Graduate Theological Union
Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
Associate Professor of Eastern Orthodox Christian Studies
Core Doctoral Faculty

At GTU since 1999

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1996
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1992
M.Div., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 1989
B.A., Hellenic College, 1982

Phone: 510/649-3450
E-mail: jklentos@gtu.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• History of Byzantine Liturgy
• Theological Interpretations of Liturgical Events
• Ecclesiology; Church in Orthodox Christian Thought
• Liturgical History: Early & Medieval
• Orthodox Christian Theology of Person
• Orthodox Christian Spirituality

Selected Publications

• Eight entries in Paul F. Bradshaw (ed.), The New SCM Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship (London: SCM Press, 2002). Antidoron, Diptychs, Enarxis, Eucharist, Great Entrance, Little Entrance, Orthodox Worship, Prothesis.
• "Liturgical Adaptation: Three Illustrations" in Anton C. Vrame (ed.), The Orthodox Parish in America (Brookline MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Feb 2003).
• Teaching Orthodox Theology in Particular Educational and Cultural Contexts," Ministerial Formation 90 (July 2000) 22-26.