"Ioannis Hadjifotis"

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Ioannis M. Hadjifotis (Alexandria 14 April 1944 – Attica 18 July 2006) was a Greek researcher in literature, author, historian, critic of literature, curator of encyclopedias, poet and journalist. He distinguished himself in letters in a series of works that contributed to the development of the culture of history and literature. He was a spokesperson for press and public relations of Archbishop Athens Seraphim, the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece (1982-1995) and press advisor of Archbishop Athens Christodoulou.

Biographies

The origin of his parents, Michael and Angeliki Hatzifotis, was from Symi and Kastellorizo respectively. The family returned to Greece in 1968 following most of the Egyptian Greeks, and settled in Athens. John, a graduate of the Averofe High School of Alexandria, studied Literature at the University of Athens and Sociology of Religion in Catania, while his sister Evangelia studied Mathematics. In 1971 he married archaeologist Litsa K. Karanchavelos. They had three sons, Michael (1973), Constantine (1977) and Andrew (1978). He died at the age of 62, of a heart attack.

Career

The writing of I. Hatzifotis started from Alexandria, with the studies Neo-Simonidia (1964) and Anthimos Gazis-Kon. Vardalachus (1965). He was a polygraphist and with amazing ease in writing, with a total of more than 150 books in his works and hundreds of articles, on subjects related to Alexandria, Dodecanese, Mount Athos, Folklore, Orthodox tradition, ecclesiastical history, Byzantine and modern Hellenism, etc. He initially worked as editor in the Organization for Tourism Publications and the Encyclopedia Dictionary of Neo-Greek Nation of Eleftheroudakis. He then took over editor of the great New Greek Encyclopedia of Harry Patsis and more generally the Encyclopedic Publications Organization Harry Patsis. He wrote several articles in the encyclopedia above and many dozens in the Great Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. He was also an associate in the Religious and Moral Encyclopedia of Athanasios Martinos and the University of Studies. Later, with his involvement in church affairs, he also served as director of the Institute of Eastern Studies of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and his scientific publication Analexa, as well as director of the official newspaper of the Church of Greece Ecclesiastical Truth.

I. Hatzifotis authored throughout the whole spectrum of the daily and periodical Athenian press (National, The Bradyne, Estia, The Daily, Free, Free Press, Undefeated Press, Evening Press, News, Eleftherotia, Modernity, Pictures, History Illustrated), and collaborated in literary journals (New Estia, Philological New Year's Day, Doma, New Age, Oversight, Parnassos, Spiritual Cyprus, etc.), scientific (Temple of Byzantine Studies, Monument, Athena,