Ilia Jinjolava


Ilia Jinjolava is a Georgian theologian and Orthodox Church|Orthodox] presbyter.

Biography

llia Jinjolava completed his undergraduate studies at Tbilisi Theological Seminary, Tbilisi, in 2011. He continued studying theology in Germany at the Catholic University of Eichstätt and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and later at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. He received his MAS in Ecumenical Studies from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in 2016 and was tonsured a monk in 2017. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Orthodox Theology at the LMU Munich. Since 2017 he has been a research assistant at the Institute of Orthodox Theology and has served as a deacon in the Orthodox Church of Georgia since 2018. On Jule 12, 2020, he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, given the name Ilia and has been appointed as a spiritual father of the Georgian Orthodox community living in Turkey. The Ecumenical Patriarch bestowed the offikion of Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne upon Fr. Jinjolava, who is in charge of the church and the Georgian community in Constantinople.
llia Jinjolava is a member of several international organizations, including Society of Biblical Literature, European Association on Biblical Studies, Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies Society for the Study of Scripture and others. Jinjolava has participated in many international conferences and symposia. In 2016, he actively participated in the preparation of Georgian-language articles and news of the Holy and [Great Council of the Orthodox Church], and also established the website. He has published several academic articles, writes blogs and is engaged in translation activities.
In 2020, he spent several weeks in the United States to conduct research, visited two major orthodox theological institutions, and to develop his thesis and collected the required bibliography. He completed his doctoral studies in Biblical theology, specifically - New Testament at the Institute of Orthodox Theology of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2022.

Publications

Book

  • Die Charismen in der paulinischen Ekklesiologie , Edition Logos, 2023

    Articles

  • Irakli Jinjolava, მღვდელმოწამე გრიგოლ ფერაძე – მოქალაქეობა და ერთობა , in: Saint Grigol Peradze 120, 1st INternational Conference of Saint Grigol Peradze, Georgian and Christian Civilization, 11–15.
  • Irakli Jinjolava, „Synodical Principle as the Key to Church Unity“, in: Stolen Churches or Bridges to Orthodoxy? Historical and Theological Impulses for the Dialogue Between Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, edited by Vladimir Latinovic and Anastacia Wooden, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 301–315.
  • Irakli Jinjolava, „წმინდა წერილის კითხვა და ქადაგება“ , სამღვდელო ერი: საკითხები სამრევლოს ლიტურგიული ცხოვრებისათვი , რედ. მღვდელ-მონაზონი ლეონიდე ბ. ებრალიძე ed. L.B. Ebralidze, EECh 1, Tbilisi 2020, 106–121.
  • Irakli Jinjolava, „ზოგიერთი ფილოსოფიური და თეოლოგიური საკითხისთვის არეოპაგიტულ ნააზრევში“, ჟურნ. ფილოსოფიურ-თეოლოგიური მიმომხილველი, #9, თბ. 2019, გვ. 51–55., 51–55.
  • Irakli Jinjolava, „A Portrait of Grigol Peradze Against the Background of the Ecumenical Vocation in the Orthodox Church“, in: Pro Georgia, 2019, t. 29, 287–291.
  • Irakli Jinjolava, "The Ecumenical Vocation of the Orthodox Church According to the Georgian Theologian and Saint Priest-Martyr Grigol Peradze", in: Ostkirchliche Studien, Bd. 65, Heft 2, 239–270.

    Essays

  • Irakli Jinjolava, პანდემია და სოლიდარობის იდეა - რას ფიქრობენ სასულიერო პირები,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, პანდემია და ეკლესია,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, Understanding True Citizenship: Lessons from a Georgian Saint,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, საქართველოს ეკლესიას აქვს შანსი გახდეს ერთობის შემამტკიცებელი,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, რა მოხდა უკრაინის გამაერთიანებელ კრებაზე?,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, კრეტის კრებიდან უკრაინის ავტოკეფალიამდე: რა იქნება ხვალ?,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, უკრაინის ავტოკეფალიის მაკურნებელი ხასიათი,
  • Irakli Jinjolava, დაუჭერს მხარს საქართველოს ეკლესია უკრაინის ავტოკეფალიას?,

    Translations

  • Konstitutionelle Vereinbarung zwischen dem Staat Georgien und der Apostolischen Autokephalen Orthodoxen Kirche von Georgien, in: Orthodoxes Forum 36, pp. 90–95.
  • Verwaltungsbestimmung der Autokephalen Orthodoxen Kirche Georgiens, in: Orthodoxes Forum 33
  • კირილ გობორუნი, „რატომ არ არის ეს სქიზმა?“ / Archimandrite Cyrill Govorun, Why this is not a schism?
  • მთავარეპისკოპოსი იობ გეჩა, „კრებისკენ“ / Archbishop Job Getcha, “Towards the Council”
  • გიორგი ე. დემაკოპულოსი, „მართლმადიდებელი ფუნდამენტალიზმი“ / George E. Demacopoulos, „Orthodox Fundamentalism“
  • პაულ ლადუსირი, „ეკუმენიზმმებრძოლეობის შესახებ: ანტიეკუმენიზმი მართლმადიდებლურთეოლოგიაში. ვინ არის ერეტიკოსი?“ / Paul Ladouceur, “On Ecumenoclasm: Anti-Ecumenism in Orthodox Theology. Who Is a Heretic?”

    Interviews and speeches

  • Rev. Hierodeacon Irakli Jinjolava on The Synodical Principle as the Key to Church Unity at the Inaugural Conference of the International Orthodox Theological Association, with the theme Pan-Orthodox Unity and Conciliarity, held January 9 to 12, 2019, in Iasi, Romania.
  • TV-Show at the TV-Georgian Channel: "Visit with Fr. Guram" Guest: Irakli Jinjolava, Theme: Dialogue with the doctoral student of theology
  • Radio Interview on the RadioBeo: "Über Georgien bzw. über der Kirche Georgiens"
  • Radio Interview - BeO-Kirchenfenster: Orthodoxe Weihnacht
  • Patriarchate TV: "Kviriake - Georgians for Georgia: Irakli Jinjolava"