Christos Veskoukis (he/him/his)

Christos Veskoukis is a final-year PhD candidate in Theology at the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion, and Theology. Anchored in the perspective of systematic theology, his doctoral thesis, ‘Freedom and Sin in John Chrysostom and Nikolai Berdyaev,’ explores the intellectual architectures underpinning Chrysostom’s and Berdyaev’s views on freedom and sin and draws on these to propose a path for Eastern Orthodoxy to engage more effectively with present-day Western pluralist societies.

Being originally from Greece and initially trained as an Eastern Orthodox theologian with a Bachelor of Theology from the University of Athens, Christos has a broad interest in modern Orthodox theology, Greek thought—both ancient and patristic—and the spiritual and ascetic traditions of the Desert Fathers and Mothers who lived in the eastern Mediterranean region during the early Christian period. Additionally, holding two master’s degrees—one in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from the University of Birmingham (UK) and the other in Systematic Theology from Radboud University (Netherlands)—Christos is particularly interested in modern Western theology, including constructive, public, contextual, and postmodern theologies, as well as the history and ideas of Russian religious philosophy from the 19th and 20th centuries.

In his research, Christos seeks to build philosophical-theological bridges between East and West and discern the relevance of ancient thought in contemporary contexts.