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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. Constantine Bebis

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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. ...

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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