The Sheptytsky Institute was founded in 1986 at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. In September 1990 the Sheptytsky Institute moved to Ottawa, Canada, where since May 1992 it is one of the four academic units of Saint Paul University's Faculty of Theology.

The Sheptytsky Institute specializes in Eastern Christian Studies, with special but not exclusive emphasis on the tradition of the Church of Kyiv. Its main interests lie in the fields of theology, spirituality, history, and ecclesial polity of the Eastern Churches, both Orthodox and Catholic.

Through Saint Paul University's Faculty of Theology, the Sheptytsky Institute offers:

• Civil and Ecclesiastical Baccalaureates
• B.A. in Christian Studies
• Certificate in Eastern Christian Studies
• Ecclesiastical Masters (L.Th.) and Doctoral (D.Th.) programmes
• M.A. and Ph.D in Eastern Christian Theology
• A month-long summer intensive program in Eastern Christian Spirituality
• A summer program in Univ, Ukraine, together with the L'viv Theological Academy.
• Public lectures on various aspects of the life of the Eastern Churches
• Continuing education programs for clergy
• Community outreach to dioceses in North America and Ukraine.

The Institute also:

• produces video and print materials for theological education in the Eastern tradition provides consultative services for dioceses, school boards and parishes in need of expert advice
• publishes a peer-reviewed journal, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies.

An important aspect of the work of the Sheptytsky Institute is its Byzantine Rite Chapel of Sts. Joachim and Anne, which with the offices and reading room of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky

Institute of Eastern Christian Studies are located on the second floor of Laframboise Hall, 249 Main Street, Ottawa.