Leonid Kishkovsky

The Very Reverend Leonid Kishkovsky was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1943. Family became refugees during World War II in West Germany, and immigrated to the United States as Displaced Persons in 1951. Studied political science and history at the University of Southern California (1961 - 1964), and theology at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (1964 - 1968). Married to Alexandra Koulomzine in 1969, ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in the same year.

From 1974 to the present serving as Rector of Our Lady of Kazan Church, Sea Cliff, New York, and Assistant to the Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America.

Director of External Affairs, Orthodox Church in America

Editor, The Orthodox Church (church-wide publication of the Orthodox Church in America)

Study and Planning Commission of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops

in the Americas (SCOBA).

Board of Directors of International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)

World Council of Churches Central Committee

Board of Directors, US Conference for the WCC

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA Executive Board and General Assembly

Church World Service Board of Directors and Executive Committee (CWS)

President, Christian Churches Together in the USA

Moderator, Religions for Peace - USA (RFP - USA)

Moderator, Executive Committee Pro Tem, World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP)Trustee, Appeal of Conscience Foundation

Member, Council on Foreign Relations

President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (1989 - 1990)

Member of the Secretary of State’s Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad (1996 - 1999). Moderator, Action by Churches Together (ACT), the Geneva-based ecumenical alliance of churches and humanitarian agencies (2000 - 2003).