Archpriest Revd Dr Samir Gholam
Contact Details:
Cathedral Telephone: 020 7383 0483
Mobile Telephone: 07801 668785
Email: frsgholam@gmail.com
Born on 15 Sep 1944 in Beirut
Primary and Secondary School 1948-1966
BA in Orthodox Theology, Bucharest. 1966-1970
Baccalaureus in Jure Canonico Orientali, Rome 1971-1973
Post Graduate Courses in Canon Law
MA in Theology. Bucharest 1973-1976
PhD in Theology, Bucharest 1977-1981
Lecturer in Orthodox Church Law in St.John of Damascus Institute, Balamand, Lebanon 1981-1984
Ordination to the Diaconate 1982
Ordination to the Priesthood 1984
Parish Priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Vicariate in London from September 1984
Elevated to the rank of Archpriest in June 2010 Member of the Board of Directors Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge
Deacon Michael Touma (2017)
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07955716299
Email: fathermichaeltouma@gmail.com
Born on 03 January 1976 in Anfeh- North Lebanon
Ordained Deacon by Metropole Silouan Oner on the feast of our Lord s Nativity, 2017
BA Theology, University of Balamand, 2002-2006
Certificate of Religious Education, Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut, 2001-2002
Hotel Professional SAT & Diploma Dekwaneh, 1992-1995
Commissionned by the University Of Balamand for lecture on Human rights, Egypt 2006
Commissionned by the University Of Balamand to the Council about the relations between middle eastern Churches, 2004- 2005
Taught in the Sunday school at the Cathedral, 2016- 2017
Assists in the Diocesan “Followers” program for young people, 2017-2018
Helps in the Publishing of the Cathedral Newsletter, 2017- 2018
Deacon Naim Hage (2002-2016)
Chanter at St George’s Cathedral 1987
Ordained Deacon July 2002
Diploma in Electrics from LAU 1980