Nathan Ritter

Father Nathan Ritter has served as Rector of Christ Church, Cooperstown since 2021. Prior to this appointment, he was Priest-in-Charge at Calvary Church in Flemington, NJ.

A native of St. Louis, MO, Fr. Nathan studied classical languages and religious studies at Truman State University (Missouri), earning a B.A. in classical languages with a minor in religious studies. He continued his academic studies at Yale Divinity School, where he received a Master of Arts in Religion with a concentration in Old Testament and Semitic languages, studying Aramaic (Syriac), Ethiopic, Hebrew, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Sumerian, and Greek. He later earned a Master of Divinity at General Theological Seminary in New York City. While in New Haven, he also met his future wife, Rev. Jessica Lambert, now Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown.