Position: Academic Collaborators

Rev. Prof. Andrew Morbey is a priest of the Orthodox Church in America. He holds a M.Div. from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and a M.Th. from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He has expertise in Syriac studies, Eastern Orthodoxy in North America and Byzantine Liturgy. He taught THO 2140 Contemporary Moral Issues in Eastern Theology (Winter 1998), THO 2182 Eastern Christian Doctrine I: Trinity, Christ, Spirit (Fall 2000), and THO 2148 Eastern Christian Doctrines II: Theological Anthropology, Soteriology, Eschatology (Winter 2000 & Fall 2002).

Bishop David Motiuk, former rector of Holy Spirit Seminary, and now Bishop for the Eparchy of Edmonton holds a doctorate in Eastern Canon Law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. He has taught THO 2186 Canonical Tradition of the Eastern Churches (Winter 1997 and Fall 1999), THO 2309 Selected Topics in the Canonical Tradition of the Eastern Churches: Canon Law for Eastern Catholic Parish Administration (Winter 1997), as well as THO 6176 Sources of Byzantine Canon Law (Winter 2000). He is also a frequent lecturer with Saint Paul University’s Faculty of Canon Law.

Rev. Prof. Michael Kwiatkowski was the Spiritual Director at Holy Spirit Seminary in Ottawa and holds a doctorate in canon law and degrees in theology and philosophy. He taught THO 2309 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Canonical Tradition I: A Revolution Waiting to Happen: Lay Participation and the Eastern Code (Summer 2007) and THO 6352 Studies in Eastern Christianity: The Millennium of the Laity: The Emerging Role of the Laity in the Mission of the Church (Fall 2008).

Rev. John A. Jillions is the Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America since late 2011. He was an Associate Professor at the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. Previously he was an archpriest of the Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America, and served as dean of Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral in Ottawa, Canada until 2009.

Prof. L. Kamperidis studied at the University of Montreal and taught THO 6387 Issues in Eastern Christian Liturgical History: Byzantine Liturgy Under Ottoman Rule (Winter 2001).

Prof. Charles Kannengiesser, is a specialist in Athanasius the Great and in patristic exegesis. He taught THO 6379 Issues in Eastern Christian Hermeneutics and Exegesis: Patristic Exegesis – Alexandrian School (Winter 2000 and Winter 2001).

Prof. Oleh Kindiy, a faculty member of Theology at Ukrainian Catholic University, taught THO 2137a Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Thought I: The Golden Age of Patristic Thought – from Origen to Maximus the Confessor at our summer program in Univ, Ukraine (Summer 2010).

Rev. Prof. Pavlos Koumarianos received his Ph.D. in Theology in 1996 from the Pontifical Institute of History and Theology of the Eastern Churches in Rome with a specialization in liturgics and is working on his second Ph.D. at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He taught THO 2144 The Contribution of Maximus the Confessor at the summer program in Orangeville (Summer 2002). He was a sessional lecturer for THO 6376 Mystical-Ascetical Approaches to Eastern Christian Studies: The Spiritual-Theological Legacy of Maximos the Confessor (Winter 2003).

Rev. Prof. Orest, Studite Monk Oleh Kozak, taught THO 3325 Theology and Spirituality of Icons at our summer program in Univ, Ukraine (Summer 2011).

Prof. Andrii Krawchuk was a full-time professor specializing in Ukrainian and Eastern Church History from 1998 until 2004. He taught a number of graduate courses: THO 6375 Ethnoreligious Conflict in the Christian East (Fall 2003); THO 7286/7686 Research Seminar: The Use and Abuse of “Historical Truth” (Fall 2002 and Winter 2003); THO 6375 Women in Christian East (Fall 2001); THO 6375 Theological and Historical Approaches to Eastern Christian Studies (Fall 2000); THO 7285/7685 Ethnoreligious Conflict: Towards a Responsible Theology of Reconciliation / Le Conflict Ethno-Religieux: vers une Théologie Responsible de la Réconciliation (Research Seminar) (Fall 1999 and Winter 2001). He also taught the following undergraduate courses: THO 3324 Introduction to Eastern Christian Ethics (Winter 2004 and Fall 2000); THO 2138 The Ukrainian Churches in North America (Fall 2001 and Winter 1999); THO 2134 The Seven Ecumenical Councils in Eastern Christian Tradition (Winter 2002 and Winter 1999); THO 2139 Patristic Moral Tradition (Winter 2002 and Fall 1998); THO 2135 The Eastern Christian Churches in the Second Millennium (Winter 2001); THO 2178 History of the Ukrainian Church (Winter 2000 and Fall 2002)