Rev. Demetrios J. Constantelos, Ph.D.



Father Constantelos is one of the world's most respected Orthodox theologians and scholars of Greek culture, as witnessed by his innumerable scholarly publications receiving critical acclaim by internationally recognized experts.

He earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University and his D.D. from Holy Cross/Hellenic College. He is the Charles Cooper Townsend Sr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and Religious Studies at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey. He is also a Distinguished Scholar in Residence there, with specialties in the Byzantine or Medieval Greek world, ancient Greece, Rome and the Roman Empire, early Christianity, New Testament Studies, and the history of P philanthropy. Additionally, he serves as the Chair of the Hellenic Studies program at Richard Stockton.

See his article on HCS: "The Task of the Greek Orthodox in America."

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