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EUGENIOS VOULGARIS
Eugenios Voulgaris (1716-1806) was a pioneer of the
Modern Greek Enlightenment, which was a big spiritual
and a manifold movement of the 18th century, but at the
same time he was a chosen cleric and a prelate of the
Orthodox Church. He was born in Corfu – his parents were
from Zakynthos – , he was educated in Padua of Italy and
he taught in Ioannina, in Kozani, in the School of Mount
Athos (Athonian Academy) and in the Patriarchal Academy
in Constantinople. He travelled to Europe, he was
accommodated in sovereigns’ courts and eventually he
wound up in Russia. On 1776 he was consecrated bishop of
Slavyansk and Kherson and on 1787 he abdicated in favour
of Nikephoros Theotokis. He wound up in Petersburg on
1788 as he was invited by Catherine II, who honoured him
diversely. On 1802 he retired into the St. Alexander
Nevsky Cathedral, where he passed away on 1806.
His various books deal with many sectors of science.
He wrote about the Logic, Physics, Arithmetic, Geometry,
Agricultural etc. He published Joseph’s Vryennios books
and he compiled the biography of this great theologist.
He wrote the Booklet against Latins, the Treatise on
Euthanasia and on the procession of the Holy Spirit, the
biography and The Extant of Theodoretus - who was bishop
of Cyrus- , the Treatise on Religious Toleration, the
Theologicon, which is a dogmatic of the Orthodox Church
and about the religious liberty, which is a fresh
treatise where he is explaining what must be the real
meaning of the word for Christians.
He concerns himself with the treatise on music, on friendship
and on several other issues.
He also translated some works of Voltaire.
Eugenios Voulgaris lived on a period, where the rationalism,
the dispute, the anthropocentrism, the demystification
of everything and the enlightenment in its various
versions dominated in Europe.
In fact he was forced to speak the language of his times, to
get into its attitude and to converse with the prevalent
philosophical streams of that period.
But he did not reject the Christianity and the capacity of
the clergyman.
He lingered the Orthodox Priest, while at the same time he
was also the free thinker.
He moved with prudence and prominence on the difficult
ambience of his period, trying to communicate with
everyone. For this reason, there are not any references
to the Fathers or to any ecclesiastical works in many of
his works, eg. Treatise on friendship, but he refers
only to the ancient authors, since they were seasonable
that period.
In his declining years, he became more conservative to his
perceptions and his theological positions became more
patristic and traditional.
This is why, when some people wanted to republish some of his
works, he told them “Do not disgrace my old age”..
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