Serafim Seppälä
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Serafim Seppälä (born 1970[1]) is a Finnish academic researcher, writer, and Orthodox Church of Finland archimandrite.[2] He serves as a professor of systematic theology and patristics at the University of Eastern Finland.[3]
Some of his research interests include the encounter between Christianity and Islam in the Middle East, Syriac mystical theology, Early Byzantine ascetic literature, Mariology, Armenian culture, and non-dogmatic patristic topics, such as angelology,[4] animals,[5] and aesthetics.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Jaatinen, Eila (2011). "Valonheittimiä yössä". Kirkko ja kaupunki (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Wahlsten, Vlada (2024-03-25). "Pappismunkki Serafim Seppälä vihitty arkkimandriitaksi - näin hän puhui liturgiassa Uspenskin katedraalissa". Helsingin ortodoksinen seurakunta (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Enckell, Lisa (2018). "Professori ja pappismunkki Serafim Seppälä: Yhteisö antaa yksilölle juuret ja tulevaisuuden". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "Serafim Seppälä". UEFConnect. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Seppälä, Serafim (2025-08-22). "Animals as αλόγα: a Critical Appraisal of a Murky Concept: A Critical Appraisal of a Murky Concept". Ortodoksia: 111–137. doi:10.61560/ortodoksia.147640. ISSN 2489-5326.
- ^ "Serafim Seppälä". Antiikintutkimuksen verkosto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-08-25.