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[[Image:John-Breck.jpg|frame|right]]Father '''John Breck''' (1939- ) is an [[archpriest]] and [[theologian]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] specializing in [[Holy Scripture|Scripture ]] and Ethics. He has been Professor of Biblical Exegesis and Patristics at the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)]], and Director of the Saint Silouan Retreat on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, since 1995.
Breck received the his B.A. in Relligious Religious Studies from Brown University (1960), the an M.Div. (Master of Divinity, the basic seminary degree for those seeking ordination) from Yale Divinity School (1965), and the Dr. Theol. a Doctorate of Theology from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in Germany (1972). In 2003 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania.
After converting to Orthodoxy from Protestantism, he served as Professor of New Testament and Patristics at
==Bibliography==
===Books===
*''God With Us: Critical Isues Issues in Christian Life and Faith''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003.*''The Legacy of St Vladimir: Byzantium, Russia, America''(editor). Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997.
*''Longing for God: Orthodox Reflections on Bible, Ethics, and Liturgy''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006.
*''The Power of the Word: In the Worshiping Church''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997.
*''Spirit of Truth: The Holy Spirit in Johannine Tradition: The Origins of Johannine Pneumatology''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990.
*''Stages on Life's Way: Orthodox Thinking on Bioethics'' (with Lynn Breck). Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006.
==External link==*[http://www.oca.org/CHRIST-life-index.asp?SID=6 "Life In Christ" Articles by the Very Rev. John Breck] - [[OCA]] Web site.[[Category:Modern Writers|Breck]][[Category:Priests|Breck]][[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity|Breck]][[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity from Protestantism|Breck]]
