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Very Rev. Dr. John A. Jillions is a Research Fellow and the founding Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge UK, former Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, and the author of Divine Guidance: Lessons for Today from the World of Early Christianity. He has also served as Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa with the Sheptytsky Institute, Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, and as adjunct instructor at Fordham University. Educated at McGill University (BA), St. Vladimir’s Seminary (MDiv, DMin), and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (PhD, New Testament), Father John is a priest of the Orthodox Church in America and has served parishes in Australia, Greece, England, Canada, and the United States. He has published numerous scholarly and popular articles, and a children’s book, The Christmas Story: Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. He is Vice-President of the Orthodox Theological Society in America and currently serves as pastor of Holy Ghost Church in Bridgeport CT. He and his wife Denise have three grown sons and two grandchildren.

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