Christos Karakolis is a professor in the Department of Theology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He studied Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and continued his master’s and doctoral studies in the New Testament at the Universities of Regensburg and Tübingen in Germany. In 1996, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Theology with a dissertation devoted to the theological significance of miracles in the Gospel of John. During his studies, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of New Testament Studies at the University of Tübingen.

His academic career at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens began in 1998 with his appointment as a Lecturer, and since 2018 he has held the position of Full Professor in the Department of Theology. At the same time, he has been actively engaged in international academic work as a visiting professor and researcher at universities and research institutions, including the Universities of Bern, Munich, Regensburg, and Cambridge, as well as universities in South Africa. He also participates as a research partner in international research centers and has contributed to the evaluation of doctoral dissertations at leading European universities.

Selected Publications:

“Interpreting the Gospel of John as an Orthodox New Testament Scholar: Challenges and Perspectives.” Centrum für Religionsbezogene Studien and Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Münster, 2026.

“Of Shepherds and Sheep: Leadership, Individuality, and Togetherness according to the Fourth Gospel’s Imagery.” Pages 33–43 in Individual and Community in the Public Discourse of the Orthodox Church. Edited by Hans-Peter Großhans and Pantelis Kalaitzidis. Eastern Church Identities 22. Leiden: Brill, 2025.

“What Is Evil and How to Deal with It? 2 Thess 2:3–12 in the Exegesis of Byzantine Commentators from an Orthodox-Critical Perspective.” Salesianum 87, no. 3 (2025): 477–98.

“The Apostle Paul as a Paragon of the Human Being in Christ: Self-Narrative and Parenesis in Phil 1:12–2:18 from a Critical Orthodox Perspective.” Pages 175–93 in Images of the Human Being: Eighth International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, Caraiman Monastery, May 26–31, 2019. Edited by Cosmin Pricop, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, and Tobias Nicklas. WUNT 521. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024.

Email: chkarakol@theol.uoa.gr