Protopresbyter George Dion. Dragas, Ph.D., D.D. (Hon.), was born in
Athens,
Greece, where he received his first education and studied science. He studied theology at the
University of Edinburgh (B.D.),
Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Th.) and
Durham University,
England (Ph.D.). He is a specialist on
St. Athanasius and the
Alexandrian theologians. He is responsible for updating with critical introductions the Athens reprint of
Migne's
Patrologia Graeca (about 80 volumes published so far). He is also the General Editor of the Patristic and Ecclesiastical Texts and Translations and the Orthodox Theological Library series published by the Orthodox Research Institute. He is a member of the (
Brussels) and has been involved in Ecumenical Dialogues for many years as representative of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 2000, the Faculty of Theology of the St. Clement National University of
Sofia, Bulgaria, conferred on him the degree of
Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)
honoris causa; in 2005, the Department of Pastoral and Social Theology of the Faculty of Theology of the
Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Theology (D.Th.)
honoris causa. == Works ==