Books & Publications
Articles
Popular Patristics volumes
Papers & Presentations
Professional Experience
Church Activities  

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• B.A. in Philosophy, Thames Polytechnic, London, 1987
  B.A. dissertation: "Of God, Man, and Creation: A Comparative Study of the Anthropology of the Greek Fathers and Emmanual Levinas"
• M.Phil. in Eastern Christian Studies, Oxford University, 1991
  M.Phil. Thesis: "Sexuality, Marriage, and Asceticism in Second-Century Christian Writings"
• D.Phil. in Theology, Oxford University, 1995
  D.Phil. Thesis: "Godly Lives: Asceticism and Anthropology, with Special Reference to Sexuality, in the Writings of St Irenaeus of Lyons and St Clement of Alexandria"
• M.Th., St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1997
  M.Th. Thesis: "Translation of Irenaeus' Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching with Introduction and Notes"

Books & Publications

• The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2006). 186 pp.
• The Nicene Faith,vol. 2 of The Formation of Christian Theology (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2004). 2 vols in paper; single hardcover volume 580 pp.
• (ed. with A. Louth and D. Conomos), Abba: The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West: Festschrift for Bishop Kallistos Ware (New York: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003). 376 pp.
• The Way to Nicaea, vol. 1 of The Formation of Christian Theology (Crestwood: SVS Press, 2001). 261 pp.
  Romanian translation (Bucharest: Sophia, 2004).
• Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). 261 pp.
• St Irenaeus of Lyons: On the Apostolic Preaching (Crestwood: SVS Press, 1997). 121 pp.

 Articles

• "Marriage and Asceticism," Sobornost 29:2 (2007), 24-50. Available in PDF format in English (1.22 Mb) and Russian (274.72 Kb)
• "Taught by the Apostles," Christian History, Fall 2007
• "One in Christ: An Historical Look," AGAIN, summer 2006
• "For the Welfare of the Churches of God," AGAIN, summer 2006 (forthcoming).
• "The Motherhood of the Church" and "Mary as a Type of the Church" in  Vierge Marie - Église Vierge: Acts du quatrième colloque de théologie  orthodoxe de l’Université de Sherbrooke, (Sherbrooke: Université de Sherbrooke,  Éditions G.G.C, 2005), 13-29, 83-95.
• "Gaul," The Varieties of Christianity to 250 C.E. in The Cambridge History of Christianity,vol. 4, ed. Margaret Mitchell and Frances Young (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
• "Early Christian Apologists," "Docetism," and "Irenaeus" in The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History, ed. Roberto Benedetto (Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming).
• "The Question of Nicene Orthodoxy," in Byzantine Orthodoxies: Papers from the Thirty-Sixth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, University of Durham, 23-25 March, 2002, ed. A. Louth and A. Casiday (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), 15-27.
• "Virgin Mother - Virgin Church," forthcoming in St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. Russian translation, "Virgin Mother - Virgin Church," Bogoslovskii Vestnik 2004, no.4, 123-149.
• "Theology and Exegesis," forthcoming in Collected Papers of the Orthodox Theological Research Forum, UK.
• "The Trinitarian Being of the Church" St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 48:1 (2004), 67-88. Russian translation in Tserkov i Vremya 3 (28), 2004, 164-185.
• "Social and Historical Setting (2nd Century)," for The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature, ed. F. Young, A. Louth, L. Ayers (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 55-70 .
• "Midwife of the Christian Bible," forthcoming in Christian History 80 (XXII.4).
• "Tradition" in St Vladimir's Seminary 2003 Education Day book.
•  "Faithfulness and Creativity," in Abba (see above), 159-178.
• "Interpreting the Incarnation," Sourozh 89 (August 2002), 15-29.
•  "Irenaeus on the Word of God," Studia Patristica 36 (Leuven: Peeters, 2001), 163-7.
• "The Paschal Foundations of Christian Theology," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 45:2 (2001), 115-36.
• "The Word of God in the Second Century," Pro Ecclesia 9:1 (2000) 85-107 .
• "Scripture, the Gospel, and Orthodoxy," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 43 (1999) 223-48 .
• "The Rational Animal: A Rereading of Gregory of Nyssa's De hominis opificio," Journal of Early Christian Studies 7:2 (1999) 219-247 .
• "The Trinity," The Living Pulpit (April, 1999).
• "Severus of Antioch: Eastern and Oriental Perspectives," St Nersess Theological Review 3:1-2 (1998) 23-35.
• "A Note on the Ontology of Gender," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 42:3-4 (1998) 363-72 .
• "Adam" and "Anthropologie" in Dictionnaire de Théologie (Presses Universitaires de France, 1997).
• "Colossians 1:13-20: A Chiastic Reading," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 40:4 (1996) 247-65 .
• "Translating theology," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 38:2 (1994) 235-40 .
• "Irenaeus and the Ascetic Ideal," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 37:4 (1993) 305-13.
• "Shifting Sands: Foucault, Brown and the Framework of Christian Asceticism," Heythrop Journal 34:1 (1993) 1-22.
• "Reflections on the Question of Episcopal Celibacy," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 36:1-2 (1992) 141-9.

SVS Press "Popular Patristics" volumes edited

• St Basil the Great, On the Human Condition (2005). Translation and Introduction by Nonna (Verna) Harrison
• St Macarius the Spirit-Bearer: Coptic Texts relating to St Macarius the Great (2004). Translation and Introduction by Tim Vivian
• Four Desert Fathers: Pambo, Evagrius, Macarius of Egypt and Macarius of Alexandria (2004). Translation and Introduction by Tim Vivian
• Three Treatises on Prayer: Tertullian, Cyprian, Origen (2004). Translation and Introduction by Alistair Stweart-Sykes
• Barsanuphius and John, Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses (2003). Translation and Introduction by John Chryssavgis
• St John of Damascus, Three Treatises on the Divine Images (2003). Translation and Introduction by Andrew Louth
• St Maximus the Confessor, On the Cosmic Mystery of Christ (2003). Translation and Introduction by Paul M. Blowers and Robert Louis Wilken
• On God and Christ: St Gregory of Nazianzus, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (2002). Translation by Frederick Williams and Lionel Wickham, Introduction by Lionel Wickham
• On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St Gregory of Nazianzus (2001). Translation and Introduction by Peter Gilbert
• Hippolytus, On the Apostolic Tradition (2001). Translation and Introduction by Alistair Stewart-Sykes
• Melito of Sardis, On Pascha (2001). Translation and Introduction by Alistair Stewart-Sykes

Papers & Presentations

• "With Boldness and Without Condemnation", installation speech delivered at the inaguration of St Vladimir's new leadership, September 14, 2007.
• "The Eschatological Dimensions of the Church", paper presented to the Orthodoxy-Wesleyan Consultation, SVS December 2005; to appear in print.
• "The Question of Trinitarian Theology" Paper presented to Round Table on Lewis Ayres' Nicaea and Its Legacy, Harvard Divinity School, May 2005; to appear in print.
• "The Church in Via", Paper delivered at the Plenary Session of the Conference on Eschatology held by the Theological Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate, Danielovsky Monastery, Nov. 14-17, 2005. To appear in Russian; in Georgian in Archevani January 2006.
• "Eucharistic Ecclesiology Revisited", Paper delivered at the 2005 Summer Conference of the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, UK.
• "Tradition and Creativity," paper presented at the Sixth International Congress of Orthodox Theological Schools, Sophia, Bulgaria, October 2004.
• "Mary-Ann Donovan on St Irenaeus," paper presented to the North American Patristics Society, May 2004.
• "Trinitarian Being of the Church," paper presented to the North American Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue, May 2003.
• "Virgin Mother - Virgin Church," paper to the annual meeting of the Fellowship of Sts Alban and Sergius, August 2003.
• "Theology and Exegesis," lead paper to inaugural meeting of the Orthodox Theological Research Forum, Cuddeston, UK, August 2003.
• "Athanasius' Contra Gentes and On the Incarnation as an apologia cruces," paper presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, August 2003.
• Eight appearances on "Come Receive the Light," speaking about the Seven Ecumenical Councils, Spring 2003 (www.receive.org).
• "The Challenge of the Fathers," Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, March, 2003.
• Lenten Retreat, St John's in the Village, NY, Spring 2003.
• Lecture Series on Orthodoxy, St John's in the Village, NY, Spring, 2003.
• "The Challenge of the Fathers," St Tikhon's Seminary, November, 2002.
• "The Question of Nicene Orthodoxy," Opening paper for the Spring Session of Byzantine Studies, Durham, UK, Spring 2002.
• "Interpreting the Incarnation," Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius Conference, England, August, 2001.
• Lectures in Patristics and Dogmatics, Saskatoon Institute on Orthodox Theology, 1999.
• "The Scholarly Dimensions of Christianity," Faculty Seminar, York University, Toronto, 1999 .
• "The Christian Church as School," Yale University, Graduate Christian Fellowship, 1999.
• "Orthodoxy," University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998.
• Lectures on The Church in the Fathers, Catechesis, The Jesus Prayer, Tradition, Marriage at St Vladimir's Seminary Summer Institutes.

 Professional Experience

• Distinguished Lecturer in Patristics, Fordham University 2005-
• Editorial Board, Pro Ecclesia, 2005-
• Editorial Board, Patristics Monograph Series, North American Patristics Society, Catholic University of America Press.
• Visiting Professor, Harvard Divinity School, 2004-5.
• Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir's Seminary, 2004-.
• Doctoral Committee, University of California, for Stephen Lloyd-Moffett. Dissertation topic: St Basil, asceticism and society, 2005.
• Doctoral Committee, Catholic University of America, for Catherine Raithel. Dissertation topic: The Protoevanglium of James.
• Vice-President, OTSA, 2003-present.
• Chair, Doctoral Committee, Drew University, for Sergius Halvorsen, 2002. Dissertation topic: Encountering the Word, an examination of twentieth century liturgical theology and homiletics.
• Editor, St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 2002-present
• Associate Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir's Seminary, 2000-2004.
• Assistant Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir's Seminary, 1997-2000
• Book Reviews Editor, St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 1996-2002
• Associate Editor, Popular Patristics Series, SVS Press, 1999-present
• External Examiner, York University, Toronto, 1999
• Resident Advisor for Foreign Students, St Vladimir's Seminary, 1997-present
• Lecturer in Patristics, St Vladimir's Seminary, 1995-97
• Visiting Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir's Seminary, 1993-94
• Mansfield College, Oxford University: undergraduate lecture series delivered during Michaelmas 1992 term on "Eastern Orthodox Theology and Spirituality"

 Church Activities

• President, Orthodox Theological Society in America, 2005-
• Vice-President, Orthodox Theological Society in America, 2003-2005
• Ordained priest in the Orthodox Church in America, 2001
• Member, Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue, USA, 2000-present
• Faculty Coordinator for SVS participation in NY Inter-Seminary Dialog, 2000-present
• Secretary, Orthodox Theological Society in America, 1999-2003
• Trustee, Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Bristol, UK 1989-95