Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Kallistos Ware
Born: September 11, 1934
Died: August 24, 2022 (aged 87)
Bio: Kallistos Ware was an English bishop within the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and one of the best-known contemporary Eastern Orthodox theologians. Since 1982 he held the Titular Bishopric of Diokleia.
Known for:
- The orthodox way (1979)
- The Orthodox Church (1963)
- The Inner Kingdom (2000)
- The Power of the Name (1974)