Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies

Established	1986
Faculty	Peter Galadza, Andriy Chirovsky, Brian Butcher, Alexander Laschuk
Location	University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Canada
Address	Windle House, 81 St. Mary Street
Website	www.sheptytskyinstitute.ca

The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI) is an autonomous unit of the Faculty of Theology at the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Canada. It specializes in Eastern Christian studies in all its breadth. Special emphasis is placed on the tradition of the Church of Kyiv, although courses, seminars, and conferences also deal with aspects of the theology, spirituality, history, and ecclesial polity of all the Eastern Christian Churches — Orthodox, Oriental non-Chalcedonian, Assyrian, and Eastern Catholic Churches.

Through the Faculty of Theology, the Sheptytsky Institute offers basic-degree and advanced-degree programs in Eastern Christian Studies. At the basic degree level there is the M. Div. and M.T.S., with a Certificate in Eastern Christian Studies. At the advanced degree level there is the Master of Arts (MA), Ph.D., and D. Min. In the panning stage is a 10-course diploma program.

In 2017, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, called the Sheptytsky Institute a "great spiritual and intellectual treasure" of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and a "glorious enrichment to St. Michael's College".^[1]

History

Named after Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Halych, the Sheptytsky Institute was founded in 1986 by Fr. Andriy Chirovsky at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. In September 1990, the Sheptytsky Institute moved to Ottawa, and in May 1992 became an academic unit of the Faculty of Theology at Saint Paul University.^[2]

The institute is located in Windle House at St Michael's College

On July 1, 2017, the Sheptytsky Institute moved from Saint Paul University to its new home at the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto.^[3]

Current, full time and seasonal faculty includes the Right Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky, Very Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza, Subdeacon Dr. Brian Butcher, and Rev. Dr. Alexander Laschuk.

An endowment from the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Foundation, operating under the aegis of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada, funds the Institute's work.

Scholarly activities

In addition to its university degree programs in Eastern Christian Studies, since 1987, the Sheptytsky Institute has offered month-long summer intensive programs. Past locations included:

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  Very Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza, Director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute
  Holy Transfiguration (Mount Tabor) Monastery in Redwood Valley, California
• Mother of God Monastery in Orangeville, Ontario
• Holy Spirit Seminary in Ottawa

In 1996, the Institute began co-sponsoring a summer program at the Univ Lavra, near Lviv, Ukraine, together with the Ukrainian Catholic University. In 2008 the Sheptytsky Institute created the first "Study Days" in Ottawa, later spreading to Edmonton. Guest speakers have included Thomas Hopko, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Robert F. Taft, Timothy Kelleher, Sr. Vassa Larin, Myroslaw Tataryn, Suzette Phillips, Martha Shepherd, and John Behr.^[4]

The Institute's Byzantine Rite Chapel of St. Sophia and Her Daughters, Faith, Hope and Love, holds services in English, French, Ukrainian, and other languages such as Greek and Church Slavonic.^[5]

September 2017 the Institute launched a series of presentations, "Thursdays at Sheptytsky," and in January 2018 it expanded it to "Tuesdays and Thursdays at Sheptytsky".^[6] Seminars, and authors of books that have been launched, include:

• Marshall McLuhan by Logan - for Theologians and Liturgists, Dr. Robert Logan
• Book launch Byzantinization in Jerusalem, Daniel Galadza ^[7]
• Rome and the Christians of Persia: Competition and Cooperation, Michael Bonner ^[8]
• Fr. Mykhailo Zubrytsky and the Formation of Nineteenth-Century Greco-Catholic Clergy, Frank Sysyn ^[9]
• The Jesus Prayer: An Introduction to a Classic Form of Eastern Christian Meditation, Shawn Goldman
• What is Eastern Catholic Theology? Brian Butcher^[10]
• Apokatastasis and Angelology in Sergius Bulgakov, Liam Farrer
• Newly Canonized and Newly Discovered Saints of the Kyivan Church: An Overview, Dr. Alexander Roman ^[11]
• My Life's Work, Victor Malarek ^[12]
• Book launch The Architectonics of Hope, Kyle Gingerich Hiebert
• Book launch Liturgical Theology after Schmemann, Brian Butcher

Scholarly publications

The Sheptytsky Institute catalogue includes over 115 scholarly books published in English, Ukrainian, French, German, and Greek. Titles include:

• The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies: Serving for the Future, Leading with Tradition, Peter Galadza, Editor (2014)
• Archbishop Andrei Sheptytsky and the Ukrainian Jewish Bond, Peter Galadza, Editor (2014)
• Unité en Division: Lettres de Lev Gillet à Andrei Cheptytsky 1921–29 un moine de l'église d'orient, Peter Galadza (2009)
• Eastern Christians in the New World: An Historical and Canonical Study of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada, David Motiuk (2005)
• The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship, Rev. Peter Galadza, Editor-in-Chief; Joseph Roll, Associate Editor; J. Michael Thompson, Associate Editor; Rt. Rev. Roman Galadza; Rev. John Sianchuk, CSSR (2004)
• The Theology and Liturgical Work of Andrei Sheptytsky (1865–1944), Peter Galadza (2004), co-published with the Rome Pontifical Oriental Institute
• Christian Social Ethics in Ukraine – the Legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky, Andrii Krawchuk (1997), co-published with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press
• Following the Star from the East: Essays in Honor of Archimandrite Boniface Luykx, Andriy Chirovsky, Editor (1992)
• Pray for God’s Wisdom: The Mystical Sophiology of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Andriy Chirovsky (1992)

The Institute also publishes LOGOS: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies which is Canada’s only double-blind peer-reviewed journal in the field. LOGOS is a tri-lingual (English, French, Ukrainian) theological review that focuses on Eastern Christian Studies, emphasizing both Orthodox and Catholic Eastern Churches with a special, but not exclusive, interest in the Church of Kyiv.

Other material published by the Sheptytsky Institute include DVDs and CDs for instruction in congregational singing and recordings of plenary sessions from the Study Days. In 2010 Fr. Andriy Chirovsky produced a CD course on how to create Byzantine-style icons using traditional methods.^[13]

International Conferences

Most recently, the Institute organized a conference "The Vatican II (Second Vatican Council) Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, Orientalium ecclesiarum - Fifty Years Later" featuring presentations by Brian E. Daley, John H. Erickson, Bishop Nicholas Samra, Thomas Bird, Roman Zaviyskyy, Bishop David Motiuk, Jaroslav Skira, Andriy Chirovsky, Peter Galadza and many other speakers. The conference was held at the University of Toronto, 17–18 October 2014.^[14]

In November 2014, the Institute organized the conference "Religion in the Ukrainian Public Square: An Analysis of the Euromaidan and Its Aftermath" featuring presentations by Cyril Hovorun, Igor Shchupak, George Weigel, Victor Ostapchuk and others.^[15]

Directors

• Andriy Chirovsky (1986–2002), Founding Director
• Andrew Onuferko (2002–2006), Acting Director
• Stephen Wojcichowsky (2007–2013), Director
• Alexander Laschuk (2013–2014), Interim Director
• Peter Galadza (2014–2017) Acting Director, (2017–present) Director

References

External links

• Venerable Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., Metropolitan Galicia, Archbishop of Lviv (Lemberg)
• Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, United States
• Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine
• Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, Italy
• Archimandrite Boniface Luykx

External links

• Official Sheptytsky Institute website