
The Most Rev. Luke, Bishop of Syracuse, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York
Rector (CEO), Associate Professor of Patristics
B.A., Hartwick College
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
M.A., Syracuse University
D.A. Candidate, SUNY-University at Albany
Abbot's Office: (315) 858-0940 x 226
lmurianka@hts.edu

Dean of the Seminary; Professor of Sacred Music
B.A., Williams College
M.F.A., Princeton University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Dean's Office: (315) 858-0945
ngs@hts.edu

Rev. Protodeacon Andrei Psarev
Professor of Canon Law and Russian Church History; Director of Undergraduate Studies
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
M.Th., St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Queen's University, Belfast (UK)

Associate Professor of Church History & Moral Theology; Director of Graduate Studies
B.A., East Tennessee State University
M.A., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
Ph.D., University of Winchester (UK)

M.A., St. Michael’s University College (University of Toronto)
M.Th., St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Balamand University, Lebanon)
Instructor in Philosophy and the Humanities
A.B., Dartmouth College
M.A. Phil., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
M.A., Graduate Theological Union

Director of Pastoral Practicum and Field Education; Instructor of History and Theology
B.A., Montana State University
M.Div., St Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

Instructor of Russian and Church Slavonic
B.A., University of Washington
M.A., University of California, Berkeley
cell: (206)931-5649
epurdy@hts.edu

Director of Choral Programs; Instructor in Applied Music and Liturgics
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Very Rev. Archpriest Alexander F. C. Webster
Dean of the Seminary & Professor of Moral Theology Emeritus (15 August 2019)
A.B., University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Columbia University Teachers College
M.T.S., Harvard University Divinity School
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Nikolaos Adamou
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Greek
M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
MS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Archpriest Serge Kotar
Lecturer in Liturgics

Instructor of Church History and Dogmatic Theology; Staff Associate
B.A., The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (Charleston, SC)
M.Div., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, NY)

Rev. Hieromonk Theodore (Stanway)
Instructor of Theology; Deputy Dean of Students
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
M.Div., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Teaching Fellow in Liturgical Theology
S.T.B., Pontifical Gregorian University
B.A., University of Rochester
M.A., St Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry
S.T.L., The Liturgical Institute
Th.D. (cand.), University of Belgrade
TEFL Certificate

Very Rev. Hegumen Cyprian (Alexandrou)
Lecturer in Biblical Greek
B.A., University of Sydney, Australia
B.A., Macquarie University, Australia

Very Rev. ARCHIMANDRITE Theophylact (Clapper-DeWell)
Lecturer in Liturgics and Biblical Archeology
B.A., SUNY – University at Albany
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Elizabeth Szlek
Visiting Professor of Counseling Methodology
B.M., Syracuse University
M.M., Yale University
M.M., Liberty University

Very Rev. Archpriest Peter Alban Heers
Lecturer in Ecclesiology
B.Th., M.Th., D.Th., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Rev. John Palmer
Lecturer in Pastoral Theology
B.A., St. Thomas University
M.A., Durham University (England)
Th.D., Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Reader Aleksandr Andreev
Lecturer in Liturgics (Russian & English)
B.S., Duke University
M.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.Th., St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Russia
Cand. Theol., St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Russia
Lecturer in Old Testament & Director of CTS Program
B.A., Saint Thomas University
M.A. in Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
Ph.D. Candidate, Queen’s University at Kingston (Ontario, Canada)

The Very Most Rev. Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen)
Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
M.Div., M.Th., St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

Cyprian Damascene (Scott R.) Fennema
Lecturer in Patrology
B.A., Trinity International University
M.A., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
M.A.R., Yale University, Divinity School

Rev. Sergey Kiryukhin
Lecturer in New Testament & Old Testament
B.Th., Moscow Theological Seminary (Russia)
M. Ed., Orekhovo-Zuyevo Pedagogical Institute (Russia)

Very Rev. Archpriest Gregory Naumenko
Lecturer Emeritus (2018)
B.S., Hartwick College
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Rev. Protodeacon Victor Lochmatow
Associate Professor of Russian Literature Emeritus (2021)
B.Th., Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
M.A., Norwich University
(315)858-0940
lochmatow@hts.edu