Meet the Staff

Holy Trinity Publications works under the guidance and with the blessing of the abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery, Bishop Luke (Murianka) of Syracuse. He has assigned the day-to-day oversight of Holy Trinity Publications to Reader Nicholas Chapman, who coordinates a team of monastics, local Orthodox clergy and lay workers. We also work with many different external partners and helpers, recognizing that the world of modern publishing is so diverse that it is no longer possible to have all necessary skills in house.

Let’s introduce our core publishing staff:

Reader Nicholas Chapman

Director of Publications

Reader Nicholas has been employed in publishing and bookselling for over twenty years both in the UK and USA, prior to which he worked in accounting and business consultancy. He was received into the Orthodox Church in 1985 and has served the Church in a variety of roles for almost thirty years in a number of different countries. Since 2009 he has been the Director of Holy Trinity Publications, in which capacity he has edited a diverse range of books, set up accounting systems and been actively involved in marketing and establishing distribution networks for our titles.

Priest Peter Markevich

Sales and Marketing Manager

Priest Peter was born and raised within the Russian Orthodox community in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from the University of California, Davis he came to Jordanville as a seminarian in 2009. He began working in Holy Trinity Bookstore whilst still a seminarian and soon became its manager. He was ordained to the diaconate upon completion of his studies in 2013 and assigned to serve at the monastery. In 2014 he assumed his current position with Holy Trinity Publications whilst also teaching Liturgics at Holy Trinity Seminary. On January 30th/February 12th, 2023, Fr. Peter was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, the patrons of Holy Trinity Seminary. Fr. Peter continues his role working for Holy Trinity Publications while serving as the rector of Holy Trinity Church in Mebane, North Carolina.

Mrs. Nina Chapman

Editorial and Production Manager

As with her husband Reader Nicholas, Nina has worked in publishing and bookselling for over twenty years both in the UK and USA Prior to which she worked both as a teacher of English as a foreign language and in a variety of customer service roles for large corporations. She is the engine room of our Publications Department guiding a new title through all the stages it must pass after being received from the author through delivery as a final file to an external printer.

Hieromonk Anatoly

Typesetting

Hieromonk Anatoly studied at Holy Trinity Seminary and entered the monastic life after graduation. In 2011 he was ordained to the priesthood and serves regularly in the monastery cathedral. His work in typesetting is focused primarily on our liturgical and Slavonic language publications.

Monk Innocent

Graphic Design

After finishing a design degree at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Canada, Fr Innocent moved to Jordanville in 1990 to study at Holy Trinity Seminary and to live the monastic life. From the beginning of his life in Jordanville, Fr Innocent was assigned to work in the Printshop of St Job of Pochaev and learned many of his technical and software skills at that obedience. He brings to the Publications Department his professional skill set both in print and web design. He works on external and internal book design as well as the production of marketing materials and assisting with our online journals Orthodox Life and Pravoslavnaya Rus'.

Reader Timothy Zelinski

Marketing Intern

Reader Timothy Zelinski graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Music in May, 2019. After being baptized into the Orthodox Faith that same month, he enrolled in the Synodal School of Liturgical Music to begin his theological studies. He enrolled in the M.Div program at Holy Trinity Seminary in Fall 2021, and upon entering his final year, began a marketing internship with Holy Trinity Publications.

John Kurr

Assistant Editor at Pravoslavnaya Rus'

Having converted to Orthodoxy in 2016, John became an active parishioner of Holy Trinity Monastery, and in 2022 enrolled in the seminary. He grew up in a multilingual home, speaking English, Russian, and German. Since 2023 he has been working with Holy Trinity Publications, applying a striving for quality and efficiency to the Russian-Language Pravoslavnaya Rus'. He assists the editor in his duties and with various projects.

Matushka Stefanida Luque

Customer Service

Stefanida Luque processes orders and helps customers with inquiries. Stefanida comes from a family who became Orthodox when she was a child and has always been very involved in the church. A Montessori teacher by training, with a bachelor's in education and history from Marian University in Indianapolis, she is also museum educator at the Russian History Museum at Holy Trinity Monastery, where she teaches hands-on art and history classes for children. Her husband, Deacon Jorge Luque, is finishing his masters degree at Holy Trinity Seminary.