Studia Theologica No. I (XXI) / 2026
The work of charity as an expression of life in God
His Eminence Varsanufie Christian charity is examined in close connection with the doctrine of deification (θέωσις), based on the Trinitarian and Christological foundation of love as revealed in Holy Scripture and in the writings of Saints Maximus the Confessor, Isaac the Syrian, Basil the Great and John Chrysostom. The act of charity transcends philanthropy, becoming a synergistic participation in divine love, a foretaste of the Kingdom and a criterion of the Last Judgement.
