Robert Stephanopoulos

Dean, Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York

The Reverend Robert George Stephanopoulos, a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for 47 years, has been Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York since 1982. Prior to that, the "On Faith" panelist served as pastor of St. Demetrios Church in Fall River, Mass. and Church of Our Saviour in Rye, N.Y. He also was Dean of Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral in Cleveland. Stephanopoulos, who has a doctorate in ecumenics, missions and world religions from Boston University, is adjunct professor of Eastern Christian Thought at St. John's University. Long active in interreligious outreach and dialogue, he has served as Ecumenical Officer of the Archdiocese. He is a founding member of Orthodox Dialogues with Catholics, Anglicans, Evangelicals and Jews and author of the following works: Guidelines for Orthodox Christians in Ecumenical Relations; The Greek (Eastern Orthodox) Church (1990), Patriarch Dimitrios in the USA (1991), and IAKOVOS: The Making of An Archbishop (1996). Close.