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May 11, 2006
For Immediate Release Contact: Fr. Frank Marangos Tel.: 212-774-0244
Very Rev. Archimandrite Sebastian Skordallos Appointed Chief Secretary of Eparchial Synod
New York - His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios has announced the appointment of the Very Rev. Archimandrite Sevastianos Skordallos to the position of Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The Office of the Chief Secretary is primarily responsible for providing timely execution of the decisions taken by the Holy Eparchial Synod as well as facilitating the process of the work being accomplished by various Synodical Committees of the Archdiocese.
A native of Pano Zodhia, Cyprus, Father Sevastianos became a novice at the Monastery of Stavrouvouni and was ordained to the Holy Deaconate by the late Metropolitan of Morphou Chrysanthos on January 17, 1974. Fr. Sebastian attended the Theological School of the University of Athens where he graduated in 1978. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on March 4, 1979 and holds the Offikion of Archimandrite. He attended Emory University and received a Masters in Theology in Pastoral Psychology from Columbia Theological Seminary, and he has been a Doctoral Candidate in Pastoral Psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Fr. Sevastianos served as Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Panagia Catholiki in Limasol, the parish of Saints Constantine and Helen in Huntsville, Alabama (1989-1993), and the church of the Holy Transfiguration in Marietta, Georgia (1993-2004). In August of 2004 Fr. Sevastianos was assigned as the Dean of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Tarpon Springs Florida. During his service in Tarpon Springs the community of Saint Nicholas celebrated its centennial anniversary with a visit from His all Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in 2006. Father Skordallos served for six consecutive years as President of the Clergy Association of the Metropolis of Atlanta and also served on the board of the National Presbyters Council. He is currently serving on the Metropolis of Atlanta and Archdiocesan Councils and on the Archdiocesan board of Outreach and Evangelism.
According to His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, "The Very Reverend Archimandrite Sevastianos Skordallos is a clergyman of admitted piety, education and integrity. We pray for the fruitful diakonia in Christ of Father Sevastianos from this most responsible office of Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod, for the unobstructed continuation of the work of our Holy Archdiocese and the glory of the Triune God."
Father Skordallos will assume his duties on June 1, 2006.
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