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Rev. Joseph Veresh curriculum vitae

Education

1992-1995, Seminary formation and studies, With Excellent, Uzhgorod Seminary of Theodore Romzha (from 2001 Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod), Ukraine

1995-1998, Master in Theological Studies, International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Gaming, Austria

1998-2000, Sacred Theology Licentiate, International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Gaming, Austria, Magna Cum Laude, Thesis: The Goods of Marriage, Director: Prof. John Saward

2000-2004, Doctorate in Theological Studies, International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Gaming, Austria, Magna Cum Laude, Thesis: The Sacrament of Marriage and Christian Deification, Research studies for the thesis at the Blackfriars, Oxford, England, Director: Rev. John Saward

Ecclesiastical life

27th of December 1998, ordained as Priest for the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Ukraine

Languages

Native: Ukrainian

Fluent: English, German, Hungarian, Slovak, Russian

Appointments

1991-1994, Manager, Eparchial Office, Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Ukraine

1994-1996, Referent for the Foreign Relations, Eparchial Office, Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Ukraine

1999-2003, Chaplain, Greek-Catholic Chapel of St. Jude, Uzhgorod, Ukraine

1999-2002, Vice-rector and professor, Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine

2002-2003, Rector and professor, Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine

2003-present, Administrator, Greek-Catholic Parish in Goriany (State Architectural Monument of 11th century), and two other parishes in the same area, Uzhgorod, Ukraine

2004-present, Professor at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Gaming Austria

2005, Administrator of five Greek-Catholic Parishes and communities in the area of Mukachevo, Ukraine 

2005-present, Member of the Marriage and Family Commission of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Ukraine

Teaching Experience

Professor at the Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine

Fundamental Moral Theology
Moral Theology: The Commandments 
Moral-Pastoral Theology: The Sacraments
Theology of Christian Marriage
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Liturgical Catecheses

Professor at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Gaming Austria:

Moral-Pastoral Theology: The Sacraments of Healing
Spiritual Theology: Deification in the Eastern Christian Tradition
Spiritual Direction in the Christian East
Christian Marriage and Monasticism
Byzantine Liturgy

Areas of Specializations and Research Interests

Ascetical and Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church

Moral and Pastoral Theology

Marriage and Family

Eastern Monasticism

Byzantine Liturgy

Publications

“What do we know about Christian Marriage?” Part One: The Problems of Married and Family life, - Blagovisnik, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, December 2000, no. 13 (101)

“What do we know about Christian Marriage?” Part Two: Freedom and Christian Marriage, - Blagovisnik, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, January 2001, no. 1 (104)

“What do we know about Christian Marriage?” Part Three: Children – the crowns of Christian Marriage, - Blagovisnik, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, February 2001, no. 2 (105)

“What do we know about Christian Marriage?” Part Four: Crimes against the Good of Children, - Blagovisnik, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, March 2001, no. 3 (106)

“What do we know about Christian Marriage?” Part Five: The Magysterium of the Catholic Church on the true meaning of conjugal love and on the evil of Contraception, - Blagovisnik, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, April 2001, no. 4 (107)

Conferences given

03-07 of July 2000, “The Theological Virtues,” Spiritual Conferences for seminarians, Topics: On Faith; On Hope; On Charity, Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine

28-29 of November 2003, Spiritual Conferences for Priests and seminarians, Topic: On Prayer,  Heiligen Kreutz, Austria

12-14 of February 2004, “Be Still, and know that I am God,” Spiritual Conferences for students, Topics: Know yourself; Conquer yourself; Give yourself, Marchegg, Austria

18-20 of February 2005, “Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,” Spiritual Conferences for students, Topics: On Discernment; On Asceticism; On Prayer, Altenburg, Austria

10-12 of November 2005, “He is calling you,” Spiritual Conferences for Priests and seminarians, Stift Lilienfeld, Austria

9 of March, 2006, “Mystagogische Katechese uber die Bysantinische Liturgie“ Vortrag, Besinnungsnachmittag mit den griechisch-katholischen Priestern des Internationalen Theologischen Institutes fur Studien zur Ehen und Familie

10-14 Juli 2006, “Wüstengebet - Pustinia - als Lebensart,” Exerzitien, zwei Vorträge zum Thema “Das Jesus-Gebet,“ und eine Vortrag zum Thema “Einführung in die Byzantinische Liturgie“ Gaming, Austria

09-28 of December 2006, “How marriage leads to Heaven?” Seven conferences on Christian Marriage organized by the Marriage and Family Commission of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Uzhgorod, Ukraine

1-3 of February 2007, “Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,” Spiritual Conferences for women, Monastery of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Austria

15-17 of February 2007, “The Spiritual Way,” Spiritual Conferences for Priests and seminarians, Monastery of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Austria

Other academic activities

1998, Corso di Aggiornamento dei Seminari Orientali d’Europa, Nyregyhaza, Hungary, Organized by the Congregation of the Eastern Churches

1999, Corso di Formacione dei Superiori dei Seminari Orientali Cattolici d’Europa, Lviv, Ukraine, Organized by the Congregation of the Eastern Churches

2001, Corso di Formacione dei Superiori dei Seminari Orientali Cattolici d’Europa, Lviv, Ukraine, Organized by the Congregation of the Eastern Churches

2005, Conference of the Contemporary Theologians of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Lviv, Ukraine

2006, International Jubilee Conference on Tserkovnoje Prostopinije (Church Plainchant), Uzhgorod, Ukraine

 

 

Rev. Joseph Veresh
Visiting Professor, Dr. theol., ITI, Gaming, 2004; Uzhgorod Seminary of Theodore Romzha , 1995; priest