About The St. Tikhon's Seminary Faculty

Members of the seminary faculty are called to support the mission, aims, and objectives of the seminary, as well as the scope and content of the curriculum, through the advancement of knowledge and practice in the core disciplines of professional theological education and pastoral care, as well as through identification and dissemination of teaching methodologies that improve teaching and learning in these disciplines. The Faculty shares in the responsibility of academic formation of candidates to Holy Orders, and contributes to their cognitive and scholarly growth not only in the classroom, but also by offering role modeling as a powerful force for formation and intellectual growth. Role modeling assists seminarians in developing habits of theological reflection and disciplined thinking about the larger issues of life and theology, and by helping to instill the values that define the priestly office. Members of the faculty who themselves have been ordained to Holy Orders are in a position to offer such witness in a unique way, because they are the most immediate source of identi­fi­cation with the priesthood.

Competent in scholarly endeavor, with a diverse religious and educational background, the seminary faculty challenges the student to engage in a critical exploration of the foundations of theology and a range of perennial issues, including questions of the meaning of human life before God; the religious, social and cultural dimensions of the human community; as well as personal ethical responsibility. Through focused study of the human experience of God and the world, including historical and contemporary state­ments of religious belief, exploration of the meaning of faith in Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, as well as reflections on the nature of reality as seen through the minds of the great thinkers, the student will gain a firm appreciation of the richness of Christian tradition, an understanding of the vocation of Christian believers, the ability to think carefully about historical and contemporary issues, as well as the tools and skills necessary to engage in professional theological study and ministry.

The Most Rev. Archbishop
Michael (Dahulich)

Rector, Professor of New Testament
and Pastoral Theology

B.Th., Christ the Savior Seminary
B.A., St. Vincent College
M.A., Ph.D., Duquesne University

V. Rev. John Parker III

Dean and Chief Operating Officer

B.A. College of William and Mary
Div.,  Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
M.Div., D.Min., St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Rev. Dr. Paul J. Witek

Academic Dean, Lecturer in
Pastoral Arts and Praxis

B.A., Seton Hall University
M.Div., St. Tikhon’s Seminary
Ph.D., Seton Hall University

V. Rev. George Alberts

Lecturer in Byzantine Liturgics
and Byzantine Chant

B.A., University of Pittsburgh
M.Div., St. Vladimir's Seminary

V. Rev. Archimandrite
Sergius (Bowyer)

Abbot of St Tikhon's Monastery,
Lecturer in Spirituality

M.Div., St. Tikhon’s Seminary

V. Rev. Noah Bushelli

Lecturer in Pastoral Arts and Praxis

B.Ed., University of Alaska
M.Div., St. Vladimir's Seminary

Brian-Seraphim Cardell

Library Director of
St. Patriarch Tikhon Library

B.A., University of Arizona
M.S.L.S., Catholic University of America

V. Rev. Michael Demko

Lecturer in Patristics, Field Education

B.A., Duquesne University
M.Div., St. Tikhon's Seminary
Ph.D.,  Antiochian House of Studies (Candidate)

Igumen Cyprian (Durant)

Lecturer in Liturgics

B.S., Appalachian State University
M.A.R., Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

Dr. David C. Ford

Professor of Church History

B.A., Colgate University
M.Div., Oral Roberts University
M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University

Dr. Justin Gohl

Assistant Professor of
Old Testament/Scripture

B.R.E., Davis College
M.Div., Missio Seminary
Ph.D., United Lutheran Seminary

Rev. Victor Gorodenchuk

Lecturer in Comparative Theology

M.Sc., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
M.Div., St. Tikhon's Seminary
Ph.D., Catholic University of America

Rev. Demetrios Harper

Associate Professor of Dogmatic
and Systematic Theology

B.A., East Tennessee State University
M.A., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
D. Phil., University of Winchester

V. Rev. John Kowalczyk

Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology,
Director of Field Education

Diploma, St. Tikhon’s Seminary
M.S., Mary­wood College
Cand. Theol., Moscow Theological Academy

Rev. Caleb Lewis

Director of Music,
Lecturer in Liturgical Music

B.M., Furman University
M.M., Emory University
M.Div., St. Tikhon’s Seminary
D.Mus., Indiana University

Rev. Dn. Sampson Nash

Lecturer in Ethics

B.S., Texas State University
M.A., Trinity International University
M.D., The University of Texas

V. Rev. Archimandrite
Gabriel (Nicholas)

Lecturer in New Testament Greek

B.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)
M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)

V. Rev. Milorad Orlic

Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology

M.Div, St. Tikhon’s Seminary

V. Rev. Theodore Petrides

Lecturer in Pastoral Arts and Praxis

B.A., Washington & Lee University
M.Div., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Daniel Tolan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Patristics

M.A., Yale University
M.Phil., University of Cambridge
Ph.D., University of Cambridge