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Metropolitan George Khodr
1923 – present
Lebanese
1 bookBiography
Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon, theologian, and luminous writer (born 1923). George Khodr is the spiritual heartbeat of the Antiochian Orthodox Church and a visionary who reshaped the landscape of Arab Christianity. Growing up in the coastal city of Tripoli, Lebanon, he witnessed the intersection of diverse faiths, a reality that forged his lifelong commitment to Christian-Muslim dialogue and a theology rooted in the "Other."
He ignited a spiritual awakening as a founder of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO), pulling the Church toward a radical return to the Gospel and the inner life. His thought centers on the theology of the Spirit, perceiving the divine breath moving through history, culture, and the individual soul. Khodr rejects dry legalism, choosing instead a language of enlightened beauty that seeks the face of Christ in the poor and the marginalized.
His prose serves as a bridge between the mystical heritage of the East and the intellectual challenges of the modern age. He remains a voice of reconciliation, insisting that true faith is found in the stillness of the heart and the courage to love without boundaries. His most profound works include Call of the Spirit, The Spirit and the Bride (1979), and If I Were to Tell the Journey of Childhood (1979).
He ignited a spiritual awakening as a founder of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO), pulling the Church toward a radical return to the Gospel and the inner life. His thought centers on the theology of the Spirit, perceiving the divine breath moving through history, culture, and the individual soul. Khodr rejects dry legalism, choosing instead a language of enlightened beauty that seeks the face of Christ in the poor and the marginalized.
His prose serves as a bridge between the mystical heritage of the East and the intellectual challenges of the modern age. He remains a voice of reconciliation, insisting that true faith is found in the stillness of the heart and the courage to love without boundaries. His most profound works include Call of the Spirit, The Spirit and the Bride (1979), and If I Were to Tell the Journey of Childhood (1979).
