Body as Image of God in Anthropology of Metropolitan John Zizioulas

The question of body and corporeality is strongly present in today’s society and culture. It is because of this that Metropolitan Zizioulas wrote about the place and role of the body in the context of orthodox ontology. For him, a body is a medium through which freedom unfolds, it is a way in which we are available for one another, and therefore it is also an icon of God, symbol of God in this effect. In which way does understanding of ontology, which is based on relations, affect the un- derstanding of the body? What is the role of body in the Church? What is the eschatological fate of the body? We will try to provide an answer to this and other questions in this paper.