• Dr. Panagiotis Pavlos

    Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway, and Byzantine Music Chanter and Teacher

    Dr. Panagiotis G. Pavlos is a Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway, and a Byzantine music chanter and teacher. He studied philosophy in Thessaloniki, Brussels, Oslo, and Princeton, with his research focusing on metaphysics in Late Platonism and Early Christianity. His doctoral dissertation, "The Concept of Aptitude (Ἐπιτηδειότης) in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought," explores the concept of ἐπιτηδειότης, a subject often overlooked in late ancient thought. Dr. Pavlos approaches the early Christian and Byzantine philosophical tradition as a continuation of Greek philosophy. He is currently co-editing the volume Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity (London: Routledge, 2019) alongside L.F. Janby, E.K. Emilsson, and T.T. Tollefsen.

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Church Life and Pastoral Care, Ecclesiology, Liturgical Life

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