1. 1931Birth in Katafygion, Kozani, Greece
  2. 1950Enrollment in theology studies in Thessaloniki
  3. 1954Graduation at the University of Athens
  4. 1954Study training in Bose, Switzerland
  5. 1955Departure for America and master's studies at Harvard
  6. 1956M.T.S degree at Harvard
  7. 1957Two-year military service in Greece
  8. 1959Research at Dumbarton Oaks (1960-64)
  9. 1965Defense of the doctorate on the unity of the Church
  10. 1966-67Assistant-professor at the University of Athens, Department of Church History
  11. 1966First post-doctoral publication "Eucharistic Vision of the World"
  12. 1967Departure to Geneva and work for WCC
  13. 1970Professor in Edinburgh
  14. 1973Professor in Glasgow
  15. 1976Study "Hellenism and Christianity"
  16. 1977The study "From Mask to Personhood" is published in Greek
  17. 1981Meeting with Elder Sophrony in Essex
  18. 1981The book "L'etre ecclésial" is published in French
  19. 1983Five lectures at the Gulandri-Horn Foundation
  20. 1984Professor in Thessaloniki
  21. 1984Professor at the King's College in London
  22. 1984Lectures at the Gregorianum
  23. 1985The book Being as Communion is published
  24. 1986Ordination as a Metropolitan in Constantinople
  25. 1989Lectures on ecology
  26. 1991Honorary Doctor of the University of Belgrade
  27. 1993Elected member of the Academy of Athens
  28. 1994Publishes study "Eucharist and the Kingdom of God"
  29. 1997Bioethical responses
  30. 2000Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Greece
  31. 2002President of the Academy of Athens
  32. 2003Liturgy in Pergamum
  33. 2006Published the book "Communion and Otherness"
  34. 2016Holy and Great Council in Crete
  35. 2023Repose in Athens, February 2