• Very Rev. Dr. John Jillions

    Visiting Professor at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK)

    The Very Rev. Dr. John A. Jillions is the former chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America and founding Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, England. He was Associate Professor of Theology at the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (Saint Paul University, Ottawa),  Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at St Vladimir’s Seminary, and is an adjunct professor at Fordham University. He holds degrees from McGill University (BA), St Vladimir’s Seminary (MDiv, DMin), and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (PhD, New Testament). He has served parishes in Australia, Greece, England, Canada, and the United States. He is Vice-president of the Orthodox Theological Society in America and is the author of Divine Guidance: Lessons for Today from the World of Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2020). He lives in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Education and Academia

Advice on the Future of Religion in America from a College Class

When the New York Times recently asked readers to tell them why they had left their religion behind some 7,000 readers responded (“Why Do People Lose Their Religion?” June 7, 2023). Clearly there is a lot of painful pent-up feeling about this. But an equally intriguing question is, “Why do people keep their religion?” This...
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Christian Practice

A Jesus-Shaped Conscience

“Conscientious Objector.” That epitaph might aptly be placed on the life’s work of Jim Forest (1941-2022), the founder of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship and a prolific author. For decades he was a friend and co-laborer of some of the leading voices of Christian conscience in the United States, ... Read more.
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Church History, Inter-Orthodox Relations

Lessons From the American Revolution for the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine

by Very Rev. Dr. John A. Jillions Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine is still uncoiling, but the destruction he is inflicting on the people of Ukraine has already succeeded in uniting the fractious Orthodox churches in Ukraine around defense of their homeland. He has also ensured that the... Read more.
Orthodoxy and Modernity

Outside the Camp: Opportunities and Opposition

The recent dustup over Archbishop Elpidophoros borrowing the historic St Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City for a celebration of the Divine Liturgy and then subsequently meeting with its rector, Bishop Dean Wolfe, highlights the perennial debate among Orthodox about how we ought to re... Read more.
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Religion and Politics

God and the Election: How to Talk with Your Children

by Very Rev. Dr. John A. Jillions | български | Ελληνικά | ქართული | Русский | Српски Your children have been hearing a lot about the election in their schools, in your family, among friends, online and on television. As a Christian parent, priest, or teac... Read more.
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Religion and Politics

Healing the Body Politic: A Politics of Communion

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