Member Biographies

Fr. Christos Vagias

Personal

Address: Mikrospilia, Arta 47043 Greece
Phone: 011-30-26850-51641
Email: [email protected]
Birth: October 14, 1935
Place: Mikrospilia, Arta, Greece

Family

Parents Names: John K. Vagias and Konstantinia
Presvytera: Tina Vagias
Children: John, Sotiris, Nektaria

Schooling

  • Mikrospilia Elementary School, Arta, Greece
  • Agnanta High School, Arta, Greece
  • Rizarios Ecclesiastical School, Athens, Greece
  • Greek Armed Forces, Drill Sergeant
  • Southern College of Pueblo Colorado, English and Psychology Lessons.

Parishes Served

  • 1969 - 1972 Saint John Greek Orthodox Church, Pueblo, Colorado
  • Jan. 1, 1972 – August 1, 2006 Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, Chicago, Illinois.

Specialty

  • Chaplain of the Chicago Police
  • Active Member of the Hellenic American Police Association HAPA
  • Live Radio Broadcast to five Midwest States, Sunday Holy Liturgy and Saint George’s Feast Day – Provided with contribution by the Hellenic Radio Station
  • Live Internet Broadcast to more than 150,000 people world wide during Sunday Holy Liturgy, Saint George’s Feast Day, Easter-Holy Week and Christmas – Provided with contribution by the Hellenic Radio Station
  • Extended existing Church property with purchases of neighboring properties in the late 1974-1979.
  • Initiated plan to expand the existing Church building with the construction of a Community Center in 1988. The project completed with success early 1990s with the generous contributions of more than 470 families-members and other people and businesses in the wider Greek Orthodox Community of Chicago

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