Member Biographies
Fr. James T. Adams
Father James was born in Oakland, California on July 3, 1930, to Anastasios (Thomas) and Penelope (Vergou) Adamis, where he finished his elementary and high school education. From...
Fr. Soterios Alexopoulos
Father Soterios Alexopoulos was born in the village of Kerasea, near Karditsa, in Thessaly, Greece. After his grammar school studies in Kerasea, and graduation from high school in...
Fr. Constantine J. Andrews
Born December 8th 1917 in Denver, Colorado. The son of John C. Andrews of Paleohorion. Kynouria, Greece, and Catherine, nee Hronakou of Vrontamas, Laconia, Greece.
Constantine attended...
Fr. Stephen J. Anthony
Born: June 12, 1922 in Peabody, Massachusetts
Parents: Demetrios and Despina (Carvounaris) Antonio
Siblings: Augustus Antonio, Pythagoras (Pat) Antonio, Priscilla...
Fr. Ernest Arambiges
Born in Steubenville, Ohio on April 5, 1930
Son of Kereakos and Pauline (Paraskevi [nee Dermitzis]) Arambiges
Family moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1941
Graduate of Holy Cross...
Fr. Arthur Athans
Rev. Dr. Arthur E Athans (Athanasios Athanasiou) of Dover, NH was born in Kimi on the island of Evia, Greece on December 9, 1930, the son of Father Emmanuel and Anna (Karalis) Athans.
He...
Fr. Anastasios Constantine Blougouras
The Very Reverend Archimandrite Anastasios Constantine Blougouras (Fr. Ernest)was born May 1, 1932 in Dover New Hampshire,the youngest of seven children of Constantine and Theamando...
Archdeacon Evripides Christudes
My name is Archdeacon Evripides P. Christulides. I was born on September 15, 1924, in Angastina, a beautiful village in Cyprus, but enslaved by the barbarian Turk since 1974 when the...
Fr. Anthony M. Coniaris
Father Anthony M. Coniaris has served Saint Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis, MN since 1948. Ordained a Deacon in 1950 and a Priest in 1953, he is a native of Boston,...
Fr. Demetrios Constantelos
The Rev. Father Demetrios J. Constantelos, Ph.D., D.D., is a retired presbyter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States, and the Charles Cooper Townsend Sr. Professor Emeritus...
Fr. Andrew Daregas
I was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on January 27, 1927. My parents are from Platy Greece. My fathers name (Messinia) Photios Deriziotis, and Mother (Kloufetos) Basilikh Deriziotis. I...
Fr. Anastasios Diacovasilis
Father Anastasios Diacovasilis was born on the Island of Nisyros, one of the Dodecanese Islands on February 29, 1936. He finished the elementary and middle school in Nissyros and graduated...
Fr. Constantine Dimas
Date and Place of Birth - July 10, 1929 - Joliet, IL
Parents' Names - Theodore K. Dimas, Katherine (Ferguson Dimas)
Schooling
Grades 1 to 6 - F.E. Marsh, Joliet, IL
Grades...
Fr. Miltiades B. Efthimiou
Miltiades B. Efthimiou was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 20, 1935 and spent most of his youth in New York City. His father was the late Rev. Basil Efthimiou, Dean of the...
Fr. Constantine Eliades
The Rev. Father Constantine Eliades, the first of three children of Dionysios and Kyriaki (nee Theodorou) who emigrated from Asia Minor, was born in New York City on May 10, 1933. He...
Fr. Theodore C. Filandrinos
I was born in Racine, Wisconsin, on March 30, 1928, the eleventh and last child of Gus Filandrinos from Hora, Trifillias, Greece, and Demetra Bakogiannis from Vamvakou, Laconia, Greece.
...
Fr. Fred George Fotion
Fr. Fred was born (12/15/29) and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Both his parents, George and Anna, came from Platanos, Samos.
From an early age his only desire and dream was to become a...
Fr. William George Gaines
Celebrating sixty (60) years in the Ministry of the Lord and Archdiocese. Ordained October 1948.
1948 * Assigned to Oklahoma City, OK., St. George Church
1952 * Assigned to Mongomery,...
Fr. Stamatis Ganiaris
Father Stamatios Ganiaris is a retired priest residing in Wilmington, Delaware with his Presbytera Ioanna.
He was born in 1928 on the island of Chios, Greece, being the third child...
Fr. Evangelos Georgiadis
Fr. Georgiadis was born in Lekka, Samos, Greece, on September 9, 1930. My parents were Christodoulos and Anezina Georgiadis.
In 1955, He graduated from the Seminary of the Island of...
Fr. Dean Gigicos
Fr. Dean Gigicos was born in Troy, Ohio on February 15, 1941. He attended public school and graduated from Troy High School in 1959. His parents, George Chris Gigicos and Anna Kiriakou...
Fr. Stanley S. Harakas
The Rev. Stanley S. Harakas, is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and is Archbishop lakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology Emeritus in the field of Orthodox Christian...
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Born : Chania, Crete, Greece, 1941
Education
Studied in Rome, Italy for 4 years
BA - Classics - Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1972
Graduate level studies in Classics at...
Fr. James Karagas
Date & Place of Birth: June 10, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan
Family
Parents Names: Emmanuel Dimitriou Karatzas and Christina Athanasiou Georgiou
Presvytera : Lucille Georgiou...
Fr. Peter Kastaris
Father Peter was born on May 24, 1929 in Alexandria, Egypt, the first-born child of parents of Greek descent that had immigrated there, Euripides from Avalil, Asia Minor, and Penelope,...
Fr. Manousos Lionikis
Fr. Manousos Emmanuel Lionikis has successfully completed sixty three years as a Priest in the service of the Greek Orthodox Church. Fr. Manousos was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey the...
Fr. Constantine Mathews
Fr. Mathews was born in the town of Kerasia, Fokidos, Greece, on May 21, 1930. He attended high school in the towns of Lidorikion and Nafpaktos and received his diploma in 1949.
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Fr. Joel McEachen
Fr. Joel McEachen was born in Physicians' Hospital, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, on June 22, 1939, to H. Stuart McEachen, an immigrant from Canada, and Dorothy Florence Lombard, a Mayflower...
Fr. L. Elias Mentis
I was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada on October 14, 1920. The fourth of nine children, six boys and 3 girls born to Panayioti and Demetra Mentis.
I attended St. Patrick's Academy in...
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