'''Christos Yannaras ''' (or '''Chrestos Giannaras''') is an important philosopher and theologian of the Orthodox [[Church of Greece]].

Yannaras was born on [[April 10]], 1935, in Athens, Greece. He studied philosophy and theology in Athens, Bonn, and Paris, and hold holds doctorates from the University of Thessaloniki and the University of Paris (Sorbonne). He is currently Professor a professor of Philosophy philosophy at the Political Sciences Institute of Athens and at Pantion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens.

*''Postmodern Metaphysics'' (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2005. (ISBN 1-885652-80-1)*''On the Absence and Unknowability of God: Heidegger and the Areopagite'' (T & T Clark, 2005. (ISBN 0567088065)first published in 1967*''Variations on the Song of Songs'' (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2004. (ISBN 1885652828)*''Elements of Faith: An Introduction to Orthodox Theology'' (T & T Clark, 1991. (ISBN 0567291901)*''The Freedom of Morality'' (Crestwood, NY: St . Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1984. (ISBN 0881410284) ==External links==*[http://www.voskrese.info/spl/Xyannaras.html Christos Yannaras] in the Saint Pachomius Library*[http://www.new-ostrog.org/review5.html A review of ''Elements of Faith''] given by [[Reader]] Nicholas Franck===Online works===*[http://orthodoxytoday.org/articles/YannarasEcumenism.php "Towards a New Ecumenism"] by Christos Yannaras*[http://orthodoxytoday.org/articles/YannarasPietism.php "Pietism as an Ecclesiological Heresy"] by Christos Yannaras (Chapter 8 of ''The Freedom of Morality'')*[http://www.russianbells.com/trad/yannaras-art-1.html "The Ethos of Liturgical Art"] by Christos Yannaras (Chapter 12 of ''The Freedom of Morality'')*[http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/yannaras_politics.html "A Note on Political Theory"] by Christos Yannaras (''St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly'', 27:1 (1983), pp. 53-56)*[http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/yannaras.html "The Distinction Between Essence and Energies and its Importance for Theology"] by Christos Yannaras, Athens, February, 1975. Translated from the Greek by Rev. Peter Chamberas