What is Thomas Hopko?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = protopresbyter | honorific-prefix = [[The Very Rev.]] [[Protopresbyter]] | name = Thomas Hopko | honorific-suffix = | title = Dean [[Emeritus]], [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]], [[Crestwood, New York]], U.S. | image = 17th All-American Council (8187182974).jpg | caption = Thomas Hopko at 17th All-American Council | province = | diocese = | see = | enthroned = | ended = | predecessor = | successor = | ordination = August 1963 | other_post = [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]]: St. John The Baptist Church (Warren, OH, 1963-8), <br> St. Gregory the Theologian Church (Wappingers Falls, NY, 1968-78),<br> St. Nicholas Church (Jamaica Estates, NY, 1978-83).<br><br> During tenure at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]]: Lecturer in Doctrine and Pastoral Theology, 1968–72;<br> Assistant Professor of Dogmatic Theology, 1972–83;<br> Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, 1983–1991;<br> Professor of Dogmatic Theology, 1991–2;<br> Dean, Rector of Three Hierarchs Chapel, and Professor of Dogmatic Theology, 1992–2002 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|3|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Endicott, New York]], United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|18|1939|3|28}} | death_place = [[Wexford, Pennsylvania]], United States | buried = | nationality = [[United States]] | religion = [[Orthodox Church in America]] | spouse = Anne Hopko (née Schmemann) (m. 1963-2015, his death) | children = [[Archpriest#Byzantine Christianity|Archpriest]] John Hopko, <br> Juliana Thetford, <br> Catherine Mandell,<br> [[Matushka]] Mary Solak and<br> Alexandra Sedor | alma_mater = [[Fordham University]] (1960, B.A. in Russian Studies; 1982 Ph.D. in Theology,<br> [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (1963, M.Div.)<br> and [[Duquesne University]] (1969, M.A. in Philosophy)}} '''Thomas Hopko''' (March 28, 1939 – March 18, 2015) was an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] [[priest]] and [[theologian]]. He was the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] o