이 연구는 선교적 관점에서 정교회의 디아코니아에 대한 신학적 이해와 실천적 함의를 연구하여 현대 교회의 선교적 과제에 대한 시사점 을 도출하고자 하였다. 정교회 디아코니아의 핵심 개념인 필란트로피아 (φιλανθρωπία)는 단순한 자선이 아닌, 하나님의 사랑을 본받는 신학적 실천으로서 예배(leiturgia)와 봉사(diakonia)의 통합을 추구한다. 역사적으로 정교회 디아코니아는 수도원 운동을 통한 제도화와 교회- 국가 협력 모델을 발전시켰으며, 비잔틴 시대의 통합적 복지 시스템은 현대적 함의를 지닌다. 현대 정교회는 에큐메니칼 대화를 통해 디아코 니아의 범위를 확장하고, ‘예전 후의 예전’ 개념을 통해 예배와 사회적 실천의 연계성을 강화하며, 사회정의, 환경보호, 인권 증진 등 현대적 과제에 참여하고 있다. 제도적 한계와 현대사회 적응이라는 과제에도 불구하고, 정교회 디아코니아의 신학적 전통과 실천적 지혜는 현대 교회의 선교적 과제에 중요한 통찰을 제공한다.

This study compares St. Nicholas' Orthodox Church in Seoul (1968) and St. Dionysios' Orthodox Church in Ulsan (2005), which are Byzantine-style churches under the Korean Orthodox Church, with Hagiya Sophia in Istanbul, a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. Focusing on the construction method and shape of the dome, which is a major characteristic of Byzantine architecture, this study compares the architectural background of these three churches, the presence and shape of the dome, the presence of drums, and the number and shape of skylights. As a result, it was found that these three churches differ in the construction method of the dome due to differences in different architectural backgrounds and structural methods, and that these structural and morphological differences ultimately determine the atmosphere of the interior space of the cathedral. This study examines two representative Byzantine Orthodox churches in Korea, both designed by the same architect, Zho Chang Han (b. 1936), with a time gap of approximately 40 years between them. It holds particular significance in exploring how the Byzantine dome was constructed differently by analyzing the historical context and structural characteristics of the Orthodox Church.

This dissertation was embarked upon for the historical examination and the missiological academic analysis of ‘The state-political character of the mission of the Russian Orthodox Church, which has been mentioned widely without any academic examination. This kind of study is necessary to understand rightly the Eastern Orthodox world which was drawn to the Korean church immediately after the collapse of USSR, and to establish the proper relationships between the old USSR and the Eastern European people as well as how best to evangelize them. The researcher analyzes the Russian archives in relation to the missions of Russian Orthodox Church. He carefully examines and analyzes closely the historical materials from 1860 till 1917(Bolshevik Revolution) including the mission of the Russian Orthodox Church to the immigrant Koreans and those between 1897 and 1925 in relation to the mission to the Koreans in the Korean peninsula. In the result of this analysis, it could be said that the mission of Russian Orthodox Church was a reverse movement to the mission of Trinitarian God transcendent to man-made boundaries. It was mission as an instrument not for serving the interest of God toward the whole world, but for serving the interest of his or her own country alone. It was a distorted mission far from demonstrating the love of God because of absolutizing the nationalistic political ideology ‘russiani-zation’ As a result, it became heterogeneous apart from the right motif, goal and method of God’s mission. In the result of this study, it became possible to describe concretely the character and mode of the state-political mission of Russian orthodox church which has been vaguely mentioned and to have a theoretical prospect the general results which might happen in the process of the state-political missions. This study could probably be an available knowledge not only for those who are participating in missions to the people who has lived in the state-political mission world, but also for those who wish to evangelize it, cooperate with the Eastern Orthodox churches as well as offer invaluable suggestions to the mission scholars around the world.