Nicholas E. Denysenko, Ph.D. (310)

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1 Nicholas E. Denysenko, Ph.D. (310) EDUCATION Ph.D., Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology, 2008 The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC Walter Schmitz Scholarship, Catholic University School of Theology and Religious Studies Scholarship, Magi Endowment Scholarship, Dissertation: The Blessing of Waters on the Feast of Theophany in the Byzantine Rite: Historical Formation and Theological Implications. Director: Dr. Dominic Serra M.Div., magna cum laude, 2000 St. Vladimir s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY Valedictorian, 2000 Salutatorian, 1999 Thesis: The Dawn of a New Era in Orthodox Church Music: A Historical Analysis of the Formation of Part-Singing and Kievan Chant in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Director: Professor David Drillock B.S. in Business, Marketing Emphasis, 1994 University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, MN ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Loyola Marymount University, Department of Theological Studies, Los Angeles, CA Director, Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Spring 2011 (current appointment) Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Fall 2015 (current position) Assistant Professor of Theological Studies, The Catholic University of America, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Washington, DC Lecturer (full-time), Spring 2010 Adjunct Professor, Fall 2009 Teaching Fellow, Spring 2006 Spring 2007 George Washington University, Religion Department, Washington, DC Lecturer, Fall 2007 Fall 2009 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA Faculty, Summer 2009 Summer 2010

2 COURSES TAUGHT Loyola Marymount University: THST 1040 (Undergraduate, Christian Liturgy, Prayer, Sacrament, Fall 2015) THST 498 (Undergraduate, Liturgy, Life, World, Spring 2015) THST 398 (Undergraduate, Faith and the Management Profession, Summer , Fall 2014) THST (Graduate, Liturgical Theology and the Parish, Summer 2014) FFYS 1000 (First Year Seminar, Introduction to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Fall 2013) THST 652 (Graduate, The Rites, Spring 2013) THST (Undergraduate, The Lord s Supper: Historical, Theological, and Ethical Perspectives on the Eucharist, Fall 2013) THST 398 (Undergraduate, Eastern Christian Traditions, Fall 2012, Spring 2014) THST (Undergraduate, Growing Close to God, Summer 2013) THST 650 (Graduate, Liturgical Theology, Summer 2012 online course) THST 498 (Undergraduate, Sacraments and Sacramentality, Spring 2012) THST 340 (Undergraduate, Water, Word and Wine, Fall 2011) THST 131 (Undergraduate, Introduction to Christian Theology, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, 2012) THST 653 (Graduate, Sacraments and Sacramentality, Spring 2011, Summer 2013) The Catholic University of America: TRS 201 (Undergraduate, Faith Seeking Understanding, Spring 2010) TRS 240 (Undergraduate, Christian Liturgy, Sacrament, and Prayer, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011) TRS 251 (Undergraduate, The Dynamics of Christian Spirituality, Spring 2006) George Washington University: REL 001 (Undergraduate, Introduction to Western Religions, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009) Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology: The Divine Liturgy Celebrated and Interpreted in the Patristic Period (Graduate, Summer 2009, Summer 2010) PUBLICATIONS BOOKS The People s Faith: The Liturgy of the Faithful in Orthodoxy (forthcoming, Fortress Press) (Editor) From the Rising of the Sun to its Setting (forthcoming 2017, under contract with Liturgical Press). Liturgical Reform After Vatican II: The Impact on Eastern Orthodoxy (forthcoming December 2015, under contract with Fortress Press) Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America and Theology: Parish Profiles (forthcoming in 2016, University of Notre Dame Press). (Editor) Icons and the Liturgy, East and West: History, Theology, and Culture (under review University of Notre Dame Press). Chrismation: A Primer for Catholics (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014). Winner of 2015 Catholic Press Association award in liturgy, second place.

3 BOOKS, cont. The Blessing of Waters and Epiphany: The Eastern Liturgical Tradition (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2012). PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES & ESSAYS A Liturgical Theology of Primacy in Orthodoxy, in John Chryssavgis, ed., Primacy and Conciliarity in the Church (forthcoming, St. Vladimir s Seminary Press). Awe, Joy, Adaptability, and Sausage: Liturgy and Ecclesial Revitalization, in The Church has Left the Building, edited by Michael Plekon (forthcoming, Wipf and Stock). Conclusion to The Challenges of Orthodoxy in North America, edited by Adam DeVille, under review (University of Notre Dame Press). Facilitating Reconciliation through the Liturgical Services of John Maximovich, a Modern Orthodox Saint, to be published in Hagiography in Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions, ed. Rico Monge and Lauren Griffin (Bloomsbury). A Communion of the Holy Spirit in Ukraine: A Theological Rationale for Autocephaly, forthcoming (Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, Spring 2015). Contemporary Piety in the Russian Orthodox Church: A Liturgical Case Study, forthcoming (Slavica). Retrieving a Theology of Belonging: Eucharist and Church in Post-Modernity, Part 2, Worship 89 (2015), Retrieving a Theology of Belonging: Eucharist and Church in Post-Modernity, Part 1, Worship 88 (2014), Chaos in Ukraine: The Churches and the Search for Leadership, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church 14, no. 3 (2014), Republished in Lorenzo Zucca, ed. Religious Rights. Farnham, Burlington: Ashgate, Mary s Dormition: Liturgical Cliché, Summer Pascha, Studia Liturgica 43, no. 2 (2013), Fractured Orthodoxy in Ukraine and Politics: The Impact of Patriarch Kyrill s Russian World, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 54, nos. 1-2 (2013) An Appeal to Mary: An Analysis of Pussy Riot s Punk Performance in Moscow, Journal of the American Academy of Religion 81, no. 4 (2013) Liturgical Maximalism in Orthodoxy: A Case Study, Worship 87 (2013) Primacy, Synodality, and Collegiality in Orthodoxy: A Liturgical Model, Journal of Ecumenical Studies 48:1 (2013) Rituals and Prayers of Forgiveness in Byzantine Lent, Worship 86 (2012) Baptismal Themes in the Byzantine Blessing of Waters on Theophany, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 52 (2011) The Revision of the Roman Missal: An Orthodox Reflection, Worship 85 (2011)

4 PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES & ESSAYS, cont. Towards an Agenda for Byzantine Pastoral Liturgy: A Response to Peter Galadza, Bolletino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata 7 (2010) A Proposal for Renewing Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century, Studia Liturgica 40 (2010) Psalm 81: Announcing the Resurrection on Holy Saturday, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 50 (2009): The Life in Christ by Nicholas Cabasilas: A Mystagogical Work, Studia Liturgica 38 (2008) The Soteriological Significance of the Feast of Mary s Birth, in Theological Studies 68 (2007) The Revision of the Vigil Service, in St. Vladimir s Theological Quarterly 51 (2007) The Hypapante Feast in Fourth to Eighth Century Jerusalem, in Studia Liturgica 37 (2007) A Legacy of Struggle, Suffering & Hope: Metropolitan MSTYSLAV Skrypnyk & the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, in St. Vladimir s Theological Quarterly 49 (2005) BOOK REVIEWS & NOTES Review of D. Oliver Herbel, Turning to Tradition: Converts and the Making of an American Orthodox Church (Oxford University Press, 2013), St. Vladimir s Theological Quarterly 58, no. 4 (2014), Review of Amy Slagle, The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace: American Conversions to Orthodox Christianity (Northern Illinois University Press, 2011), Journal of the American Academy of Religion 2014; doi: /jaarel/fu065. Shorter Notice on Timothy Radcliffe, Take the Plunge: Living Baptism and Confirmation (Bloomsbury, 2012), Theological Studies 75 (2014), Review of William C. Mills, Church, World, and Kingdom: The Eucharistic Foundation of Alexander Schmemann s Pastoral Theology (Liturgy Training Publications, 2012), Journal of Ecumenical Studies 48 (2013), Review of Teresa Berger, ed., Liturgy in Migration: From the Upper Room to Cyberspace (Liturgical Press: 2012), Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 54, nos. 3-4 (2013), Review of Anton Baumstark, On the Historical Development of the Liturgy, intro. and trans. Fritz West, foreword Robert F. Taft (Liturgical Press, 2011), Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 54, nos. 3-4 (2013), Note on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Ecological Vision and Initiatives of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, ed. John Chryssavgis (Fordham University Press, 2012), Religious Studies Review 39/1 (2013), 24. Review of St. Symeon of Thessalonika, The Liturgical Commentaries, ed. and trans. Steven Hawkes- Teeples (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2011), Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 53 nos. 3-4 (2013),

5 BOOK REVIEWS & NOTES, cont. Review of Maxwell Johnson, ed., Issues in Eucharistic Praying in East and West: Essays in Liturgical and Theological Analysis (Liturgical Press, 2010), Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 52 (2012) PUBLICATIONS NON PEER-REVIEWED Review of R. Kevin Seasoltz, God s Gift Giving: In Christ and Through the Spirit (Continuum, 2007), in St. Vladimir s Theological Quarterly 55 (2011) Epiclesis, Descent, and Creation: Liturgy and Life in the Trinity, in Liturgy 30, no. 1 (2015), 24-32; DOI: / X Pastoral Principles for Orthodox Clergy in America, book chapter in William C. Mills, ed., Church and World: Essays in Honor of Michael Plekon (Rollinsford, NH: Orthodox Research Institute Press, 2013), Lent: Changing and Growing, Catechist Magazine (February 2009). Historical Models of the Patronage of the Liturgical Arts, PSALM Notes 9, no. 2 (2008). CONFERENCES CREATED AND ORGANIZED Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue After Vatican II: Examining the Issues, 2015 Huffington Ecumenical Institute Spring Event, Los Angeles, California, March 28, 2015 (scheduled). Sacred Architecture of East and West, 2015 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium, Los Angeles, California, February 27-March 1, 2015 (scheduled). From the Rising of the Sun to its Setting: Chant and Contemporary Liturgical Music, East and West, 2014 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium, Los Angeles, California, February 21-22, Taking Up the Cross in the 21 st Century: Self-denial and the Ordinary Christian, 2013 Huffington Ecumenical Institute and LMU Catholic Studies Fall Event, Los Angeles, California, October 23, Icons and Images, 2013 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium, Los Angeles, California, February 22-23, The City a Desert: Urban Spirituality Today, 2012 Huffington Ecumenical Institute Fall Event, Los Angeles, California, October 24, 2012 Pan-Orthodoxy in North America: Towards a Local Church, 2012 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium, Los Angeles, California, March 16-17, Strangers No Longer: Ukrainian Catholics and Orthodox Remember the Holodomor, 2011 Huffington Ecumenical Institute Fall Event, Los Angeles, California, November 18, 2011.

6 PAPERS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Liturgical Innovations in the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church ( ): The Untold Story, Problems in the Study of Early Christian Liturgy Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, January In Search of a Religious Identity: Sources for the Study of Intra-Orthodox Conflict in Ukraine, Eastern Orthodox Study Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 22, Ecclesial Legitimacy and Identity: The Churches and the War in Ukraine, Political Orthodoxy and Totalitarianism in the Post-Communist Era conference, Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Helsinki, Finland, May 30, Intra-Christian Conflict in Ukraine: Historical Foundations and a Theological Proposal, Religion and the Common Good international conference, Institute of Intercultural, Interreligious and Ecumenical Dialogue, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, March 31, Architectural Models in American Orthodoxy: Liturgy, Cultural Identity, and Mission, 2015 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium, Sacred Architecture of East and West: Lessons from History and Contemporary Trends, Los Angeles, California, February 27-March 1, Civilization, Church, World: Competing Religious Narratives from Ukraine and Russia, Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, February 11, Chrismation: A Primer for Catholics, Christian Initiation Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, January Hagiography in the Liturgical Office for St. John Maximovich: A Preliminary Analysis, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 22, Fifty Years after Unitatis Redintegratio: An Orthodox Perspective on Common Liturgical Prayer, The Legacy of II Vatican Council in the light of Lumen gentium, Unitatis redintegratio and Orientalium Ecclesiarum, Ukrainian Catholic University, L viv, Ukraine, September 30 October 1, 2014 (read on my behalf by a participant). Liturgical Centers in New York: St. Vladimir s Seminary and New Skete Monastery, Society of Oriental Liturgy meeting, St. Vladimir s Seminary, Yonkers, NY, June 12, A Communion of the Holy Spirit: Strategies for Forming an Autocephalous Church in Ukraine, Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the Global Family of Churches: Past, Present, and Future symposium, St. Michael s College, University of Toronto, May 10, Forming Faithful Orthodox Christians: Mystagogy in the Parish, Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the Global Family of Churches: Past, Present, and Future symposium, St. Michael s College, University of Toronto, May 10, A Modern Saint for Russian Immigrants: Holy Virgin Cathedral and St. John Maximovich in San Francisco, Religion in California symposium, University of California-Berkeley, April 22-24, Retrieving a Theology of Belonging: Eucharist and Church in Post-Modernity, at Church as Communion: A Eucharistic Perspective, Colloquium of Duquesne University and Romanian Archdiocese of Americas, March 22, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014.

7 PAPERS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, cont. A Global Intercessor: Triumphalism and Reconciliation in the Services of St. John Maximovich, Western Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 8, 2014, Los Angeles. Relics and Liturgy: Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco, Environment and Art seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 2014 (presented by Richard Vosko in my absence). Sacrosanctum Concilium and Liturgical Ressourcement in the Orthodox Church, Vatican II Studies Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 23, Sacrosanctum Concilium and Orthodox Liturgical Reforms: A Comparison, at Tradition and Progress: Sacrosanctum Concilium after Fifty Years, A Three-Day Symposium of Scholars at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, September 13, Anointing with Chrism: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective, at Beloved Children, Imitators of God: Deification and the Sacraments of Initiation, 2013 Symposium, Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy, South Bend, IN, June 18, Chrismation and the Reception of Converts, Christian Initiation Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, January 4, Windows into Community Identity: An Architectural Analysis of an American Orthodox Parish, Space, Place, and Religious Meaning Unit, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November "Holy Things for the Holy? Eucharist and the Veneration of Saints in Orthodox Liturgical Piety," On Behalf of All and For All : The Place of Liturgy in Russian Cultural History, Liturgy and Culture Conference, Slavic Department, UCLA, Westwood, CA, October 12, Fractured Orthodoxy in Ukraine and Politics: Ecclesiological Implications, Orthodox Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, Crestwood, NY, September 22, Chrismation in the Byzantine Rite: Historical Development and Liturgical Theology, Christian Initiation Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, January 6, Orthodox Architecture in America and Theology: Three Parish Profiles, Eastern Orthodox Studies Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 20, The Many Faces of Mary, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Los Angeles, CA, May 18, The Revision of the Roman Missal: An Orthodox Reflection, Theological Colloquium, Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, February 24, The Use of Water for Healing and Reconciliation, Christian Initiation Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 8, Mary, Mother of God: Bridge to Unity? An Orthodox View, Fall 2010 Lecture, Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, November 17, Chanting and in the Orthodox Church, for Baltimore-Washington Orthodox deaneries, at St. Matthew Orthodox Church, Columbia, MD, June 19, 2010.

8 PAPERS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, cont. The Blessing of Waters on the Feast of Theophany in the Byzantine Rite: Historical Formation and Theological Implications, presented to Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology doctoral students of the School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, April 13, The Blessing of Waters on Theophany and Baptism in the Byzantine Rite, Christian Initiation Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, January 8, Choral Leadership Techniques in Liturgical Ministry, Third Annual Festival of the American Orthodox Choral Association, Calhan, CO, June 13, The Dormition of Mary: A Summer Pascha, Third Annual Festival of the American Orthodox Choral Association, Calhan, CO, June 12, Psalm 81: Announcing the Resurrection on Holy Saturday, Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, March 17, Church Architecture and Christian Life, Lenten retreat at St. Matthew Orthodox Church, Columbia, MD, March 24, The Soteriological Significance of Mary s Birth, Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, March 24, Christ and the Holy Spirit in the Byzantine Rite of the Blessing of Waters, Sacramental Theology/Liturgy Paper, School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, February 16, GRANTS AND AWARDS 2015, Anna and Nikander Bukowsky research grant (University of Alberta), $4, , Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (LMU) summer research stipend, $5, , Virginia Farah Foundation, $25,000 three-year grant ( ) to Huffington Ecumenical Institute, for ecumenical dialogue between Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches 2012, Henry Luce Foundation $130,000 three-year grant ( ) to Huffington Ecumenical Institute, for ecumenical dialogue between Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. 2011, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (LMU) summer research stipend, $5,000.

9 RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Marketing Applications Systems Manager, August 2007 August 2009 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Publishing Department, Washington, DC Graduate Research Assistant, September 2003 August 2007 The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC Product Manager, September 2000 July 2003 Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Minneapolis, MN Ecclesiarch (unpaid), September 1998 May 2000 St. Vladimir s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY Music Director, March 1994 September 1997 St. Mary s Orthodox Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN LANGUAGES Ukrainian Russian French German Church Slavonic Greek Latin Proficient and liturgical use OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE External Reader, D.Min. final project of Martha Elliott, Attaining Theosis: A Study Guide to the Thought of St. Maximus the Confessor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, External Reader, doctoral dissertation of Donna Hawk-Reinhard, From Χριστιανοί to Χριστοφόροι: the Role of the Eucharist in Christian Identity Formation according to Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Louis University, October 7, Ordained deacon of the Orthodox Church of America, 2003-present Member, Society of Oriental Liturgy, 2014 Member, North American Academy of Liturgy, 2011-present Member, American Academy of Religion, 2007-present Member, Orthodox Theological Society of America, 2005-present Program Area Representative, School of Theology and Religious Studies Student Association, Catholic University of America, 2006 Consultant, Department of Liturgical Music and Translations, Orthodox Church in America, 2005 Soloist and Contracted Singer, Russian Chamber Chorus of New York, Member of Minnesota Chorale, , Contracted Singer, Director of Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Clergy Association Choir, , Director of music program at Christ the Savior Orthodox Mission, Anoka, Minnesota,