Thomas Mavromoustakos

was born in Prasteio Morphou, Cyprus in 1960. He completed his undergraduate studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in 1985 and his postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral studies at the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut, USA in 1990. From 1991-2007, he served as a researcher at the National Research Foundation. In 2007, he was elected Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry.

Sotirios Despotis

was born in Athens in 1968. He studied at the Department of Theology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed his postgraduate studies in Mainz, Germany. Concurrent studies in Byzantine and European Music at the Skalkotas Conservatory – member and soloist of the Greek Byzantine Choir. Professor at NKUA with expertise in the Interpretation of the New Testament. He served as President of the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies (2015-2020). Coordinator and lecturer at the Hellenic Open University in the module "The historical course of the Orthodox Church and theology in the broader religious and cultural environment (late antiquity – 18th century)". Member of the International and European Association of New Testament Scholars.