Youhanna N. Youssef holds a Ph.D. from Montpellier University in France.
He has authored more than a dozen books, 60 book chapters, 160 articles, and many Encyclopedia dictionary entries. His publications cover several fields, including History, Early Christian Studies, Patristics, Christian Arabic studies, Coptic Studies, Liturgy, and Art History. He lectures internationally, both publicly and privately, including monks in the monasteries of St. Macarius, Surian, Baramus, St. Samuel the confessor, and al-Muharraq.