Selected Honours and Distinctions

Pope Radislav I of Rome-Ruthenia

Pope Radislav I of Rome-Ruthenia

Honours of the Roman-Ruthenian Church and State

As Sovereign of the Roman-Ruthenian chivalric orders, His Holiness holds the following individual grades:

  • Knight of Christ and Bailiff of the Most Holy Pontifical Order of the Eagle
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Saints George and Olga
  • Bailiff Grand Cross of the Russian-Yugoslavian Order of Saint John
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Religious and Military Order of Saints Anna and Alexander Nevsky
  • Knight of the Roman-Ruthenian Order of the Golden Spur
  • Knight of the Grand Collar of the Roman-Ruthenian Order of Saint Pius IX
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Roman-Ruthenian Order of Saint Gregory the Great
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Roman-Ruthenian Order of Saint Sylvester
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Pontifical Imperial State
  • Companion of the Pontifical Order of Merit
  • Grand Master of the Noble Company of Saint Mary of Walsingham

The following is a selection of principal ecclesiastical, dynastic, academic, and civic honours received.

Selected Orders and Decorations

  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Bertrán I of Gévaudan (Royal Merovingian Dynasty, House of Gévaudan)
  • Knight Grand Commander of Justice of the Order of Saints Firmin and Privat (Royal Merovingian Dynasty, House of Gévaudan)
  • Order of the Eagle of Silesia in Honour of Saint Hedwig (Ducal House of Lower Silesia-Glogau)
  • Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Ruthenian Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Royal House of Epirus)
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Dragon (Byzantine Imperial House of Gorshkov-Cantacuzène)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Teutonic Order (Holy Roman Empire)
  • Knight Commander of the Patriarchal Order of Mar Gregorios (Orthodox)
  • Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia
  • Knight Companion of the Imperial Order of Saint Constantine (Byzantine Imperial House of Gorshkov-Cantacuzène)
  • Knight with Chain of Honour of the Order of the Iron Crown, Napoleonic Guard of Honour (Napoleonic House)
  • Imperial Cross Decoration for Military Merit (Napoleonic House)
  • Hereditary Knight and Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of the Sacred Order of Saint Martin de Porres
  • Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of the Sacred Order of Saint Michael
  • Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross and Grand Dignitary of the Order of Chivalric Merit of Saint Martin de Porres
  • Cross of Merit, Russian Order of Saint John
  • Ecclesiastical Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Chivalric Military Merit of Saints Adrian and Sebastian
  • Knight and Spiritual Protector of the Catholic Order of Knights Templar (Chile)
  • Knight Grand Collar of Justice of the Order of the Crown of Westphalia
  • Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur (Roman)
  • Knight of the Order of Saint Sylvester (Roman)
  • Knight of the Order of Concord
  • Companion of the Erbipolense Order

Academic Degrees

Pontifical Georgian College

  • Doctor of Sacred Theology
  • Doctor of Canon Law
  • Licentiate of Sacred Theology
  • Licentiate of Canon Law

University of Kentucky

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied (Agricultural) Economics, specialising in behavioural and psychological applications in economics

Harvard University Extension School

  • Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), Sustainability, with emphasis on corporate sustainability strategy and policy analytics
  • Graduate Certificate in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation
  • Graduate Certificate in Social Justice
  • Graduate Certificate in Business Communications

Harvard Business School Online

  • Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

  • Master of Science, School of Economics, with a business and finance orientation
  • Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics with Honours, including an integrated pre-medical curriculum with biology, chemistry, psychology, and hospital clinical mentorship

Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (now Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine)

  • Graduate-level medical coursework (one year), focusing on biochemistry, anatomy, neurology, and general medicine, followed by a transition to behavioural and decision sciences applied to economics

Fellowships and Other Honours

  • President and Fellow of the Pontifical Society (Rome-Ruthenia)
  • Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (London)
  • Fellow of the Institute on the Environment (University of Minnesota)
  • Honorary Academician of the International Partenopean Academy Federico II (Naples, Italy)
  • Knight of Solidarity, International Partenopean Academy Federico II (Naples, Italy)
  • Senior Research Fellow of the International Institute for the Study of Christian Knighthood, Chivalry, and Nobility
  • Senior Research Fellow of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE)
  • Member of the General Society of Colonial Wars
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, United States Presidential Volunteer Service Programme (White House)
  • United States Presidential Gold Medal for Volunteer Service (White House)

Note: His Apostolic Highness Prince-Bishop Radislav I and the Pontifical Imperial Household, in accordance with longstanding policy, do not engage in, endorse, or participate in the political life, political parties, or civil government of any nation.