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Candidates for the:
Master of Divinity degree
Master of Arts degree in General Theology
Master of Arts degree in Religious Education
Master of Theology degree
Doctor of Ministry degree

Candidates for the Master of Divinity degree:

Gregory John ABDALAH
The Role of Youth Choirs in the Orthodox Church

Daniel BELONICK  (magna cum laude)
Silence in Ignatius

Fr Paul COATS (magna cum laude)
Iconological Marriage Preparation: Toward a Positive Approach

Dn Abu Koshy GEORGE
Origins of the Schism in the Orthodox Church in India: 1912–1975

Fr David LEWIS
From Death to Resurrection: An Examination of the Rite and Ritual of Lent and Holy Week in Western Rite Orthodoxy

Barry MIGYANKO (cum laude)

Rico Gabriel MONGE (Valedictorian, summa cum laude)
The Twilight of Idolatrous Theology: An Examination of the Debate over Jean-Luc Marion’s Postmetaphysical Theology and its Implications for Theological Discourse

Dn Aleksa PAVICHEVICH (cum laude)

Tatiana V. PENKRAT
Image and Liturgy: The History and Meaning of the Epitaphion

Fr Kristijan PETROVICH
Orthodoxy in American Cinema

Fr Paul RIVERS

Dn Gregory VARGHESE
Rise of the Malankara Orthodox Church in America

Candidates for the Master of Arts degree in General Theology:

Maria P. BETHANCOURT (cum laude)
Working Toward One Witness

Erica Seraphima CARL (magna cum laude)
On Creation, Twice: The Double Creation Account in the First 19 Paragraphs of Athanasius of Alexandria's De Incarnatione

Dn Ephrem (Aboud) ISHAC
St Jacob of Edessa’s Hexaemeron: A Comparative Study with St Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron

Yulia KATYSHEV (cum laude)
Pedagogical Methods for Preschool Children as Found in Orthodox Literature on Religious Education

Jennifer N. C. LOPUSHOK
Unsought Protection: Byzantine Christians Under Islamic Law

Mariya SIMAKOVA (magna cum laude)
Saving the Good Samaritan: The Literal and the Allegorical in Modern Orthodox Exegesis

Haron TCHETCHENIAN

John TZAVELAS
Redaction Criticism and the Stilling of the Storm in Matthew: Methodology and Outcome

Candidate for the Master of Arts degree in Religious Education:

Nicholas BELLACK

Megan A. JENDIAN

Candidates for the Master of Theology degree:

Jeremy BERGSTROM
Embodiment in Gregory of Nyssa: His Anthropology and Ideal Ascetic Struggle

Dn Kevin J. E. HAAN
A Critical Examination of the Traditionalist’s Position on Rebaptism

Fr Gregory George HARRIGLE
Understanding Wisdom Secretly: “Gnostic Thought Forms” in Second Century Orthodoxy and Heresy

Steven LEE
On First Principles and General Theories

Rami WAKIM
Literary Analysis of St Maximos the Confessor’s Mystagogy of the Church

Candidates for the Doctor of Ministry degree:

Fr Nicholas J. SOLAK
Preaching Stewardship in a Consumer Culture

Fr Steven P. ZORZOS
Addiction and Idolatry: Self-Renunciation, Forgiveness and Love. A Healing Meditation on the Parable of the Prodigal Son