In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Kirollos Kilada is an artist based in Mississauga, ON, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Design (BDes) from OCAD University and is currently pursuing a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) in Orthodox Christian Studies at Trinity College at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on Iconography, Sacred Space and Beauty within Coptic Orthodox Tradition.

Kirollos has been commissioned to paint Coptic icons for churches and homes in Canada, The United States, Australia and Europe for both Copts and other Christians.

As an iconographer, he endeavours to produce icons which are in symphony with centuries of Coptic tradition, firmly rooted in Art History and Orthodox Theology, through an approach that is dynamic and contemporary.

Recent projects include the Baptistery of the Church of St Philopater, Guelph, ON and the sanctuary and chorus of the Chapel of St John Chrysostom at St Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, Melbourne, Australia

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Carol Markos, an aspiring socio-cultural anthropologist and hopes to contribute to the development of the social sciences in Coptic Studies.

Carol is a recent graduate of Migration and Diaspora Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, where she completed her Master’s thesis on the role of religious identity in the lives of Coptic youth in Mississauga, Ontario, which she also calls home.

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Karim Guirguis, currently a PhD student at Trinity College (as of Fall 2023), under the supervision of Dr. Jesse Billett, looking to produce an edition and liturgical theological study of the Euchologion of the White Monastery

Karim received his MTS from the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College, where his thesis about the formative telos of liturgy, under the supervision of Fr. Geoffrey Ready.

Additionally, Karim presented at a few conferences, and has several papers published in the fields of patristics, hermeneutics, and liturgy and liturgical theology.

Karim lives in Ajax with his wife Rolanda Saied, and serves at St. Mary and St. John the Beloved parish, in Pickering. He is also a full-time software engineer, (B.Eng., 2018, McMaster University.)