Orthodox Christian Studies Program
On September 23, 2025, the Orthodox Christian Studies Center welcomed His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch to Fordham University.
The historic visit featured a performance of Robert Kyr's "A Time for Life: An Environmental Oratorio," honoring His-All Holiness's longstanding commitment to the environment.
Read about the Visit on Fordham Now
Learn more about the future home of the Center on Belmont Avenue.
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center provides a space within a university setting for engagement with Orthodox Christianity by undergraduate and graduate students, participating faculty, and friends. It seeks to promote understanding of Orthodox Christianity in Western Culture; to preserve and perpetuate a vibrant Orthodox Christian tradition in America; to articulate the value and relevance of the Orthodox Christian tradition; and to promote ecumenical dialogue and relations, especially with Roman Catholicism.
Orthodox Christian Studies Center
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center facilitates, finances, and publishes scholarship on the history, thought, and culture of the Orthodox Christian world.
Research, Scholarship, and Events
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