Dr. Despina D. Prassas
(Ph.D. Catholic University of America, 2003). She teaches and publishes in the area of Historical Theology.
Research
Current Projects
- St. Maximos the Confessor’s Liber Asceticus: Introduction and Translation, Corpus Christianorum Series in Translation (Brepols, 2018) [in revisions]
- A Translation of Basil of Ancyra’s De vera virginitatis integritate (PG 31.164-97) With Introduction for the Popular Patristics Series (St. Vladimir’s Seminar Press)[In process]
- “Social, Economic, and Political Influences in Ecumenism” in The Ecumenical Legacy of Brother Dr. Jeffrey Gros, FSC (forthcoming, 2017)
Publications
St. Maximus the Confessor’s Questions and doubts: Introduction and Translation (Northern Illinois University Press, 2009)
Growth in Agreement IV: International Dialogue Texts and Agreed Statements, 2004-2014, Thomas F. Best, Lorelei F. Fuchs, S.A., John Gibaut, Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C, Despina Prassas, eds. 2 Volumes (WCC, 2017)
“Evagrius Ponticus and the Re-Ascent of the Nous to Union with God” in Patristic Spirituality: Classical Perspectives in Ascent to the Journey to God, Don W. Springer and Kevin M. Clarke, eds. (Brill, forthcoming)
Presentations
“St. Basil the Great and the ascetical approach to Medical Care” Saint Basil the Great in the Theological Tradition of the East and the West, Moscow, April 2019
“Authority in the Episcopacy and the Laity” International Orthodox Theological Association, Iasi, Romania, January 2019
“Basil of Caesarea and the Limits of Medical Care” Boston Patristics Society, October 2018
“The Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women: An Orthodox Update” Global Consultation of the 20th Anniversary of the Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women, Kingston, Jamaica, October 2018
“Eschatology in the Thought of St. Maximos the Confessor” International Association of Orthodox Dogmatic Theologians, Beirut, June 2018
“Response to Gaudete et excultate: Apostolic Exhortation” North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation, Contookook, NH, May 2018
“Evagrius of Pontus and the Ascent of the Nous to God” North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 2018
“Orthodoxy in the Diaspora: Ecumenical Marriages, Divided Families” 8th International Conference on Orthodox Theology (sponsored by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), Thessaloniki, May 2018
“St. Irenaeus of Lyons and the Two Ways Tradition” St. Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theological Tradition of the East and West, Moscow, April 2018
