Archives: Faculty / Staff Members

Prof. Jonas Maksim taught THO 2144 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Spirituality I: The Distinctive Features of “Spiritual Theology” at our summer program in Univ, Ukraine (Summer 2009).

Rev. Prof. Maxym Lysack is the pastor of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Mission in Ottawa and Chaplain at University of Ottawa. He was a sessional lecturer for THO 2181 Eastern Christian Spirituality (Winter 2001), THO 2130 Sources of Holy Tradition: Foundations of Eastern Christian Theology (Fall 2002), THO 2137 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Thought I (Summer 2007), THO 3303 The Seven Ecumenical Councils in Eastern Christian Tradition (Winter 2012), THO 3318 Eastern Christian Spirituality (Fall 2003, Winter 2007, Summer 2009, Winter 2010, Fall 2012), and THO 6376/6359 Foundational Texts in Eastern Christian Spirituality (Winter 2011).

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. Dr. Douglas LeClair is a priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law and has many years of experience in chancery and tribunals, the latter in both first instance and appellate. He is a published author of a number of articles and one book. He continues to serve as parish priest for a number of rural Manitoba parishes. He has taught THO 3323 Canonical Tradition of the Christian East (Fall 2008).

Bishop Hlib Lonchyna is a Studite hieromonk who completed his doctorate in liturgy at the Papal Urbanian University and at the Papal Oriental Institute in 2001. His field of expertise includes Byzantine-Slav liturgy and musicology as well as the Psalter. He taught in our summer program in Univ, Ukraine (1998). He was consecrated bishop in 2002.

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.

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).

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).

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. 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).