As Others Saw Him

A Horizontal Man: Metropolitan John Zizioulas

Kostas Busbouras remembers Metropolitan John Zizioulas as 'a horizontal man'—a personal tribute to his humility, warmth, and lasting theological legacy.

Farewell, Master!—John Zizioulas as a Patient

A tribute by the surgeon George Papageorgiou, who knew Metropolitan John from 1983 and was his doctor in his last decade: the man seen in illness.

Teaching in Rome: Exploring the Impact of Zizioulas on a Catholic Theologian

Fr. James Keenan explores how Metropolitan John Zizioulas shaped Catholic theology of personhood and communion.

The Individual and the Church

Truth as personhood, and the Persons of the Trinity as persons only in communion: Eric Hyde’s blog on John Zizioulas.

This is the Kind of Teacher We Need(ed)

Encounters with Metropolitan John Zizioulas, beginning in Serbia in 2013, and what they showed Marko Vilotić of his greatness.

Éloge du métropolite Jean (Zizioulas) de Pergame

Michel Stavrou's French-language eulogy honors Metropolitan John Zizioulas as a towering theologian of communion and personhood.

An Eagerness for Encounter

John Chryssavgis explores Metropolitan John Zizioulas's eagerness for encounter, seeing in him a rare spiritual openness to the other.

The Church Exists for the World, Not for Itself

Gianni Valente recalls Metropolitan John Zizioulas's principle that the Church exists for the world, not self-serving.

Theology and Personhood

A theology of freedom, communion and love, inseparable from life: Davor Džalto (The Wheel Journal) on first hearing Metropolitan John Zizioulas.

Christ’s break with biology

Andrew Louth explores Metropolitan John Zizioulas's radical claim that Christ breaks with biology, challenging Western natural-law theology.

Christ-Loving and Christ-Wise John Zizioulas

A friendship begun in Athens in 1964–65: Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic on Atanasije Jevtić and Metropolitan John, from his book on Atanasije.

John Zizioulas: An Ecumenical Appreciation

Rowan Williams Public Orthodoxy February 24, 2023

Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon: A Theological Pioneer Who Has Left His Mark on Our Archdiocese and School

By Fr. Philip Zymaris Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

WCC mourns loss of Elder Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon

The World Council of Churches mourned Metropolitan John Zizioulas as an influential theologian of communion.

An Orthodox Woman on John Zizioulas

Kyriaki Karidoyanes Fitzgerald reflects on Metropolitan John Zizioulas from an Orthodox woman's perspective, honoring his legacy.