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The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptysky Institute is hosting two public seminar-series led by Rev. Dr. Jack Custer focused on the Biblical Books of Genesis and Exodus. The dates for the first series are January 14, 21, 28, & February 4; for the second, the dates are March 4, 11, 18, & 25. Seminars will take place on Tuesday afternoons and will begin with a complementary lunch at Sheptytsky House (5 Elmsley Place) whereafter the seminar will begin at 13:30. Seminars will last anywhere from 90 to 120 minutes, depending on the sessions. These seminars will be focused on a close reading of selected texts as informed by both contemporary exegetical methods and the Patristic and Rabbinic Traditions with particular reference to the Byzantine liturgical tradition. No knowledge of original languages is required or prior reading is required.

The Sheptytsky Institute will host a Divine Liturgy offered prior to each session from 12:00-13:00 in St. Sophia Chapel, located in Elmsley Hall.

These amazing learning opportunities are free, although registration is required:

Register Here for the Genesis Seminar

Register Here for the Exodus Seminar 

Fr. Jack Custer – Master Class 1 (2)

Fr. Jack Custer – Master Class 2 (1)

Fr. Jack Custer – Master Class 1 (2)Download
Fr. Jack Custer – Master Class 2 (1)Download
Worship

Weekend Services and Events beginning at the Sheptytsky Institute Student Chaplaincy

All students at Universities and Colleges in Toronto welcome!

During the fall and winter semesters (September-December and January-April)

EVERY FRIDAY 5PM Prayer Service, followed by Pizza in Windle House

EVERY SATURDAY 5PM Vespers/Vigil

EVERY SUNDAY 11:30AM Divine Liturgy(Eucharist) Preceded by Matins at 10am

For more info: peter.galadza@utoronto.ca

On Friday October 14, 2022 the Feast of the Holy Protection by the old (Julian) reckoning, Fr Bohdan Prach, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, visited the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute and the Faculty of Theology at the University of St Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. Present at this meeting were the Institute’s Executive Director, Fr Alexander Laschuk, Fr Andrew Summerson, Professor of Greek Patristics in the Faculty, and Dr Jaroslaw Skira, Dean of Regis-St Michael’s. After a discussion regarding possibilities for collaboration between the two institutions, the group visited St Sophia’s Chapel in Elmsley Hall where the sixth hour was celebrated. Following this, Fr Prach joined in conversation about the current situation in Ukraine with a number of students from the Faculty of Theology as well as the wider University of Toronto community, including several exchange students who have recently come to Canada from Ukraine to continue their studies during the war of Russian Aggression.

Celebrating the Sixth Hour in St Sophia Chapel

Staff and Students Gathered with Fr Prach at Windle House