Thomas Banchoff is Vice President for Global Engagement at Georgetown University. He also serves as Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service and as Director of Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, which he founded in 2006. Banchoff’s scholarship centers on ethical and religious issues in world politics. His most recent book is The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges, co-edited with Jose Casanova (Georgetown University Press, 2016). His other publications include Embryo Politics: Ethics and Policy in Atlantic Democracies (Cornell University Press, 2011), Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights, co-edited with Robert Wuthnow (Oxford University Press, 2011), and, as editor, Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics (Oxford University Press, 2008), and Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2007). Banchoff received a BA from Yale (1986), an MA from the University of Bonn (1988), and a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton (1993). He was a Conant fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies (1997-98) and a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Bonn (2000-01). He serves as co-chair of the Task Force on Global Citizenship of the International Association of Jesuit Universities.

George Cantonis is the past President of Hellenic College Holy Cross. He serves as the President and Director of The Cantonis Company, Inc., Executive VP and Director of Acme Sponge and Chamois, Inc., and President of MGC Hotel Group.  Mr. Cantonis received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Cantonis has served the Church in many capacities over the years, including various leadership positions at the local parish level as well as on the national level through the Archdiocesan Council and Leadership 100. He is an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Archon Exarchos). He serves on the Board of the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium, of which Holy Cross is a member. In addition to his Church involvement, Mr. Cantonis has chaired the boards of healthcare systems and performing arts centers.

Perry T. Hamalis is Cecelia Schneller Mueller Professor of Religion at North Central College, IL. He teaches Religious Ethics, with special interest in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition, virtue ethics, and the intersection of religion and political philosophy. In 2015-16, he received a 12-month Fulbright Senior Research and Teaching Fellowship and was appointed Underwood Visiting Professor at Yonsei University in Seoul (Korea). Dr. Hamalis co-edited and contributed to Orthodox Christian Perspectives on War (Notre Dame Press, 2018). He has published in Studies in Christian Ethics, the Journal of Religion, the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Buisson Ardent, and the Greek Orthodox Theological Review. He has contributed chapters to edited volumes including Child Theology: Diverse Methods and Global Perspectives (Orbis Books, 2021), Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine (Fordham Press, 2017), The Orthodox Christian World (Routledge, 2012), Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration (Fordham Press, 2013), and Thinking through Faith (St. Vladimir’s Press, 2008). The University of Notre Dame Press will publish his Formed by Death: Insights for Ethics from Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Dr. Hamalis has lectured across the world and served  as a delegate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the WCC. Dr. Hamalis is an ordained deacon in the Orthodox Church.

Kyra Limberakis is Director of Strategic Growth for CrossRoad Institute and Chair of the Orthodox Volunteer Corps Advisory Council for the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the USA. She received her bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and her Master of Theological Studies from the Boston College School of Theology
and Ministry, where she focused her studies on youth and young adult ministry and the ministry of women in the church. Kyra’s experience in youth work spans for many years and includes serving as staff for her metropolis camp, Ionian Village, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, and CrossRoad—all programs that were part of her own faith formation. As a college student, she participated in Orthodox Christian Fellowship’s (OCF) College Conference and Real Break programs and later also served as the Real Break (Thessaloniki, Greece) lay leader in 2018 and 2019. She has spoken at various ministry workshops and conferences throughout the United States. In addition to working in full time ministry, Kyra has published articles on the topic of young women’s faith formation. The granddaughter of an Orthodox priest, she is committed to the education and ministry of young people for the future of the Church.

Dr. Timothy  Longman is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University. He is recognized as one of the top authorities on the Rwandan genocide and its legacies. He earned his undergraduate degree in religion and political science at Phillips University (Oklahoma), his PhD in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a certificate in African studies. After completing his PhD, he served as head of the field office of Human Rights Watch and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in Rwanda, conducting research for and helping to write the report, Leave None to Tell the Story. Prior to moving to Boston University, he taught at Vassar College (1996-2009). Longman served as director of the African Studies Center, Boston University (2009-2017). In 2017, he became director of BU’s Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA). Professor Longman’s current research focuses on state-society relations in Africa, looking particularly at human rights, transitional justice, democratization, civil society, the politics of race and ethnicity, religion and politics, and women and politics. His book, Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda (Cambridge University Press 2011), is based on his field research in Rwanda in the 1990s.and Ministry, where she focused her studies on youth and young adult ministry and the ministry of women in the church. Kyra’s experience in youth work spans for many years and includes serving as staff for her metropolis camp, Ionian Village, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, and CrossRoad—all programs that were part of her own faith formation. As a college student, she participated in Orthodox Christian Fellowship’s (OCF) College Conference and Real Break programs and later also served as the Real Break (Thessaloniki, Greece) lay leader in 2018 and 2019. She has spoken at various ministry workshops and conferences throughout the United States. In addition to working in full time ministry, Kyra has published articles on the topic of young women’s faith formation. The granddaughter of an Orthodox priest, she is committed to the education and ministry of young people for the future of the Church.

Aristotle Papanikolaou is a Professor of Theology and the Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture. He completed his BA at Fordham, his M. Div. at Holy Cross school of Theology, and his PhD at the University of Chicago. He is Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, and Senior Fellow at the Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion. In 2012, he received the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Humanities. He was born/raised in Chicago, Illinois, and he enjoys Russian literature, Byzantine and Greek music, and is a bit of a foodie. Since founding the Orthodox Christian Studies Center with George Demacopoulos in 2012, he has dedicated his time to building the Center’s endowment and starting a host of globally-recognized initiatives such as the National Endowment for the Humanities Matching Challenge Grant, which funds two annual research fellowships in Orthodox Studies at Fordham. In 2019, the Center initiated a Henry-Luce funded project on “Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights.” Also in 2019, the Center co-sponsored the British Council Bridging Voices project “Contemporary Eastern Orthodox Identity and the Challenges of Pluralism and Sexual Diversity in a Secular Age.”

Elizabeth Prodromou is Visiting Professor in the International Studies Program at Boston College and an affiliated faculty member of the Islamic Civilizations and Societies Program and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. Her research and work focus on the intersections of geopolitics, religion, and human rights, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Prodromou served a diplomatic appointment on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-2012), and she was a member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Religion & Foreign Policy Working Group (2011-2015). The author of many articles, she is also co-editor of two volumes, Eastern Orthodox Christianity and American Higher Education: Theological, Historical, and Contemporary Reflections. She co-chairs the Orthodoxy, Politics, and International Relations Group of the International Orthodox Theological Association. She was a member of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s delegation to the Holy and Great Council at Crete in 2016. Prodromou taught at The Fletcher School (Tufts), where she was the founding faculty director of the Initiative on Religion, Law, and Diplomacy; at Boston University; Princeton University; and at the College of Europe (Natolin campus). She earned a Ph.D. and an S.M. in political science (MIT), an M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School (Tufts), and a B.A. in history and international relations (Tufts).

Gayle Woloschak is Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Associate Director of the Radiation Oncology Residency Program, and Associate Director of the Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence in the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Prior to 2001, she and her research group were at Argonne National Laboratory in the Biosciences Division. Gayle received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Youngstown State University and a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, specializing in Immunology from the Medical College of Ohio. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Departments of Immunology and Molecular Biology at the Mayo Clinic, where she became Assistant Professor. Her scientific interests focus on Molecular Biology and Nanotechnology, and she has authored over 150 scientific papers, receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy. She received a DMin from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (2012). She is founding Vice-President of the International Orthodox Theological Association. She is also past Director and currently Associate Director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science, director of the Epic of Creation program, member of the editorial board of the journal for religion and science Zygon, and Adjunct Professor of Religion and Sciences—all at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, was born in Sydney (Australia) and lives in Harpswell (Maine, USA). Following studies at the Universities of Athens (Greece) and Oxford (UK), he cofounded St. Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney, where he served as Sub-Dean and taught patristics and church history. At the same time, he was an appointed lecturer at the University of Sydney. In 1995, he was invited to teach at Holy Cross School of Theology in Boston (Massachusetts, USA), where he taught until 2002. Since then, he serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues and senior advisor to the Department of Ecumenical Affairs in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In 2023, he was elected inaugural Executive Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute an appointed as Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology. His numerous publications have been translated into many languages and focus on the early church and the desert tradition, as well as on the theology of the environment and the role of the church in the world. His latest books include Creation as Sacrament: Reflections on Ecology and Spirituality (Bloomsbury, 2019) and The Letters of Barsanuphius and John: Desert Wisdom for Everyday Life (Bloomsbury, 2022).

Rev. Eugen J. Pentiuc, Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins, joined Holy Cross in 1998 and became a tenured professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages in 2009. Fr. Pentiuc served Holy Cross as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2014–2018). His work concentrates on two areas: the Christian Bible, text and interpretation, as well as Semitic languages and civilizations. Fr. Pentiuc’s current research focuses on the Bible reception and interpretation in Orthodox Christianity (Eastern/Byzantine and Oriental), more specifically the discursive (i.e., patristic commentaries) and imagistic (i.e., liturgical media: aural [hymnography, lectionaries, homilies] and visual [iconography, liturgical acts]) modes of interpretation.

Rev. Protopresbyter Nicolas Kazarian, PhD, is Ecumenical Officer and Director of the Office of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese was born in France, where he pursued his undergraduate degree at the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris (France), graduating with a BA and a MA. He continued his studies at the University of Cyprus, in Nicosia (Cyprus), and Thessaloniki (Greece), before moving to Switzerland to start an MA in Orthodox Theology at the Orthodox Theological Institute of Chambésy. He completed his Ph.D. in Geopolitics at the Sorbonne (Paris, France). He later attended the 2017 KAICIID International Fellows Program (Vienna, Austria) on interfaith dialogue and was also a visiting fellow at the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University. He has authored two books and over sixty articles about the Orthodox Church, ecumenical dialogue, interfaith relations, and geopolitics in various languages. He has also taught Ecumenical Relations at the Catholic University of Paris and at the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute. He was recently elected to the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and co-moderator of Religions for Peace USA. He serves as the parish priest of Saint Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church in Manhattan.

Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun is a Professor of Ecclesiology, International Relations and Ecumenism. He is originally from Ukraine, where he first began his studies in theoretical physics before moving to the study of theology at the theological seminary and academy in Kyiv. He continued his theological education at the University of Athens (Greece) and Durham University (UK), where he defended his PhD on post-Chalcedonian Christology under the supervision of Prof Fr Andrew Louth. Fr. Hovorun has taught in a number of confessional and public institutions, including academies in Kyiv, Moscow, Minsk, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” in Kyiv, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and others. He was research fellow at Yale and Columbia Universities in the United States, visiting professor at the University of Münster, and international fellow at Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life at the University of Alberta. He has lectured in over fifty institutions globally, including Universities of Heidelberg, Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), Oxford, Munich, Harvard, Toronto, Eastern Karelia (Finland), Manitoba (Canada), Princeton Theological Seminary, and elsewhere. He is a member of many professional associations, including American Academy of Religion, European Academy of Religion,  Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, North American Patristics Society, and the Ukrainian Patristic Society.