Α theologian and professor. He studied at the Theological School of Halki (Turkish:Heybeliada) in Istanbul and then continued at the Oxford University and Humboldt University of Berlin.  He was a professor of Theology at the University of Thessaloniky in the years 1942-1951 and later at the Kapodistrian University of Athens from 1952 till 1963. His research was focused on the analysis and the understanding ( hermeneutics) of the New Testament.