As rector of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross, Fr. John Shimchick participates in the life of our parish as well as organizations dedicated to the work and theology of the church. He was ordained to the priesthood, in 1986, for ministry at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross. Fr. John grew up as part of an Orthodox family in New Britain, Connecticut and attended the Pre-Theological Program at St. Vladimir's Seminary. This allowed him while living at the Seminary to pursue music studies at Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, graduating in 1976. In the midst of completing a Master of Divinity at St. Vladimir's he spent a year (1978-79) working in Old Harbor, Alaska, a small native village on the south side of Kodiak Island. He graduated from St. Vladimir's in 1980 having written a thesis under the direction of Fr. Alexander Schmemann examining the opinions of Russian Orthodox bishops in 1905 on the matter of liturgical reform.
Fr. John
Writings by Fr. John
Fr. Thomas Hopko’s Final Gift: On Finding the Right Road
From Crossroads, April, 2015
LIFE’S MISTAKES WE CHOOSE TO SANCTIFY
from: Crossroads, March 2015
Starting from the end
from the series of Reflections forThe 18th All-American Council—How to Expand the Mission
(posted on oca.org: November 27, 2014)
GREAT LENT: Meeting the Lord in our “Deep Heart”
From Crossroads, March 2014
God is a Novelist.
From Crossroads FEBRUARY, 2014
A LIFE OF REGENERATION
From CROSSROADS January 2014
ON GETTING THERE
from CROSSROADS JUNE, 2013
AVOID
From CROSSROADS January 2013
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