10. Academic Distinctions 

His research work and his activity as a writer have earned him awards from the Academy of Athens and two University Institutions:

• The Academy of Athens gave an award in 1996 to his book The Person in the Orthodox Tradition (1996), as the best book of the five-year period (1990-1995), following the documented recommendation of the Committee of Academicians, Evangelos Moutsopoulos, Mark Siotis and Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, at an official event in March 1996.
  (See Evaluation Report and Award)
• The Department of Social Theology of the Theological School of Athens awarded him an honorary doctorate at an official event on 25 September 2008.
  (See event)
• The Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Ioannina awarded him an honorary doctorate at an official event on 13 March 2016. (See event)