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Eulogios Kourilas (Greek: Ευλόγιος Κουρίλας, (1880-1961) was a Greek author, professor of philosophy and the Orthodox bishop of Korce (1937–1941).

He was born in the village of Ziçisht, modern south Albania (Northern Epirus region) at 1880. During his youth he was attracted by ascetic and monastic ideals and joined the monastic community of Mount Athos. He graduated from the local Athonite school of Theology and continued his studies in the Philosophy department of the University of Athens, where he aquired his Ph.D. in Humanities.

After an agreement with the Albanian authorities, in 1937, the Ecumenical Patriarchate chosed a number of highly educated religious personalities for key position in the recently declared as autocephalous, Orthodox Church of Albania. Among them where, Panteleimon Kotokos as bishop of Gjirokaster and Eulogios Kourilas, as bishop of Korca. When the communist regime of Enver Hoxha came to power in Albania (1945), he was declared 'enemy of the state' and was expelled from the country.

Eulogios Kourilas wrote several historical, philosophical and thelogical books, while he had been for a period professor in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

References

1. ^ Murzaku, Ines Angeli. Returning Home to Rome - The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata in Albania. Analekta Kryptoferris. p. 178. ISBN 9788889345047.
2. Kondis, Basil (1990). The Greeks of Northern Epirus and Greek-Albanian relations: historical review from the Greek edition : v. 3, 1922-1929-v. 4, 1930-1940. p. 41.
3. Fahlbusch, Erwin Bromiley, Geoffrey William. The encyclopedia of Christianity (in 1999). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 9788889345047.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
4. Weitzmann Kurt. Sailing with Byzantium from Europe to America: the memoirs of an art historian. Editio Maris. 1994. ISBN 9783925801174, p. 134.

External links

Bibliography of Eulogios Kourilas.

• Northern Epirotes
• 1880 births
• 1961 deaths
• Greek Orthodox bishops
• Greek writers
• Greek academics