Highly knowledgeable members of the Society of St. John Chrysostom-Western Region are now available to speak to parish adult education classes, RCIA groups, etc., about the Eastern Christian Churches, both Orthodox and Catholic.
San Diego area
Archpriest George Morelli, Ph.D.
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, San Diego. Chairman, Dept. of Chaplain and Pastoral Counseling Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of New York.
Contact: counseling@antiochian.org
Fr. James Bankston
Pastor, St. John the Baptizer Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, La Mesa, CA,
Contact: frjames@mac.com or pastor@stjohnthebaptizer.org
San Diego and Riverside County
Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Fr. James Babcock
Contact: sophiamelkite@gmail.com
Orange County
Fr. Steve Tsichlis
Pastor, St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church, Irvine, CA.
Contact: father@stpaulsirvine.org
Los Angeles Archdiocese area
Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Alexei Smith
Pastor, St. Andrew Russian-Greek Catholic Church, El Segundo, CA; Director Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Particular topics: Eastern Church; Practical Ecumenism
Contact: frarsmith@la-archdiocese.org
At-Large
Hieromonk Maximos Davies
Priest-monk of Holy Resurrection Romanian Greek-Catholic Monastery, Valyermo. (Particularly on topics relating to ethics and morality).
Contact: monks@hrmonline.org
Please contact the individual speakers to arrange schedules, topics and stipends.
Further information (including updates to this list) contact:
SSJC-WR President, Fr. James Bankston, (619) 905-5278 at frjames@mac.com or pastor@stjohnthebaptizer.org, or
Secretary, Diane Alves by email.