Nicolas Kazarian

Nicolas Kazarian is Director of the Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, Interfaith Relations Department of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York City (USA)

He is a specialist on the Orthodox world, and has published several notes and articles on the relationship between politics and religion in various contexts involving the Orthodox Church. In recent years, he has focused his research on the geopolitical impact of religion in international relations. Between 2011 and 2020, he supervised the Observatory of Religions and Geopolitics at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (Paris, France)

He holds a PhD in Geography, from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. His dissertation is entitled « Cyprus, geopolitics and minorities », and explores issues related to geopolitical crossroads. He also holds a BA in Religious Studies from the Institut Saint-Serge (Paris) and a Masters from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).

Nicolas Kazarian is a Professor at the Institut Saint-Sergius Orthodox Institute. He also teaches at the Institut Catholique de Paris and is fluent in English and Greek.

He is also a clergyman of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and lives between Paris and New York (USA).

Companies

• Ecumenical Officer Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (2019)
• Visiting Fellow of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center Fordham University (2016)
• Director of the Observatory on the Geopolitics of Religion IRIS - Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (2011)
• Lecturer Catholic University of Paris (2010)
• Lecturer Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint-Serge (2009)

Education

• University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Political Geography 2007 - 2011
• Université de Fribourg - Universität Freiburg - Master (2 year MA), Religious Studies 2005 - 2007
• Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint-Serge - Maîtrise (1 year MA), Orthodox Theology 2004 - 2005
• Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint-Serge - Licence (BA), Orthodox Theology 2000 - 2004