Prof. Richard Schneider is an Orthodox layman and York University professor of Church History as well as the Past-President of the Canadian Council of Churches. He holds a M.Phil. from Columbia University. Prof. Schneider taught THO 2137 Eastern Christianity in North America: From Ethnic Enclaves to Enculturating Churches, in Orangeville (Summer 2002), THO 6352 Ecumenism and Eastern Christianity Medieval Church Art in East and West (Fall 2002), THO 6381 The Life and Theology of Georges Florovsky (Fall 2003), THO 2120 Introduction to the New Testament Fall 2004), THO 3303: The Seven Ecumenical Councils in Eastern Christian Tradition (Fall 2004), and THO 2133: Hermeneutics and Exegesis: Eastern Reading of the Old Testament (Winter 2005).