Global InformationVassa Larin information
Ryassofor-nun Vassa (Larin) | |
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| Sister Doctor (Sr. Dr.) | |
| Other post(s) | Professor of Liturgical Studies, Catholic Faculty of the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Varvara Georgievna Larina December 11, 1970 Nyack, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Vassa Larin (born Varvara Georgievna Larina, Russian: Варвара Георгиевна Ларина; December 11, 1970) is an American Russian Orthodox ryassofor nun, the host of the popular show "Coffee with Sr. Vassa", author of many scholarly articles and a monograph on Byzantine liturgy and theology, and an outspoken public intellectual on current issues of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). She teaches Liturgical Studies at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna in Austria.
Larin is a member of the Commission of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church: the Commission on Liturgy and Church Art, and the Commission of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church: the Commission on Canon Law.