John Rybicki has diplomas in Theological Studies from both the Virginia Theological Seminary and the Antiochian Orthodox Church. He studied at St. George’s College in Jerusalem and received a Master of Theology degree from the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, Balamand University. John served as a Pastoral Associate at the Riderwood Retirement Community in Maryland with responsibility for religious education where he facilitated a weekly Jewish-Christian religious dialogue. John continues to lecture at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, George Mason University; the Lifetime Learning Institute of Northern Virginia, and in local churches and synagogues