Rev. Stanley Harakas
The Rev. Stanley S. Harakas, is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
of America and is Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology
Emeritus in the field of Orthodox Christian Ethics at Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A
He received his undergraduate and theology degrees from Holy Cross. In
1965, he earned the degree of Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) from Boston
University. In 1966 he began teaching at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School
of Theology. He has been Visiting Professor at St. Vladimir's Orthodox
Seminary in New York, Boston University School of
Theology, John the 23rd Center in
New York City, Boston College
Department of Theology, and
Emmanuel College in Boston
and has lectured at the University of Thessalonike,
Greece. In 1986 he was appointed to the first endowed chair at Holy Cross
as "Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology." He served as
Dean of Hellenic College for five years, and Dean of Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox School of Theology for ten years, (1970 to 1980). During this
time, both schools were accredited and new degree programs established.
A member of numerous professional societies, he has served some of them as
an officer. He has been President of the Orthodox Theological Society, and
a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics. In
1988 he was elected to membership in the American Theological Society. Fr.
Harakas was the inaugural recipient, in 1981, of the "Archbishop Iakovos
Faculty Award." In 1986 he was honored as a "Distinguished Alumnus" of
Boston University School of Theology. In May, 2000 he was awarded an
Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of
Theology.
Fr. Stanley was a Plenary Speaker at the Seventh General Assembly of the
World Council of Churches in Canberra, Australia,
and from 1990 to 1998 served as a Commissioner of the WCC Unit III on
"Justice, Peace and Creation." He served as co-chair of the Orthodox
Studies Group of the American
Academy of Religion from 1992 to 1998.
Fr. Harakas is the author of five pamphlets and
fifteen books,
both scholarly and popular, and over one hundred twenty
published scholarly articles. He is the author of
Toward
Transfigured Life: The "Theoria" of Eastern Orthodox
Ethic;
Living the Faith:
The “Praxis” of Eastern Orthodox Ethics;
Health and
Medicine in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition;
Let Mercy
Abound: Social Concern in the Greek Orthodox Church;
Contemporary Moral
Issues Facing the Orthodox Christian;
Living the Liturgy;
The Orthodox
Church: 455 Questions and Answers;
Of Life and
Salvation.
Wholeness of Faith and Life: Eastern Orthodox Ethics (3
vols.).
Orthodox Christian
Beliefs: Real Answers to Real Questions from Real People
His most recent book is:
Orthodox Christian Beliefs About the Bible. It is
the second in a series titled Exploring Orthodox
Christianity.
Since 1985 he has authored the article on the
"Orthodox Church" in the annual supplement to The
World Book Encyclopedia and, from1992-1999, wrote a
similar article for the Encyclopaedia
Britannica. For twenty-one years (1980-2000), he was
a weekly columnist in the national Greek-American
newspaper, The Hellenic Chronicle. In 1989 he
received a grant from the National Endowment of the
Humanities and in 1990 a grant from the Association of
Theological Schools to work on an unpublished Greek
manuscript. He has been a columnist and is a contributor
to the Orthodox Observer. From 1997 to 1999 he
was Editor of The Greek Orthodox Theological Review,
published by the Faculty of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
School of Theology. He was elected Courtesy Associate
Professor by the Religion Department of the University
of South Florida for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 academic
years. As of October 18, 1997, he is a columnist for the
weekend English section of the national Greek Language
daily, The National Herald. He is a member of the
Educational Committee
of the American Foundation for Greek Language
and Culture and in March, 2000 was appointed Honorary
Professor of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic
Studies at Tampa’s University of South Florida..
Rev. Harakas has served as pastor of
parishes in Lancaster, PA, Peabody, MA, Lexington, MA
and Newburyport, MA. In each there were significant
building programs. He has also served as Sunday supply
priest at Holy Trinity Church in Lowell, MA, St.
Nicholas Church in Enfield, CT. and the mission parish
of St. Gregory the Theologian, in Sharon, MA. On
January 13, 2001 he was assigned as the priest of Christ
the Savior Greek Orthodox Church (the "Hellenic
Orthodox Mission of Hernando County”)
of the Metropolis
of Atlanta, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
He is married to the former Emily G. Maniates of Boston, MA. They
have had five children (four surviving) and have three grandsons and three
grand-daughters. The Harakas' retired to Florida in July of 1995.
(Revised: 06/04)
CONTACT: Rev. Stanley S.
Harakas
14442 Silversmith Circle Brooksville, FL 34609
Phone-(352)
796-8482
Fax- 1-352-688-9846
E-Mail-
Rharakas@aol.com
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