Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos is Associate General Secretary at the National Council of Churches USA, where, as director of both Faith & Order and Interreligious Relations & Collaboration, he is responsible for theological dialogue among both ecumenical and interfaith partners. This includes intra-Christian dialogue, as well as Jewish-Christian, Muslim-Christian, Buddhist-Christian, Hindu-Christian, and Sikh-Christian dialogue. An Orthodox Christian theologian, he previously directed, and continues to contribute to, the Council’s work in international affairs and its advocacy on US foreign policy issues.
Formerly, Dr. Kireopoulos was the Executive Director of Religions for Peace – USA, where he promoted interfaith collaboration to address common domestic social concerns. Before that he was Special Assistant to the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in the area of external affairs, and Assistant to the Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, in communications.
Among his affiliations, Dr. Kireopoulos is on the executive committee of Shoulder-to-Shoulder, an organization dedicated to fighting Islamophobia in the US, and Churches for Middle East Peace. He has served as chair of United to End Genocide and as a founding board member of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and its Religious Advisory Committee, as well as a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Orthodox Theological Society in America. He serves as a member of The Advisory Council of The Guibord Center founded by The Late Rev. Dr. Gwynne M. Guibord for whom one of the NCCC’s highest honors – The Gwynne Guibord Award for Excellence in Interreligious Leadership – is given annually.
Dr. Kireopoulos has particular expertise in the areas of religious freedom and genocide.
The Guibord Center under the late Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord and now under the current president, Dr. Lo Sprague, is a co-convener with Dr. Kireopoulos of NCCC for both The Buddhist – Christian Dialogue and The Hindu-Christian Dialogue.
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