About

Resources and information about the traditional expression of Holy Orthodoxy.

As national interest in the Orthodox Church grows in the United States, many of the faithful, as well as non-Orthodox, are seeking resources that faithfully represent the historical, spiritual tradition of Orthodox Christianity. As a pan-Orthodox effort of Saint Constantine College, Orthodox Studies Institute (OSI) provides resources and educational opportunities, highlighting the historical witness and contemporary realities of global Orthodoxy.

Mission & Vision

Orthodox Studies Institute exists to advance the study and application of Orthodox Christianity in faithfulness to Holy Tradition.

Orthodox Studies Institute (OSI) provides academic and popular education resources to the public on topics relevant to the Orthodox Christian faith. OSI is an effort of Saint Constantine College.

Leadership

John Mark Reynolds, PhD

President, Saint Constantine College Professor of Great Texts and Philosophy

Dr. John Mark Reynolds is the President of Saint Constantine College and The Saint Constantine School. He is also a faculty member at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, a Fellow of the Center For Science and Culture at The Discovery Institute, a member of the Board of Directors of Orthodox Christian School Association (OCSA), and the former provost of Houston Christian University. He was the founder and director of the Torrey Honors College, the Socratic, great books-centered honors program at Biola University. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Rochester, where he wrote his dissertation analyzing cosmology and psychology in Plato’s Timaeus. Dr. Reynolds is the author of numerous books, including When Athens Met Jerusalem: an Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought and is the editor of The Great Books Reader. He is a frequent blogger and lecturer on a wide range of topics including ancient philosophy, classical and home education, politics, faith, and virtue.

Timothy E.G. Bartel, PhD

Provost, Saint Constantine College Professor of Great Texts and Theology

Dr. Timothy Bartel is the Provost of Saint Constantine College. He holds a PhD in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts from University of St Andrews and an MFA in Poetry from Seattle Pacific University. His poems and essays have been published in numerous periodicals, including Christianity and Literature, First Things, and The Hopkin's Review. Dr. Bartel’s academic specialty is the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and he is the author Glimpses of Her Father’s Glory: Deification and Divine Light in Longfellow’s “Evangeline” (Wipf & Stock, 2019). He has also published three collections of poems, most recently Aflame But Unconsumed (Kelsay Books, 2019).

Matthew Namee

Executive Director, Orthodox Studies Institute

Matthew Namee is a lawyer and historian who has run OrthodoxHistory.org since 2009. He’s given numerous talks on church history over the years at most of the major Orthodox institutions and venues in the United States. He authored the book Lost Histories: The Good, the Bad, and the Strange in Early American Orthodoxy (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2024). In his day job, Matthew is an attorney working exclusively on Orthodox Church matters for a nonprofit ministry. He lives in Washington state with his wife Catherine and their seven children.

Margaret Wissink

Director of Operations, Orthodox Studies Institute

Maggie Wissink is the Director of Operations at OSI and a former private archivist. She graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in history. She is a board member at the Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry. Maggie lives in Houston with her husband and their three children.

Advisory Board

Dr. Ann Bezzerides
Fr. Boniface Carroll
Nicholas Chapman
Dr. David Ford
Dr. Mary Ford
Dr. Edith Humphrey
Fr. Gregory Joyce
Dr. Melissa Kean
Dr. Christopher Krampe
Dr. Anysia Metrakos
Eric Namee
Dr. Brittany Pheiffer Noble
Dr. Samuel Noble
Fr. Thomas Zain