Rev. Dr. Yosyp Veresh curriculum vitae

Ecclesiastical Life

1998, ordained in Uzhgorod, as priest for the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, reigon of Zakarpatya, Ukraine.

Education

1992-1995, Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
1995-1998, Master in Theological Studies (MTS), International Theological Institute, Gaming, Austria.
1998-2000, Sacred Theology Licentiate (STL), International Theological Institute, Gaming, Austria, Thesis: The Goods of Marriage, (Director: Prof. John Saward).
2000-2004, Doctorate in Theological Studies (DTS), International Theological Institute, Gaming, Austria, with research studies at the Blackfriars, Oxford, England, Thesis: The Sacrament of Marriage and Christian Deification, (Director: Prof. John Saward).
2008-2010, Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD), Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland, Thesis: The Anthropological Foundations of Spirituality of Marriage in the Christian East, (Director: Dr. hab. Jarosław Kupczak OP).

Appointments

1991-1994, manager, Eparchial Office of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
1994-1996, referent for the Foreign Relations of the Eparchial Office of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, Uzhgorod, 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.
2003-2010, administrator, Greek-Catholic Parish in Goriany (state architectural monument of 11th century), and other parishes in the same area, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
2004-2010, visiting professor at the International Theological Institute, Trumau, 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.
2010-present, associate professor of Patrology and Eastern Christian Theology, and director of the Centre of Eastern Christian Studies at the International Theological Institute, Trumau, Austria.

Languages

Publications

The Problems of Married and Family life, in: Blagovisnik, no. 13 (101), Uzhgorod, Mukachivska Greko-Katolicka Eparchia, December 2000.
Freedom and Christian Marriage, in: Blagovisnik, no. 1 (104), Uzhgorod, Mukachivska Greko-Katolicka Eparchia, January 2001.
Children – the crowns of Christian Marriage, in: Blagovisnik, no. 2 (105), Uzhgorod, Mukachivska Greko-Katolicka Eparchia, February 2001.
Crimes against the Good of Children, in: Blagovisnik, no. 3 (106), Uzhgorod, Mukachivska Greko-Katolicka Eparchia, March 2001.
The Magysterium of the Catholic Church on the true meaning of conjugal love and on the evil of Contraception, in: Blagovisnik, no. 4 (107), Uzhgorod, Mukachivska Greko-Katolicka Eparchia, April 2001.
The Anthropological Foundations of Spirituality of Marriage in the Christian East, Uzhhorod: Lira Publishing Company, 2010.

Teaching Experience

Courses taught at the Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine:

Courses taught at the International Theological Institute, Trumau, Austria:

Deification in the Eastern Christian Tradition
Spiritual Direction in the Christian East
Christology: Mystery of the Incarnate Word I
Christian Marriage and Monasticism in the East
Conjugal life and Eucharistic purity: The understanding of the concept of married clergy in the Christian East
Marriage: Sacrament and Spirituality
Moral-Pastoral Theology: The Sacraments of Healing
Introduction to the Liturgy
Byzantine Worship
Byzantine Ruthenian Liturgical Chant

Conferences and lectures

03-07 of July 2000, Topics: On Faith; On Hope; On Charity; Blessed Theodore Romzha Greek-Catholic Academy in Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
28 of November 2003, Topic: On Prayer, Heiligen Kreutz, Austria.
12-14 of February 2004, Topics: Know yourself; Conquer yourself; Give yourself; Marchegg, Austria.
18-20 of February 2005, Topics: On Discernment; On Asceticism; On Prayer; Altenburg, Austria.
10-12 of November 2005, spiritual conferences for priests and seminarians on priesthood, Stift Lilienfeld, Austria.
9 of March, 2006, Topic: Die Mystagogische Katechese über die Byzantinische Liturgie, Internationales Theologisches Institut fuer Studien zur Ehe und Familie, Gaming, Austria.
10-15 Juli, 2006, Topics: Das Jesusgebet; Das Gebet des Herzen; Die Mystagogische Katechese über die Byzantinische Liturgie; Gaming, Austria.
9-28 of December, 2006, seven conferences on Christian marriage, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
1-3 of February 2007, spiritual conferences for women on the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple,monastery of the sisters of Bethlehem, by Salzburg, Austria.
21-24 of February 2008, Topics; Hope in the teachings of the Eastern Fathers; Contemplative prayer as a school of Hope; Venice, Italy.
9-10 of February 2010, Topics: Ascetical and Mystical life in the teachings of St. Maximus the Confessor; The Jesus Prayer; Faculty of Theology, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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.

Academic Interests/Research Projects

Rev. Dr. Yosyp Veresh
Associate Professor of Patrology and Eastern Christian Theology, Director of the Centre of Eastern Christian Studies