Τhermos, (Protopresbyter) Vasileios

1. Entity type Person
2. Name in other language Θερμός, (Πρωτοπρεσβύτερος) Βασίλειος (en)
3. Birth date 1957
4. Birth place Leucada
5. Gender Name Male
6. Biographical Data
   1. Fr. Vasileios Thermos was born in 1957 in Leukada. He studied Medicine and Theology in Athens University. Psychiatrist of children and adolescents and priest since 1986 in the Diocese of Viotia near Athens (Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia).; He obtained his Ph.D. from the Theological School of Athens University; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Studies in Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens; Visiting scholar at Harvard University, Boston College, and Andover Newton Theological School (USA), Member of the Church of Greece’s Committee on Marriage and Family. He taught at the Theological Academy of the Orthodox Church of Albania. Many of his books and articles have been translated into English, French, Russian and Romanian. His main research interests include: psychology of adolescence, the pastoral presence of the Church, religiosity and personality, the psychology and psychopathology of religious experience and of religious behavior, the psychology of religious conversion, the religious dimension of culture linked to psychology, the psychology of clergy. Since 2011 he is the chief editor of the Journal entitled ''Pathways of the Soul. Where Psychological sciences encounter Faith'' [ΨΥΧΗΣ ΔΡΟΜΟΙ. ΕΚΕΙ ΠΟΥ ΟΙ ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΕΣ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΩΝΤΑΙ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΙΣΤΗ], focusing on the development of the relationship and the dialogue between Psychological Sciences and Theology / Religiosity.