Rev. Dr. Harry S. Pappas

A native of St. Louis, Fr. Harry grew up at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. He is a graduate of Davidson College, Holy Cross School of Theology, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale University, where he earned a Ph.D. in the Old Testament. Along with 39 years of pastoral experience in various parishes (including Nashville, Minneapolis, and New Rochelle), he has taught courses in Biblical Hebrew at Yale; Old Testament, Pastoral Theology, Parish Administration, and Preaching at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and Holy Cross School of Theology. Fr. Harry has been involved in the mission field (short term in Albania, Mexico & Guatemala), ministry to the homeless (New York City and Stamford), and is a member of the Orthodox Theological Society of America (OTSA) and the International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA), as well as a variety of local ecumenical and interfaith organizations. He was a past Board member of Project Mexico and the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical & Cultural Research, and currently serves on the Advisory Boards of IOTA and the Huffington Ecumenical Institute (HEI) at Holy Cross.

Fr. Harry has been married to Kerry (Kaloudis) for 42 years since they met at Seminary; they are blessed with three children and six grandchildren. He is a practitioner of contemplative prayer and enjoys reading, physical exercise, nature, and good movies.