Neopatristic synthesis in the works of metropolitan John (Zizioulas)

The aim of the research is reflected in the answer to the question of the methodological perspective and the approach of the theological opus of metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon to the pressing ontolog- ical problems of man and the world. In this context, the direction of the work begins with the presentation of the basic assumptions of the neopatristic synthesis, a methodological approach essentially initiated in the works of archpriest Georges Florovsky. On those grounds, the paper provides concrete examples of the application of the neopatristic synthesis in the theology of the archbishop of Pergamon, conceived as a neopatristic synthesis. Therefore, starting from basic kthysiological, triadological, through christological, to ecclesiological and eschatologi- cal assumptions of theological work of Zizioulas, the focus of the re- search is directed towards providing answers to the essential question of the work. All elements of the research tend to indicate the authentic and consistent application of the neopatristic synthesis, defined by the work of archpriest Georges Florovsky, in a new and creative way in the theology of the metropolitan of Pergamon