Archives: Faculty / Staff Members

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).

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)

Prof. Yakiv Krekhovetsky specializes in Pneumatology, Faith and Science, Byzantine and East-Slavic iconography. He taught THO 2196 The Theology and Spirituality of Icons at our summer program in Univ, Ukraine (Summer 1999).

Prof. Danylo Kuc is a doctoral student in the Eastern Christian Studies program here at the Sheptytsky Institute. He taught THO 3322 Byzantine Eucharistic Liturgies (Winter 2004).

Prof. Barbara Frank is a doctoral candidate in the interdisciplinary field of bioethics at the Université de Montréal and was the lecturer for THO 3309 Contemporary Moral Issues in Eastern Theology (Fall 2005).

Bishop Borys Gudziak received a degree in theology from Rome’s Urbaniana University in 1983 and then returned to America, where he earned a doctorate in Slavic and Byzantine Cultural History from Harvard University in 1992. In 1995 he received a licentiate degree in Eastern theology from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. He taught in 1992 and 1995 at the Mount Tabor summer program in California.

Prof. Verna Harrison has a Doctorate in Historical Theology from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley CA, and was sessional lecturer for THO 2133 Early Christian Interpretation of Psalms (Winter 2002).

Rev. Prof. Michael Hryniuk has a Doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and taught THO 2144 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Spirituality: Faith Development and Christian Identity, at our summer program in Ottawa (Summer 2005).

Rev. Prof. Robert A. Hutcheon is a medical doctor and was the first student to complete a doctorate in Eastern Christian Theology at the Sheptytsky Institute. He has since returned to teach THO 6381 Contemporary Eastern Theology: Health and Healing in the Byzantine Tradition.