Ecclesiastica Etiquette - Epistolography

Course Information
TitleΕκκλησιαστική Εθιμοτυπία - Επιστολογραφία / Ecclesiastica Etiquette - Epistolography
Code2278
FacultyTheology
SchoolTheology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorGrigorios Liantas
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600024752

Programme of Study: Anamorfōméno PPS Tmīmatos THeologías (2023-2024)

Registered students: 9
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesWinter-3
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600286272
Type Of Offer
  • Disciplinary Course
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
With the successful completion of this course, the students will be able to understand the meaning and implementation of ecclesiastical ceremonial procedure in the Church of Greece and in the Ecumenical Patriarchate. They will also be trained in letter-writing, and in ecclesiastical epistolography in particular.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Ecclesiastical Ceremonial Procedure: Introduction, Bibliography. 2. The Protocol of Ecclesiastical Order and Ceremonial Procedure in the Church of Greece. 3. Precedence: State, Ecclesiastical. 4. Designations. 5. Presentation and Analysis of the Regulations of the Code. 6. The Officia (Ecumenical Patriarchate – Church of Greece). 7. The official visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch to the Metropolis of the Church of Greece. 8. Presentation of Cases of the Code. 9. Ecclesiastical Epistolography: Theory. 10. Ecclesiastical Epistolography: Training. 11-12. Presentations of Students’ Essays. 13. Educational Trip.
Keywords
Ecclesiastical Ceremonial Procedure, Epistolography, Precedence
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Teaching through the use of multimedia (video, images and sound, etc.) for a better understanding and further investigation of the subject. Communication with the students via e-mails, eLearning and Zoom.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6✓
Seminars30.1✓
Reading Assigment271.1✓
Written assigments30.1✓✓
Exams30.1✓
Total753
Student Assessment
Description
Oral exam, presentation of dissertations.
Student Assessment methods
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Κώδιξ Ειδικών Θεμάτων Εκκλησιαστικής Τάξης και Εθιμοτυπίας της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος, εκδόσεις Αποστολικής Διακονίας, έκδοση τέταρτη, Αθήνα 2020, Εύδοξος: 7460 2. Λιάντας Γρηγόριος, Εγχειρίδιο Θεμάτων Εκκλησιαστικής Πολιτικής, Διπλωματίας και Εθιμοτυπίας υπό το πρίσμα των Διορθόδοξων και Διαχριστιανικών Σχέσεων, εκδόσεις Παπαζήση 2024, Εύδοξος: 133033952
Additional bibliography for study
1. Σταυρίδης Βασ., Οι Οικουμενικοί Πατριάρχαι 1860-σήμερον. 2. Τριαντάφυλλος Σ., Εγχειρίδιο Πρωτοκόλλου-Εθιμοτυπίας, Αθήνα, Στρατηγική Αναπτυξιακή 2001 3. Βαγενά Χρ., Σύγχρονο Εγχειρίδιο Εθιμοτυπίας, Αθήνα, Ίδρυμα της Βουλής των Ελλήνων 2012, 4. Κόρακας Χαρ., Εθιμοτυπία Διεθνών Σχέσεων, Αθήνα, Έλλην 2005.
Last Update
22-10-2025