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The Transfiguration of Christ by Christopher Veniamin
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About the author
CHRISTOPHER VENIAMIN is a spiritual child of St. Sophrony the Athonite (1896-1993). Born and raised in London, England, of Greek Cypriot parents, Dr. Veniamin holds his first degree in theology from the University of Thessalonica and his doctorate from the University of Oxford. He is Professor of Patristics at St. Tikhon's Seminary in Pennsylvania, and Dean Emeritus and Professor of Patristic Theology and Dogmatics at the Antiochian House of Studies in California, where he established the Ph.D. Program in Orthodox Studies and spearheaded the drive for accreditation. Dr. Veniamin also holds the four-year Degree in Byzantine Music from the celebrated School of St. Romanus Melodus and St. John Damascene in Thessalonica, and is a pupil of Eleftherios Georgiades, former Lampadarios of the Great Church of Christ.