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Contact Info:
St. Joseph
Orthodox Church
10644 Hammerly Blvd,
Houston, TX 77043
Phone: (713) 973-7001
FAX: (713) 973-7006
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The Very Rev. Fr. Matthew
B. MacKay
PERSONAL:
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Born: November 18,
1955, Hollywood, CA.
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Married Lynn Marie
Shiple, December 30, 1981, St. Jude Episcopal Church
Marietta, GA.
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Children: Patrick &
Sean
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*Ordained and
ministered in the Episcopal Church for seven years;
converted to Orthodoxy in February 1993.
ORDAINED:
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Deacon, April 1994,
Bishop ANTOUN, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, San
Francisco, CA.
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Priest, July 1994,
Bishop BASIL, Midwest Parish Life Conference, St.
George Orthodox Church, Cicero, IL. sponsoring.
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Archpriest, November
2004
EDUCATION:
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St. Stephen’s House of
Study, Antiochian Village, certificate, 1994
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University of the
South, Sewanee, TN. M. Div. 1986
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The Citadel,
Charleston, SC. B.S. Education & Biology 1979
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Wheeler High School,
Marietta, GA. Graduate 1974
EXPERIENCE:
-Ministry-
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St Joseph Orthodox
Church, Houston, TX. Founding Pastor, 1994 to present
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Dean, East Texas,
Diocese of Wichita and Mid America, November 2004 to
present
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St. Silouan Orthodox
Mission, College Station, TX. Founding
Priest-in-charge, 2001 to present
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Chaplain, (C. P. E. site), Milwaukee, WS. 1993-1994
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Naval Military
Chaplain, Norfolk, VA. USS John F. Kennedy, 1992-1993
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Iwakuni, Japan. USMC
Air Base Chapel, 1989-1992
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St. Michael’s by the
Sea Episcopal Church, Carlsbad, CA. Assistant,
1986-1989
-Secular-
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USMC, Camp Pendleton,
CA. 1st Lt., Artillery, 1979-1983
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Contact Info:
St. Joseph
Orthodox Church
10644 Hammerly Blvd,
Houston, TX 77043
Phone: (713) 973-7001
FAX: (713) 973-7006
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The Rev. Fr. James Early, Assistant Pastor
PERSONAL:
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Born: March 8, 1968,
Bethesda, Maryland.
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Married: Jennifer Lee
Tuckett, September 29, 1990
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Children: Audrey,
Courtney, Elizabeth, Christine
EDUCATION:
Diploma, Sam Rayburn High School,
Pasadena, Texas, 1986
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1990
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Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, 1996
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Diploma in Orthodox
Theological Studies, St. Stephen’s Course, 2005
EXPERIENCE:
-Ministry-
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Foreign Missionary,
International Mission Board (Southern Baptist
Convention), 1996-2001. (Ordained as a Southern Baptist
minister at Forest Cove Baptist Church, 1998.)
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Received into the Orthodox
Church, April 2002
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Deacon, St. Joseph
Orthodox Church, August 2004–February 2006
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Priest, St. Joseph,
February 2006 – present
-Secular-
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Instructional Specialist, Data
Disaggregation, Pasadena (Texas) Independent School
District, 2006 – Present
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Math Teacher, J. Frank Dobie High School,
2002-2006
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Math Teacher, Thompson Intermediate
School, 2001-2002
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Missionary, International Mission Board
(SBC), 1996-2001
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Teacher, Grace Preparatory Academy,
Arlington, TX, 1993-1996
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Electrical Engineer,
International Paper Co., Georgetown, SC, 1991-1992
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Contact Info:
St. Joseph
Orthodox Church
10644 Hammerly Blvd,
Houston, TX 77043
Phone: (713) 973-7001
FAX: (713) 973-7006
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Deacon Meletios Marx
PERSONAL:
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Born:
January 25, 1969
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Married
Kristi McKey, June 12, 1993, Annunciation Greek
Orthodox Cathedral, Houston, TX
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Children: Noah
ORDAINED:
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Deacon, November 19, 2006, Bishop Basil, St. George
Orthodox Church, Houston, TX
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Subdeacon, November 14, 2004, Bishop Basil, St. Joseph
Orthodox Church, Houston, TX
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Reader, November 13, 2004, Bishop Basil, St. Joseph
Orthodox Church, Houston, TX
EDUCATION:
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St. Stephen’s House of Studies, Antiochian Village,
certificate, 2005
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Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
B.S. in Rehabilitation 1992
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Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston, TX.
Graduated in 1987
EXPERIENCE:
-Ministry-
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Deacon, St. Joseph Orthodox Church, November
2006-present
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Sunday School Director, St. Joseph Orthodox Church,
August 2004-present
-Secular-
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Father Matthew, Father James,
and Deacon Marx are under the direction of His Grace,
Bishop
BASIL (Essey) of Wichita, Kansas who is
under
the Leadership of Metropolitan PHILIP (Saliba) of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of
North America.
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