[ALBSA-Info] Ordination Slated

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Ordination of the Reverend Theodore Sakellar

   On Saturday, September 8, 2001 The Reverend Deacon Theodore Sakellar
shall receive the sacred "laying on of hands" in the Ordination to the
Holy Priesthood of the Orthodox Church. Services are scheduled for 10
a.m. at Saint Mary's Albanian Orthodox Church, 535 Salisbury Street in
Worcester, Massachusetts where the new priest is assigned. His Beatitude,
Metropolitan Theodosius, Archbishop of Washington, D.C. and Primate of
the Orthodox Church in America shall preside at the ancient rites,
assisted by diocesan clergy. 
      Father Theodore was born of Albanian ancestry in San Jose,
California and baptized at St.Thomas Albanian Orthodox Church in
Farmington, MI. His great grandfather served as a priest in the homeland
and his paternal grandparents arrived from Permet, Albania in the last
century, making their home in Lynn, Massachusetts. They were devoted
followers of the late Archbishop Fan S. Noli and worshipped at Saint
George Albanian Orthodox Cathedral. His maternal parentage descends from
Dardha, Albania eventually settling in Detroit.  
      After completing undergraduate studies, Fr. Theodore worked in the
field of Respiratory Technology on the West Coast. He and his wife
Cynthia have two children, Alexandra and Michael. In June, 2001, he
completed theological studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary in
Brookline, MA where he received a Master's Degree in Theological Studies
with High Distinction. During his priestly formation, he was attached to
Saint George Cathedral in South Boston.  
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