Genus. 6.6.1923, Tripoli, Lebanon), studied law at the Lebanese University, participated in the struggle for the independence of Lebanon in 1943, in 1944 he founded an Orthodox youth brotherhood in Beirut, in 1952 he graduated from the institute of St. He was ordained a priest in December 1952 and served in Tripoli. He was ordained bishop in February 1970 and a professor at the University of Balamand and Beirut. Metropolitan of Byblos, Botris and Mount Lebanon (Patriarchate of Antioch), a graduate of the Holy Trinity School. — St. Sergius Institute in Paris, Honorary Doctor of Theology of St. — Vladimir Seminary. In 1953, together with Meyendorff, Schmemann, and Nikolai Nissiotis, he created Syndesmos.

His:

L'Appel de l'Esprit. Eglise et societe, 2001 — The Invocation of the Spirit. Изд–во Le Sel de la Terre, les editions du Cerf — textes choisis et mis en forme pae Maxime Egger.

Parole orthodoxe: Conversion — Au c?ur de la foi — Communion ecclesiale — Priere et liturgie — Paques, 2000

Christianisme, judaisme et islam. Fidelite et ouverture, 1999

Revue d'ethique et de theologie morale n° 162. Foi chretienne et pouvoirs des hommes, 1987

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This book contains the reflections of a hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on the life position of a Christian in the modern world. In it, Vladyka George Khodr touches upon such acute topics as the attitude of a Christian to social activity and politics, technological civilization, social and national liberation struggles. Considerable attention is paid to the problems of the so-called "third world". The author speaks ambiguously on the question of the possibility for a Christian to use weapons for the sake of the triumph of a cause that he considers to be right. The main idea of the book is that belonging to the Church should cease to be an external and formal circumstance in a person's life and become a determining factor in all his affairs.

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Metropolitan George (Khodr) The Invocation of the Spirit

A word to the reader

I cannot hide my excitement at the thought that this collection will be published in Russian. Perhaps the reader will find in it some trace of what I owe to Russian culture, having been brought up by its theological thought. I studied theological disciplines in Paris, at the St. Sergius Institute, created by Russian theologians. There I got a taste of subtle and loving leadership, and there I met active and lively youth inspired by the gospel. 

I came to Paris shortly after the death of Fr. Sergius Bulgakov, but I had the good fortune to study with Bishop Kassian (Bezobrazov), Archimandrite Cyprian (Kern), Professor Anton Kartashev, Fr. Vasily Zenkovsky, Fr. Nikolai Afanasiev, Fr. Alexei Knyazev, Sergei Sergeevich Verkhovsky, Fr. George Florovsky, Professor Vladimir Weidle, and Fr. Alexander Schmemann.