OCA Deacon appointed at Loyola Marymount
Deacon Nicholas Denysenko recently was appointed as the new Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Loyola Marymount University here.
Deacon Nicholas has taught at the Catholic University of America, George Washington University, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. He joined LMU in Fall 2010. His areas of current research include the Blessing of Waters in the Byzantine Rite; Orthodox Ecclesiology in Ordination Rites; Contemporary Pastoral Liturgy; Heortology; The Christmas and Lenten Liturgical cycles; Mariology in Liturgy; the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33; and Faith. He has published many articles in such prestigious journals as Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, Studia Liturgica, Theological Studies, and St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Dean, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, stated that “I believe this appointment will strengthen the program, as well as offer greater opportunities for collaboration. Both objectives are essential to our interfaith dialogue initiatives.”