Episode ONE - LITURGY, that thing we do Sunday morning

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Karim Guirguis, currently a PhD student at Trinity College (as of Fall 2023), under the supervision of Dr. Jesse Billett, looking to produce an edition and liturgical theological study of the Euchologion of the White MonasteryKarim received his MTS from the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College, where his thesis about the formative telos of liturgy, under the supervision of Fr. Geoffrey Ready. Additionally, Karim presented at a few conferences, and has several papers published in the fields of patristics, hermeneutics, and liturgy and liturgical theology.Karim lives in Ajax with his wife Rolanda Saied, and serves at St. Mary and St. John the Beloved parish, in Pickering. He is also a full-time software engineer, (B.Eng., 2018, McMaster University.)