Fr Anthony Gilbert, PhD is Assistant Professor of Christian Literature at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers NY, and Adjunct Professor of Literature & History at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline MA. In the past, he was headmaster of Christ the Savior Academy in Wichita KS (2018-2020) and faculty at the University of Saint Katherine (2013-2018) and Point Loma Nazarene University (2009-2010). He is the priest of St George Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, MI, where he lives with his wife and children.

Educational Background 

MDiv, St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (2023)

PhD, English, University of Victoria (poetry, premodern politics & religious culture) (2015)

MA, English, San Diego State University (2009)

BA, English & Philosophy/Theology, Point Loma Nazarene University (2007) 

Teaching / Research Interests

Literature, Art, Theology

Intellectual & Cultural History 

Liturgy, Ecology, Education, Work, Community Life

Recent Courses Taught 

SP373 Literature & Metanoia (SVOTS)

ENGL2432 Russian Literature and Orthodox Spirituality (HCHC)

ENGL2121 Tolkien: Mythopoeia, Middle-Earth, & Modernity (HCHC)

Recent publications 

“Come and See: Orthodox Mission, Literature, and Metanoia” forthcoming in The Paideia Review. 

(co-editor) Into the Light: Orthodox Christianity and Classical Education, forthcoming with SVS Press. 

“Eastern Orthodox Christianity: A Vital Tradition” in An Essential Guide to Christianity (Bloomsbury, 2024).

“Post-Byzantine History, Culture, & the Orthodox Church” in St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 66.1-2 (2022).

“Gnosis, Techne, Hedone: Some Secular Anthropological Assumptions” in Healing Humanity: Confronting Our Moral Crisis (Holy Trinity Monastery Press, 2020).