Volume 3, Number 9, Authors and Contributors

Fr. Steven Belonick was ordained to the priesthood in 1979. Over the last thirty-two years, he has served two parishes, and spent 11 years working in various roles at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary.  Currently, he is the rector of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, CT. 

Harrison Russin is a third-year student at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary in Crestwood, NY. He grew up in Northeast Pennsylvania where he attended Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre. Before attending seminary he studied music at Swathmore College and worked at a shelter for homeless youth in Atlantic City, NJ. 

Inga Leonova is a practicing architect and student of religious architecture. She teaches design studio at Suffolk University and Boston Architectural College, as well as courses in design history and theory, and architecture of monotheistic faiths. She is a parishioner at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Boston (OCA). 

Mr. Andrew Boyd grew up in Guilford, Connecticut and is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Business. He is also a recent graduate of the Master’s of Divinity program at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Yonkers, NY. His home parish is St. Alexis Church in Clinton, CT. His is the managing editor of this blog and director of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries for the Orthodox Church in America