Over the winter and spring months of 2024 one new bishop, five new priests, and five new deacons were added to St Vladimir’s Seminary’s student body and alumni fellowship. Together with ordinations and elevations occurring last fall and summer, twenty-four seminarians and alumni of St Vladimir’s Seminary were ordained to holy orders during Academic Year 2023–2024 and the summer preceding it; another three faculty/alumni were elevated in rank. Glory be to God!
We keep them all in prayer as they continue in their ministries. AXIOS!
HOLY EPISCOPATE
Bishop Nektarios (Papazafiropoulos; M.Div.,’99)
Jurisdiction: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA)
Consecration: 13 April 2024 Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York, NY
Current Ministry: Bishop of Diokleia, Archdiocese Chancellor
HOLY PRIESTHOOD
Priest Joshua Birdsall (M.Div. ’24)
Jurisdiction: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA)
Holy Priesthood: Ordained 7 January 2024 at St Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church, Brooklyn, NY
Priest Peter Ries (M.Div. ’24)
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Holy Priesthood: Ordained 30 March 2024 at Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Church, St Cloud, MN
Priest Giorgi Lomsadze (M.Div. ’24)
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Holy Priesthood: Ordained 13 April 2024 at St Athanasius Orthodox Church, Nicholasville, KY
Priest Gabriel Khoury (M.Div. ’22)
Jurisdiction: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Holy Priesthood: Ordained 24 March 2024 at St Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church, Franklin, TN
Hieromonk Jacob (Bogdan) Manga (M.Div. ’23)
Jurisdiction: Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas
Holy Priesthood: Ordained 16 June 2024 at St Dumitru Romanian Orthodox Monastery, Middletown, NY
HOLY DIACONATE
Deacon Richard Okello (M.Div. ’25)
Jurisdiction: Holy Diocese of Gulu and Northern Uganda, under the Archdiocese of Kampala of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
Holy Diaconate: Ordained 7 January 2024 at St Basil Orthodox Parish in Gulu, Uganda
Hierodeacon Stephen Guirgis (M.Div. ’25)
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Holy Diaconate: Ordained 30 January 2024 at Three Hierarchs Chapel, St Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY
Hierodeacon Cyril Hanna (M.Div. ’25)
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Holy Diaconate: Ordained 22 April 2024 at Three Hierarchs Chapel, St Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY
Deacon Mark Sultani (M.Div. ’23)
Jurisdiction: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA)
Holy Diaconate: Ordained 27 April 2024 at St George Orthodox Christian Cathedral, Wichita, KS
Deacon Justin Taylor (M.Div. ’25)
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Holy Diaconate: Ordained 19 May 2024 at Three Hierarchs Chapel, St Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY
