Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies

Established	1986
Faculty	Peter Galadza, Andriy Chirovsky, Brian Butcher, Alexander Laschuk
Address	Windle House, 81 St. Mary Street
Location	University of St. Michael's College , Toronto , Canada
Website	www.sheptytskyinstitute.ca

The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI) is an autonomous unit of the Faculty of Theology at the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Canada. It specializes in Eastern Christian studies in all its breadth. Special emphasis is placed on the tradition of the Church of Kyiv, although courses, seminars, and conferences also deal with aspects of the theology, spirituality, history, and ecclesial polity of all the Eastern Christian churches — the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental non-Chalcedonian, Assyrian, and Eastern Catholic Churches.

Through the Faculty of Theology, the Sheptytsky Institute offers seven graduate programs:

• Conjoint Certificate in Theological Studies
• Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
• Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
• Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MA)
• Master of Theology (Th.M.)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies (Ph.D.)
• Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)^[1]

Current course offerings include:

• Eastern Christian Encounters with Islam
• General Introduction to the Eastern Churches
• Byzantine Christian Sacraments
• Foundations of Eastern Christian Theology
• the Three-Personed God: Eastern Christian Perspectives
• Twentieth-Century Eastern Christian Sacramental Theology
• The Canonical Tradition of the Christian East^[2]

In 2017, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, called the Sheptytsky Institute a "great spiritual and intellectual treasure" of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and a "glorious enrichment to St. Michael's College".^[3]