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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.

Following his graduation from the Gymnasium of Kyparissia, Greece, he was offered a scholarship to study at [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)]]. Upon his graduation from the Theological School in 1951 he attended the University of Michigan. In 1954 he married Stella Croussouloudis of New York and Chios, and returned to Greece where he enrolled and attended courses at the School of Theology, [[University of Athens]] (1954-1955). Upon his return to the United States in May of 1955, he was [[ordination|ordained ]] in July, 1955 and assigned to St. Demetrios Church in Perth Amboy, NJ. During his diakonia at St. Demetrios (1955-1964) he pursued post-graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, (1957-1959), receiving a Th. M. in New Testament studies, and Rutgers University (1959-1964), receiving an M.A. in 1963 and Ph.D. in 1965 in the history of Byzantine Civilization. He has received several scholarships, fellowships and honors including the Lane Cooper Fellowship and University Fellowship at Rutgers University, a Junior Fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks of Harvard University, several grants, an honorary doctorate in theology by Hellenic College/Holy Cross and several distinctions from academic, professional and social organizations.

*''Christian Faith And Cultural Heritage : Essays from a Greek Orthodox Perspective'' [ISBN 0972466177]*''Renewing the Church : The Significance of the Council in Trullo'' [ISBN 1885652852]

*''The Complete Works of His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of North and South America 1959-1996'' [ISBN 1885652208]

*''Understanding the Greek Orthodox Church : Its Faith, History and Practice'' [ISBN 0816405158]*''Christian Hellenism, Volume Three : Essays and Studies in Continuity and Change'' [ISBN 0892415231]*''The Greeks, Their Heritage, and Its Value Today'' [ISBN 0917653475]*''Poverty, Society and Philanthropy in the Late Mediaeval Greek World'' [ISBN 0892414014]*''Byzantine Philanthropy and Social Welfare'' [ISBN 0892414022]*''Religious-Philosophical Issues and Interreligious Dialogues in the Orthodox Church Since World War II'' [ISBN 0917651278]