John A. Jillions did his doctoral research at Tyndale House, Cambridge, and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he received a PhD in New Testament in 2002. He has MDiv and DMin degrees from St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and a BA in Economics from McGill University. He was founding Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Paul University in Canada, and served for seven years in New York as Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America. He is currently Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at St Vladimir's Seminary and teaches "Faith and Critical Reason" at Fordham University. He has been a priest since 1984, serving communities in Australia, Greece, England, Canada and the United States, where he now serves as pastor of Holy Ghost Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut.