PERSONAL:

• Born: August 20, 1969

• Married Deborah Brysch, April 16, 1994 (Protestant Ceremony); Orthodox Ceremony February 17, 2013

• Children: Rebekah, Joseph, Thomas

ORDAINED:

• Priest, November 5, 2023, Bishop Thomas
  St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

• Deacon, October 5, 2014, Bishop Basil
  St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

• Subdeacon, October 5, 2014, Bishop Basil
  St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

• Reader, June 10, 2012, Bishop Basil
  St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

EDUCATION:

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
  University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 2016

• Certificate in Orthodox Theological Studies
  St. Stephen’s House of Studies, Antiochian Village, 2012

• Master of Arts in Teaching: English
  University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL, 2007

• Certificate of Ministry
  Sunset International Bible Institute (Church of Christ), Lubbock, TX, 1997

• Bachelor of Arts - English
  University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 1994

• Nueces Canyon High School, Barksdale, TX. Graduated in 1987

EXPERIENCE:

-Ministry-

• 2023 - Present
  Priest, St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

• 2014 - 2023
  Deacon, St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

• 1997-2008
  Minister/Missionary for Churches of Christ (Texas, Virginia, and Estonia)

-Secular-

• 2009 - Present
  Professor of English, Blinn College, Brenham, TX.