On December 26, 2017, the Rector of St. George Church, Archpriest Igor Tarasov presented his doctoral thesis at the Academic Council of the Kievan Theological Academy. The dissertation topic is “Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the United States from the Middle of the XX century until Our Days: Internal Life and External Activity”.
After a proper procedure the thesis had been successfully defended before the Academic Council and Fr. Igor awarded a degree of the Candidate in Theology (equivalent to a PhD).