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Pastor · Professor · Musician · Poet & Essayist​​

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Olga-Maria is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Lakeland, Florida (ELCA). She holds a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics, completed under the supervision of a scholar at Green College, Oxford, and spent thirteen years teaching ethics and interdisciplinary courses at the university level, followed by six years in campus ministry.

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Her poems and essays have appeared in Poetry East, Chautauqua, Carolina Quarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere. She is currently at work on several book-length projects and a collection of liturgical music for congregational worship.

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Pastor Olga-Maria is committed to interfaith understanding and to ministry that is inclusive, intentional, intersectional, and Christ-centered—good news for people who are curious, cautious, or hopeful about faith.