Callist (Ware)

Born in the English city of Bath , Somerset , in an Anglican family. According to some data ^{[ specify ]} , at the age of 17 he first became acquainted with Orthodoxy , and his spiritual formation was greatly influenced by Father Vasily (Krivoshein) , Nikolai Zernov and Archimandrite Lev (Gillet) ^[2] . April 14, 1958 Timothy Ware converted to Orthodoxy. In 1963, he spent six months in a monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in Canada. In the mid-1960s, he returned to Great Britain and became secretary of the Archbishop of Thyatira Athenagoras II (Kokkinakis) .

In 1965 he was ordained deacon . He spent a long time in the monastery of St. John the Evangelist on the island of Patmos (Greece), where in 1966 he received monastic tonsure with the name Callistus. In the same year he was ordained a hieromonk ^[2] .

Upon returning to England, he became a professor of theology at Oxford University , where from 1966 to 2001 he lectured in Orthodox theology.

Since 1979, he headed the Greek Orthodox parish in Oxford . In 1982, he was appointed vicar bishop of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Great Britain, aide to the archbishop of Thyatira and Great Britain, with the title Bishop of Diocles.

After retiring in 2001, Bishop Callist continued his lecture and writing activities. He is the chairman of Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona (Friends of Orthodoxy on the Island of Aion) ^[3] and Friends of Mount Athos. He headed the board of directors of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge . Chairman of the mixed commission on the Orthodox- Anglican dialogue.

On March 30, 2007, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople granted Bishop Callist the title of Metropolitan of Diocli.

articles

• Dieu caché et révélé; la voie apophatique et la distinction essence-énergie // Bulletin of the Russian West European Patriarchal Exarchate. M., 1975. No. 89-90. p. 45-59.
• Disputes about Palamism in Western Theology // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1992. No. 5 (GMP). 40-47
• On the banks of the Thames and Trent (Orthodoxy on British soil) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1993. No. 10. pp. 88-90.
• Can K. S. Lewis be considered “anonymous Orthodox”? // Pages. M., 1996. No. 2. pp. 102-112
• Understanding of salvation in the Orthodox tradition / transl.: Yastrebov G. // Pages. M., 1996. No. 3. pp. 17-37.
• Scripture and the Holy Fathers on theological education // Theological collection. M., 1997. No. 1. pp. 142-152.
• Through creation to the Creator // Christmas Readings, 5th. M., 1997. pp. 157-172.
• Canonization of the Royal Family: Pros and Cons // Church and Time . M., 1998. No. 4 (07). pp. 196-197.
• Guide to Hesychast prayer of the fourteenth century: “The Centurion” of St. Callista and St. Ignatius Ksanfopulov / transl.: Muskhelishvili N.L. // Pages. M., 1998.V.3. No. 1. p. 11-31.
• “We must pray for all people”: Salvation of the world according to the teachings of the elder Siluan / trans .: Kazachkov Yu.A. // Alpha and Omega. M., 1998. No. 3 (17) (O&O). 113-117.
• Orthodox Understanding of Ecumenism: Conversation with Corr. journal TsiVr (London, July 14, 1998) / per .: Hilarion (Alfeev), hierom. // Church and time. M., 1998. No. 3 (6). pg. 78-86.
• “We need to pray for all”: Salvation according to the teachings of St. Silouan of Athos // Church and Time. M., 1999. No. 2 (09). pg. 231–258.
• Personal experience of communicating with the Holy Spirit: (According to the texts of Greek fathers) / Per .: Dmitrievsky P. // Pages. M., 1999.V.4. No. 1. p. 10-23.
• Name Power: The Prayer of Jesus in Orthodox Spirituality / Per .: A. Kirilenkov // Church and Time. M., 1999. No. 1 (08). pp. 187–217.
• Ascetic Way: Denial or Affirmation? / transl.: Sergeants P. B. // Alpha and Omega. M., 1999. No. 3 (21). p. 146-162.
• God and humanity [Ch. 11 from the book: Orthodox Church. M .: BBI, 2001. Sections: Trinity God; Human personality; The Holy Spirit; “Participants of the Divine Nature”: deification - redemption and salvation] / transl.: Vdovina G.I. // Pages. M., 2000.V.5. No. 3. p. 353–376.
• Kenosis and god-like humility according to the teachings of St. Silouan of Athos: [Doc. on the Intern. Conf. prp Siluan of Athos. Bose (Italy), 2-5 oct. 1998] / per .: Hilarion (Alfeev), igum. // Church and time. M., 2000. No. 2 (11). p. 256-269.
• Do we dare to hope for the salvation of all ?: Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, Isaac of Nineveh / per .: Kurt A. // Pages. M., 2000.V.5. No. 1. p. 16-36.

the books

• Eustratios Argenti: A Study of the Greek Church under Turkish Rule (Clarendon, 1964, ASIN B0006BMI94)
• The Orthodox Way (Mowbray, 1979, ISBN 0-264-66578-3 )
• The Lenten Triodion , Tr. Mother Mary and Archimandrite Kallistos Ware (St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, 2002, ISBN 1-878997-51-3 ) - first published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 1978
• Communion and Intercommunion (Light & Life, 1980, ISBN 0-937032-20-4 )
• How Are We Saved ?: The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition (Light & Life, 1996, ISBN 1-880971-22-4 )
• Praying with Orthodox Tradition (Abingdon, 1990, ISBN 0-281-04431-7 )
• The Orthodox Church , 2nd ed. (Pelican, 1993 ISBN 0-14-014656-3 )
• Orthodox Church. - M .: BBI , 2001 .-- 376 p. ISBN 978-5-89647-287-2 (Series "Contemporary Theology").
• The Inner Kingdom: Collected Works, Vol. 1 (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000, ISBN 0-88141-209-0 )
• In the Image of the Trinity: Collected Works, Vol. 2 (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006, ISBN 0-88141-225-2 )

• List of living bishops of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople

• Callist / Bishop Hilarion (Alfeev) // Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.

• The official biography on the website of the Thyatira Archbishopric
• God and humanity
• Metropolitan Callocis of Diocles (Ware) on the Russian Line website

interview

• Metropolitan Calliste (Ware): “I salute when people often receive Communion” // Orthodoxy and the World , January 31, 2009
• Metropolitan Calloclist of Diocles (Ware): “I considered it my duty to be a kind of missionary in Oxford”: Anniversary interview // Sedmitsa.ru, November 17, 2009
• Metropolitan Callist (Ware): Christians in the UK are in the minority // Orthodoxy and Peace, June 29, 2014
• “In the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, I always admired her loyalty to the liturgical and ascetic spiritual traditions of Russian Orthodoxy” // Bogoslov.ru , April 3, 2014
• Metropolitan Calliste (Ware): I love - therefore, I exist // Orthodoxy and Peace, September 15, 2014
• Metropolitan Callist: What Bishop Anthony spoke of reached human hearts // Orthodoxy and Peace, March 19, 2015