Speaker

Dr. Sarah Byrne-Martelli is a Board Certified chaplain who has served in Acute Care and Hospice since 2002. She is currently the Vice President of OCAMPR. She is the author of “Memory Eternal: Living with Grief as Orthodox Christians” (Ancient Faith, 2022) and is an Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. After many years of clinical work, she is now a Research Fellow in Supportive Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, studying the intersection of palliative care and spiritual distress. She is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care and a 2022 Cambia Sojourns Scholar Leader. Sarah is endorsed as a chaplain by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. She oversees the chaplaincy group within OCAMPR and mentors new chaplains from various Orthodox jurisdictions. She also co-hosts the Ancient Faith podcast “The Wounded Healer: Visiting Christ, Visiting the Sick, Visiting Ourselves.” Sarah regularly leads parish retreats, women’s retreats, and workshops related to spiritual care, grief, and bereavement. Sarah holds a Doctor of Ministry from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. Sarah attends St. Mary Orthodox Church in Cambridge, MA, with her husband, Dr. Peter Martelli, and their son Rafael.