Fr. '''Demetrios J. Constantelos''' is a retired [[priest]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. He is a world-renowned scholar on Eastern Orthodoxy, [[Byzantium]], modern Greek history, and Hellenistic philosophy. Currently he is a Distinguished Research Scholar in Residence and the Charles Cooper Townsend Sr. Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ. He was born in Spilia, Messenia, Greece. He became a United States citizen in 1958, and resides in Linwood, NJ, with his wife and [[presbytera]], Stella.