Thomas Hopko
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Preacucernicul părinteThomas Hopko este un preot și teolog din Biserica Ortodoxă din America. A fost decanul Seminarului Teologic Ortodox Sf. Vladimir (Crestwood, New York) între anii 1992 și 2002, unde a predat teologie între anii 1968 și 2002.
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Thomas John Hopko s-a născut la 28 martie 1939 în Endicott, New York. Thomas Hopko a fost botezat and raised in St. Mary's Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek-Catholic Church, Endicott, NY. He attended public schools in Endicott, graduating from Union-Endicott High School in 1956.
After graduating from high school, Thomas enrolled at Fordham University in New York, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Studies. He continued his education at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, from which he received his Master of Divinity degree in 1963. At St. Vladimir's Seminary, Thomas studied with such renowned Orthodox theologians as Fr. Alexander Schmemann, Fr. John Meyendorff, Nicholas Arseniev and Serge Verkhovskoy. Later in 1968, he earned a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from Duquesne University. In 1982, he received his Ph.D. in Theology from Fordham University.
Before he was ordained to the priesthood, he married Anne Schmemann in 1963. They raised five children.
After his ordination in 1963, Fr. Tom served as pastor at a number of parishes, beginning with Holy Resurrection Church at Warren, Ohio from 1963 to 1968. He was the parish priest at St. Gregory the Theologian Church in Wappingers Falls, New York from 1968 to 1978. From 1978 to 1983, Fr. Tom served at the St. Nicholas Church in Jamaica Estates, New York.
In 1968, while he was serving at St. Gregory the Theologian Church he began teaching at St. Vladimir's Seminary and eventually succeeded his teacher, Serge Verkhovskoy, as professor of dogmatic theology. In addition to dogmatic theology, the courses he taught included Practical Theology, Homiletics, and Spirituality. In September 1992, Fr. Hopko was appointed Dean of St. Vladimir's Seminary, and served until his retirement from the office on 1 iulie 2002. While serving as dean, Fr. Tom was the rector of the seminary's Three Hierarchs Chapel.
In 1970, he was elevated to archpriest and, after his election as Dean, he was raised to the rank of Protopresbyter in 1995. Upon his retirement, Fr. Hopko was given the title of Dean Emeritus by the Board of Trustees of the St. Vladimir's Seminary.
Fr. Hopko is a prominent Orthodox Christian lecturer and speaker, well-known both in Orthodox and ecumenical circles. He served as a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and as a delegate from the Orthodox Church in America to the Assemblies of WCC in Uppsala, Sweden; and Nairobi, Kenya. He was also President of the Orthodox Theological Society in America from 1992 to 1995.
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Legături externe
- The Orthodox Faith by Fr. Thomas Hopko
- Questions and Answers About Orthodoxy (Who answers all of these questions?)
- Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus - St. Vladimir’s Seminary web page, lists publications and articles
- Speaking the Truth in Love - Podcast by Fr. Thomas Hopko
