1. Fathers and Hellenism Dn Paul L. Gavrilyuk

2. Alexander Defeats the Persians ‘Alexander’ Sarcophagus. Royal Necropolis of Sidon, chamber #3. Last quarter of 4 th c BC. Istanbul Archeological Museum.

4. Isocrates on Hellenism So far has our city [Athens] surpassed the rest of mankind in thought and speech that her pupils have become the teachers of the rest of the world; and our city has brought it about that the name ‘Hellenes’ suggests no longer a race, but an intelligence, and the title ‘Hellenes’ is applied rather to those who share our culture than to those who share common blood. Isocrates (436- 338 BCE)

5. My students enjoying the Latrines of Vespasian. Philippi, Greece.

6. Playing Mithras in Ostia Antica… Mithraeum of the Seven Doors. Ostia Antica, Italy.

7. Mithras killing a bull

8. Julia Domna (193-217) as Mater Deum or Cybele

9. Emperor Cult Julius Caesar Octavian Augustus Alexander the Great

10. Remains of the Temple of Trajan and Hadrian. Pergamum, Turkey.

11. Byzantine Emperor as ‘the Ruler of the Romans’

12. De-Hellenization vs. Re-Hellenization Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)Georges Florovsky (1893-1979)

13. St Paul in the company of Sybil, Solon, and Greek philosophers

14. Julian the Philhellene

15. From Roman Pietas to Christian Orans Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. AR Denarius, 218-225 Orans, ca 3 rd c. Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome. Mother of God. Apse Mosaic, St Sophia, Kiev, 11 th c.

16. Baptism of Jesus with the Personification of Jordan Baptism of Jesus. Arian Baptistery, Ravenna.

17. Personification of Jordan copied by Rublev Epiphany. Cathedral of Dormition. Vladimir. Workshop of Andrey Rublev and Daniil Cherny. c. 1408.

18. Beyond Harnack and Florovsky… Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)Georges Florovsky (1893-1979)