Personal website and blog: https://irinasart.ca/
Irina was ordained in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto in 2015, following the completion of her Master’s of Divinity degree at Wycliffe College, and Spiritual Direction Diploma at Regis College. Prior to this, she had earned a PhD in Speech-Language Pathology and BA in Linguistics, and pursued an academic path. She has served in churches of various sizes in Toronto, as well as as a chaplain in school and long-term care settings. Today, her ministry focuses on parish life combined with occasional teaching at Wycliffe. She also has a strong interest in the children’s faith development, end-of life care, and new clergy formation. Her personal spirituality reflects a combination of the Orthodox heritage of her country of birth, early faith experiences in the Evangelical church, transition to Anglicanism for theological and liturgical reasons, and formal training in Ignatian (Jesuit) spiritual direction. The practices she borrowed from each tradition together facilitate her awareness of God’s presence and activity in the world, which she is delighted to share in her parish work and spiritual direction practice. Irina is also an amateur artist, belonging to The Artists’ Network and regularly showing her work. If she isn’t at the church or at her easel, she could also be driving the kids somewhere, running/biking/swimming in preparation for another triathlon race, baking, reading, or watering her garden or “indoor jungle”.
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