The Rev. Andrew Astwood Kryzak is an Episcopal clergyman serving as priest-in-charge of St. John’s Church in Stamford, Connecticut. He is passionate about the intellectual, liturgical, musical, and devotional heritage of Anglicanism and the development of Christian character as the heart of a healthy and sustainable life in the modern world.

A specialist in mainline church revitalization, he has worked with Episcopal congregations and dioceses to advance church growth and was awarded a Pastoral Study Project grant by the Louisville Institute for his independent research in congregational development.

Prior to his arrival in Stamford, Andrew served the parishes of Christ Church, Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., and Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, each as associate rector.

Andrew trained for the ministry at Yale Divinity School, earning the Master of Divinity and a diploma in Anglican studies from Berkeley Divinity School. He holds an STM from the General Theological Seminary, where for his thesis he was awarded the Alumni Prize in Ecclesiastical History. Raised in the Episcopal Church, he is in the eleventh generation of his family in the New World to worship according to the Book of Common Prayer. A native New Yorker, he grew up in northern Dutchess County and was educated at Hotchkiss, Duke, and Columbia. Prior to divinity school, he worked for the New-York Historical Society and for the law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell.

His academic and personal interests include Western history; sacred music; Classical and Gothic architecture; detective fiction; railroads; and the city of New York. He is an avid and longtime pianist, organist, and tennis player and enjoys reading, writing, and long walks. He and his wife, Hannah, have a daughter, Eleanor, and live in Stamford.