Very Reverend Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko is an Orthodox Christian priest and theologian. He was the Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary from September 1992 until July 1, 2002 and taught dogmatic theology in this institution from 1968 until 2002. After his retirement, he carries honorary title of "Dean Emeritus". Fr. Hopko was baptized and raised in St. Mary’s Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek-Catholic Church, Endicott, New York. Wikipedia
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At St. Vladimir's Seminary, Hopko studied with such renowned Orthodox theologians as Fr. Alexander Schmemann , Fr. John Meyendorff , Nicholas Arseniev and Serge Verkhovskoy. He was ordained to holy presbyterate in 1963 and served several parishes in th orthodoxwiki.org/Thomas_Hopko
