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Assistant Professor | St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
The Rt Rev. Dr Vasily (Vitaly) Permiakov is Assistant Professor of Liturgical Theology at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He completed his doctorate in Theology (Liturgical Studies) at the University of Notre Dame in 2012, and in 2011-2025 served as full time faculty at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, NY) and St Vladimir’s Seminary (Yonkers, NY). In August 2025 he was consecrated and enthroned as Bishop of San Francisco and the West for the Orthodox Church in America. His scholarly interests include Byzantine liturgy and liturgical theology, liturgy of Jerusalem during the Byzantine period, Eastern Christian rites of initiation, and Orthodox sacramental theology. He is a member of the Society for Oriental Liturgies and the International Orthodox Theological Association. In 2020-2025 he served on the editorial board of St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly.
