Parish Priest: Archpriest Samir Gholam
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07801 668785
Email: frsgholam@gmail.com
Born on 15 Sep 1944 in Beirut
Elevated to the rank of Archpriest in June 2010
Ordination to the Priesthood 1984
Ordination to the Diaconate 1982
Occupations in the Church:
Parish Priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George in London since September 1984
Member of the Board of Directors Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge
Lecturer in Orthodox Church Law in St.John of Damascus Institute, Balamand, Lebanon 1981-1984
Education:
PhD in Theology, Bucharest 1977-1981
MA in Theology. Bucharest 1973-1976
Baccalaureus in Jure Canonico Orientali, Rome 1971-1973
BA in Orthodox Theology, Bucharest. 1966-1970
Assistant Priest: Fr Michael Touma
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07955716299
Email: fathermichaeltouma@gmail.com
Born on 03 January 1976 in Anfeh- North Lebanon
Ordained to the Priesthood by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 30 Semtember 2018.
Ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 25 December 2017
Occupations in the Church:
Assistant Priest at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2018-present
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2017-2018
Teaching in the Sunday school at the Cathedral, 2016-present
Assisted in the Diocesan “Followers” theology education program for young people, 2017-2018
Commissioned by the University Of Balamand for the lecture on Human rights, Egypt 2006
Commissioned by the University Of Balamand to the Council about the relations between middle eastern Churches, 2004- 2005
Education:
BA Theology, University of Balamand, 2002-2006
Certificate of Religious Education, Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut, 2001-2002
Hotel Professional SAT & Diploma Dekwaneh, 1992-1995
Parish Deacon: Fr Deacon Boniface Carroll
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07972755680
Email: boniface.carroll@gmail.com
Born on 5 June 1985, in Bogotá, Colombia
Ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 5 December 2021
Occupations in the Church:
National Ecumenical Officer, representing Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland, within Churches Together in England, 2022-present
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2021-present
Education:
PhD in Social Anthropology, University College London, 2010-2014
MA in Material and Visual Culture, University College London, 2009-2010
BA in Linguistic Anthropology, with a Minor in Biblical Studies, Biola University, La Mirada California, 2003-2006
Past Clergy:
Deacon Naim Hage (2002-2016)†
Fall asleep in the Lord in 2016. Memory Eternal!
Ordained Deacon July 2002
Occupations in the Church:
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2002
Chanter at St George’s Cathedral 1987
Education:
Diploma in Electrics from LAU 1980