Rev. Hierodeacon Methodios (Pranic)
senior lecturer
department of liturgics, sacred arts and music
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- S.T.B. (B.A., M.A.), Philosophy and Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, 2014
- B.A., Music, University of Rochester, 2017
- M.A., Systematic Theology, St Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, 2019
- S.T.L. (Th.D. ABD), Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology, The Liturgical Institute, 2021
- TEFL (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language), 2022
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Liturgical Studies
- Liturgical Theology
- Sacramental Theology
- Sacred Arts and Music
CURRENT COURSES
- The Eight Tones I & II (undergraduate and graduate)
- Principles of Liturgy I & II (undergraduate and graduate)
- Introduction to Liturgical Theology (undergraduate)
- Seminar in Liturgical Theology (graduate)
- Remedial Liturgics I & II (undergraduate)
- Principles of Orthodoxy I & II [ISF]
- Dogmatic Theology I & II [ISF]
- Basics of Choral Conducting (elective)
PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS [listen and download here]
- Ныне отпущаеши -- Песнь Симеона Богоприимца (four-part male choir), 2021
- Канон Евхаристии (I) (four-part male choir), 2023
- Херувимская песнь (I) (four-part male choir), 2023
- Канон Евхаристии (II) (four-part mixed choir), 2024
CONFERENCE LECTURES AND ACADEMIC PAPERS
- The 9th International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, Washington, DC 2024
Temporal Harmony: Integrating Circadian Rhythm, Byzantine Timekeeping, and Eastern Orthodox Monastic Practices
You can read/download the paper here.
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“Theology in Times of Crisis” - International Theological Conference organized by The Ruhr-Universität Bochum & The University of Zagreb - Faculty of Theology, 2025
Becoming More (Than) Human: Theosis and Transhumanism in Modern World
CURRENT RESEARCH/WRITING
- Comparative Analysis of Monastic Tonsure Rites in Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox (Coptic) Traditions
