Vvedenie v sviatootecheshoe bogoslovie''Le Marriage dans la Perspective Orthodoxe''. Paris: konspekfy lektsu (New York: Religious Books for RussiaYMCA Press, 1982)1986; tr.  of ''Marriage, an Orthodox Perspective''.* Byzantium and the Rise of Russia"Christian Spirituality: A Study of Byzantino-Russian Relations in Origins to the Fourteenth Twelfth Century (Cambridge," ed., with Bernard McGinn, ''World Spirituality'', v. 16. New York: Cambridge University PressCrossroad, 1981)1985.  * The Orthodox Church (Crestwood, NY''Vvedenie v sviatootecheskoe bogoslovie: SVS Presskonspekty lektsii''. 1981)New York: Religious Books for Russia, 3rd rev1985. 2nd ed.  * The ''Vizantijsko Bogoslovje, Kragujevac'', 1985; tr. of ''Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church (1981)  * Pravoslavie v sovremennom mire, (added title page: Orthodoxy in the Contemporary World) (New York: Chalidze Publications, 1981)Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes''. * Byzantium and the Rise of Russia''Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective'', 3rd rev. ed. A Study of Byzantino-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 1984. 1989)* ''La Teologia Bizantina: Sviluppi storid e temi dottrinali''. [Reprint of Cambridge ednCasale Monfeirate: Casa Editrice Marietti, 1984; tr. of 1980''Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes''.]  * ''Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes (''. New York: Fordham University Press, 1979)1983. 2nd ed., 2nd edprinting with revisions.  * Living Tradition (''Catholicity and the Church''. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary SVS Press, 1978)1983. * The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony (New York''Gamos: mia Orthodoxe Prooptike''. Athens: DeptEkdose Hieras Metropoleos Thevon kai Levadeias, 1983; tr. of Religious Education, ''Marriage: An Orthodox Church in America, 1978), reprint of 1975 edPerspective''.  * Trinitarian Theology East and West: St Thomas Aquinas-St Gregory ''Ho Hapos Gregorios ho Palamas, with Michael Fahey (Brookline, MAkai he Orthodoxe Mystike paradose''. Athens: Holy Cross Orthodox PressEkdoseis "Akritas, 1977)" 1983; tr.  * S. Gregorio Palamas e la mistica ortodossa (Torino: Piero Gribaudi Editore, 1976). [Trans. of: of ''St Grégoire Palamas et la mystique orthodoxe]''.  * St ''Sveti Grigorije Palama ipravoslavna mistika''. Beograd, 1983; tr. of ''St Grégoire Palamas et la mystique orthodoxe (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1976)''.  * Byzantine Theology''Ho Christos soterias semena Homilia-sychetese?'' Athens: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes (London: MowbraysSynaxe, 1975)1985.  * Christ in Eastern Christian Thought (Crestwood, NY''Teologla bizantyjska. historia i doktiyna''. Warsaw: SVS PressInstytut Wydawn. 1975)Pax. [Trans, 1984; tr. of''Byzantine Theology: Le Christ dans la theologie byzantine]Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes''.  * Initiation a la theologie byzantine''The Triads: Htistoire et la doctrine (Paris: CerfGregory Palamas'', 1975)ed. [Trans, with introduction. ofNew York: Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes]Paulist Press, 1983.  * Marriage''Catholicity and the Church'', an 1983.* ''The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Perspective (Church''. Crestwood, NY: SVS Press. 1975), 2nd expanded ed1982.  * Byzantine Hesychasm''Vvedenie v sviatootecheshoe bogoslovie: konspekfy lektsu''. New York: HistoricalReligious Books for Russia, Theological 1982.* ''Byzantium and Social Problemsthe Rise of Russia: Collected Studies (LondonA Study of Byzantino-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century''. Cambridge: Variorum ReprintsCambridge University Press, 1974)1981.  * Byzantine Theology''The Orthodox Church''. Crestwood, NY: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes (New York: Fordham University SVS Press/London: Mowbrays, 1974)1981; 3rd rev. ed.  * Cristologia Ortodossa (Roma: An. Veritas Editrice''The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church'', 1974)1981. [Trans of: Christ in Eastern Christian Thought]  * St Gregory Palamas and Orthodox Spirituality (Crestwood''Pravoslavie v sovremennom mire'', NYadded title page: SVS Press & Bedfordshire"Orthodoxy in the Contemporary World." New York: Faith PressChalidze Publications, 1974)1981.  * ''Byzantium and the Rise of Russia. A Study of Gregory Palamas, 2nd edByzantino-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century''. (Bedfordshire: Faith Press & Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 1974)1989; reprint of Cambridge ed. of 1980.  * Defense des saints hesychastes''Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes''. New York: Fordham University Press, 1979; 2nd ed. (Louvain: Spicilegium sacrum lovaniense* ''Living Tradition''. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1973) 2 vols1978.  * ''The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony''. New ManYork: An Dept. of Religious Education, Orthodox and Reformed DialogueChurch in America, 1978; reprint of 1975 ed. with Joseph McLelland (New Brunswick: Agora Books, 1973).  * The Primacy of Peter''Trinitarian Theology East and West: St Thomas Aquinas-St Gregory Palamas'', 2nd edwith Michael Fahey. (Leighton BuzzardBrookline, BedfordshireMA: Faith Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1973)1977. 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Paris: Desclée de BrouwerCerf, 1969). [Trans1975; tr. of''Byzantine Theology: LHistorical Trends and Doctrinal Themes'Eglise Orthodoxe: hier et aujourd'hui]. * Sv. Grigorii Palama i pravoslavnaia mistika (1969)''Marriage, an Orthodox Perspective''. [Trans ofCrestwood, NY: St Grégoire Palamas et la mystique orthodoxe]SVS Press, 1975; 2nd expanded ed. * The Orthodox''Byzantine Hesychasm: Historical, Ecumenical Series (New YorkTheological and Social Problems: Paulist Press, 1966)Collected Studies''. London: Variorum Reprints, 1974.  * The Orthodox, reprint, (Minneapolis, MN''Byzantine Theology: Light Historical Trends and Life, 1966)Doctrinal Themes''. [Reprint. Originally published: New New York: Paulist Fordham University Press/London: Mowbrays, 19661974.]  * Orthodoxy and Catholicity (New York''Cristologia Ortodossa''. Roma: Sheed & WardAn. Veritas Editrice, 1966). 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* St Grégoire Palamas et la mystique orthodoxe, Maitres spirituels, n. 20 (Paris[[Category: Editions du Seuil, 1959).Modern Writers|Meyendorff]][[Category:Priests|Meyendorff]][[bg:Йоан Майендорф]][[ro:Jean Meyendorff]]