Family

Born: Island of Cyprus, September 17, 1931
Parents: George and Eleni Shiepis
Wife: Bertha Christu Shiepis
Children: Haritina Kakoules, Eleni Manos, Dena Bahas, George Shiepis, Keric Shiepis
Grandchildren: Peter Kakoules, Alexis Kakoules, Nicholas Kakoules, Nanetta Kounouzvelis, Mary Manos, Anna Manos, Nichole Bahas, John Bahas, Alexander Bahas, Dimitri Bahas, Despina Shiepis) Hannah Elizabeth Shiepis ANNAH
Brothers and Sisters: Alfredo Shiepis, Stella Symeonides, Androula Marinakis

Education

• Completed elementary and high school in Cyprus
• Athens University, licentiate in theology, Athens, Greece
• Fulbright Scholarship, world council of Churches, Post Graduate studies in Systematic Theology at Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Walsh University, B.A in Biology, Canton, Ohio
• Ashland University, Masters of Divinity in Pastoral Clinical Psychology and Counseling, Ashland, Ohio
• Hawthornden State Hospital, State Certificate for completion of the chaplain's training course offered by Northeast Chaplaincy Training Institute and the State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, Northfield, Ohio.

Experience

Taught high school in Paphos, -Cyprus for two years. Substitute teacher in the Massillon School system for 6 years Guest lecturer for the Department of Theology at Wooster College Lectured at various colleges and universities

Lectured at different denominational churches about Orthodoxy Radio guest speaker on the Greek Hour Program for 40 years Taught Greek School for 35 years

Honors

• May 6, 1958, Ordained deacon at Koimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church In Aliquippa, Pa.
• May 18, 1958, Ordained priest at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Cleveland, Ohio May 1958- January 1960 priest at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Castle, Pa. 1959 Awarded Certificate Archon Politis from New Castle, Pa. Ahepa Chapter
• 1960- 2005 priest at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Massillon, Ohio.
• 1969 Recognition Plaque from Eastern Orthodox Council of Canton, Ohio.
• November 11, 1979, Title ofOikonomos bestowed upon by Archbishop Iakovos
• 1981 Awarded Appreciation Plaque from St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church for 20 years of devoted service to their parishioners
• May 1, 1982, elevated to rank of Protopresbyter by His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Ainou
• January 27, 1985, an anniversary dinner was held to mark Fr. Shiepis' 25 years of service as priest of St. George Church in Massillon, Ohio.
• January 27, 1985, Proclamation was issued by Mayor Delbert A. Demmer of Massillon, proclaiming a day to be set aside in Massillon as" Father Shiepis Day."
• 2005 to present Emeritus priest of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Massillon, Ohio September 16, 2006 Retirement dinner held for Fr. Shiepis at the St. George Cultural center.

Projects Under Fr. Shiepis' Tenure

• 1961 First remodeled by opening a space from the sanctuary to the main hall of the church and adding two new windows in the balcony. A new belfry was erected and a new electric bell installed. The church was carpeted, new sacred church utensils and new office furniture and equipment were purchased.
• Enlargement of the narthex and new icons placed in the narthex, addition of new stained glass windows in choir 10ft and in the church.
• 1967 A new structure was built adjacent to the church with an office, six classrooms for Sunday School and Greek School use, a nursery, restrooms, and a furnace room.
• 1998 dedication of the new Cultural Center on May 3^rd, with a seating capacity for 500 at the cost of one million dollars.
• 1999-present, renovation and beautification of the church. New roofing, new ceiling, new walls, new church furniture, new icon-stand and new Byzantine icons.