Rev. Deacon Salvatore Fazio

Demetra Velisarios Jaquet, MDiv, DMin

Helen Creticos Theodoropoulos, MTS, MA, PhD

Contextualizing Research with~900 Missionaries to Orthodox Clergy and Church Workers -

Geoff Whiteman, ThM, LMFT

Kristina Whiteman, PhD (ABD)

Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Medical Director of Clinical Research, Howard Brown Health, Chicago, IL

Dr. Casey Clardy is called to the ministry of cross-cultural bridge building at the intersection of psychology, faith, and healthcare in community-based settings. As a Spanish-speaking, licensed clinical psychologist, she has dedicated her career to addressing health disparities and inequities in under-resourced communities of color. At Lawndale Christian Health Center, a faith-based community health center providing primary care services to some of Chicago’s most vulnerable populations on the West Side, Dr. Clardy has served as the Director of Behavioral Health and a clinical supervisor.

Fr. Demetrios Harper is Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Church History at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in New York. He also serves as Visiting Professor of Byzantine Philosophy at the Antiochian House of Studies, Los Angeles, California and as a priest under the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America.

Welcome by Dr. Philip Mamalakis, OCAMPR President.

Introduction of speaker by Fr. Apostolos Hill, Head Pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Phoenix.

Speaker: His Grace the Right Reverend Daniel, MDiv, Bishop of Santa Rosa, Chancellor of the Diocese of the West (OCA)

In the final session, the attendees gathered in an "Agape Circle" and reflected on their takeaways from the conference.

Mat. Christina Veselak, MS, LMFT, Certified Nutritionist, Psychotherapist at Garden Gate Counseling & Consulting and St. Ephraim Center (an Orthodox Counseling Center), Centennial, CO; Founder and Director, The Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition; Matushka of All Saints of Russia Orthodox Church (ROCOR), Denver, CO.

Critiques of “Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives” from Trauma Theory.

Kate McCray, ThM, MDiv, PhD candidate, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto; Member of Holy Myrrhbearers Chapel (OCA), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.

Randa Karadsheh Anderson, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice of Psychology, Orthodox Christian Counseling Institute; Member of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL.

Catherine Creticos, MD, Licensed Physician, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Director of Infectious Diseases, Howard Brown Health; Physician and Consultant at AIMMC and HBH; Member of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL.

Helen Creticos Theodoropoulos, PhD, Adjunct Professor, St. Sava Serbian Orthodox School of Theology; Member of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL.