Prof. Andriy Fedun, the Rev. Monk Alipiy, taught THO 3310 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Spirituality II: The Jesus Prayer – The History of its Development and Theology at our summer program in Univ, Ukraine (Summer 2010).
Archives: Faculty / Staff Members
Faculty / Staff Members at the Sheptytsky Institute
Rev. Prof. Robert A. Hutcheon
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.
Rev. Prof. Michael Hryniuk
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).
Prof. Verna Harrison
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).
Bishop Borys Gudziak
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. Barbara Frank
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).
Rev. Prof. Ihor Boyko
Rev. Prof. Ihor Boyko received his D.Th.M. from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome in the area of Moral Theology. He taught THO 2145 Selected Topics in the Moral Tradition of the Christian East 1: Bioethics in Eastern Christian Perspective in the Univ summer program (Summer 2007)
Rev. Prof. Stephàne Bigham
Rev. Prof. Stephàne Bigham is an Orthodox priest, serving the francophone community in Montreal. He holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Montreal. Prof. Bigham has taught THO 2134 The Seven Ecumenical Councils (Fall 1995) and THO 2181 Eastern Christian Spirituality (Fall 1997).
Rev. Prof. François E. Beyrouti
Rev. Prof. François E. Beyrouti received a B.Th. in Eastern Christian Studies from the Sheptytsky Institute. He completed an M.A., L.Th., and Ph.D., in Theology (Biblical Studies) at Saint Paul University and is a Melkite Priest. He taught THO 6392 The History of Eastern Christian Institutions, Movements, Persons: The Eastern Catholic Churches at Vaticall II (Winter 2014), THO 3301 Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Eastern Christianity (Fall 2000 and Fall 2003).
Rev. Prof. Stefan Batruch
Rev. Prof. Stefan Batruch was working on his Ph.D. in the area of spiritual theology and was administrator of the Ukrainian-Catholic Parish in Lublin, Poland while lecturing for two summers at Ukrainian Catholic University. He taught THO 2144 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Spirituality: Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Renewal Movements (Summer 2001) and THO 2144 Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Spirituality: Liturgical Foundations of Eastern Christian Spirituality (Summer 2002).