Parish Priest: Archpriest Samir Gholam
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07801 668785
Email: frsgholam@gmail.com
Elevated to the rank of Archpriest in June 2010
Ordination to the Priesthood 1984
Ordination to the Diaconate 1982
Occupations in the Church:
Parish Priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 1984-Present
Member of the Board of Directors Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge
Lecturer in Orthodox Church Law in St.John of Damascus Institute, Balamand, Lebanon 1981-1984
Education:
PhD in Theology, Bucharest 1977-1981
MA in Theology. Bucharest 1973-1976
Baccalaureus in Jure Canonico Orientali, Rome 1971-1973
BA in Orthodox Theology, Bucharest. 1966-1970
Assistant Priest: Father Michael Touma
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07955716299
Email: fathermichaeltouma@gmail.com
Ordained to the Priesthood by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 30 September 2018.
Ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 25 December 2017
Occupations in the Church:
Assistant Priest at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2018-present
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2017-2018
Teaching in the Sunday school at the Cathedral, 2016-present
Assisted in the Diocesan “Followers” theology education program for young people, 2017-2018
Commissioned by the University Of Balamand for the lecture on Human rights, Egypt 2006
Commissioned by the University Of Balamand to the Council about the relations between middle eastern Churches, 2004- 2005
Education:
BA Theology, University of Balamand, 2002-2006
Certificate of Religious Education, Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut, 2001-2002
Hotel Professional SAT & Diploma Dekwaneh, 1992-1995
Assistant Priest: Father Boniface Carroll
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07972755680
Email: boniface.carroll@gmail.com
Ordained to the Priesthood by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 29 January 2022
Ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 5 December 2021
Occupations in the Church:
National Ecumenical Officer, representing Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland, within Churches Together in England, 2022-present
Priest at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2022-Present
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2021-2022
Education:
PhD in Social Anthropology, University College London, 2010-2014
MA in Material and Visual Culture, University College London, 2009-2010
BA in Linguistic Anthropology, with a Minor in Biblical Studies, Biola University, La Mirada California, 2003-2006
Assistant Priest: Father Dmitry Ismagilov
Contact Details:
E-mail: dmitry.ismagilov@protonmail.com
Ordained to the Priesthood by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 25 December 2024
Ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 24 September 2023
Occupations in the Church:
Finance Officer of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of British Isles and Ireland
Priest at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2024-Present
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2023-2024
Education:
PhD in Political Economy, King’s College London, 2018-2023
MA in Political Economy, King’s College London, 2016-2017
BA in Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2007-2012
Assistant Priest: Father George Moldoveanu
Contact Details:
Mobile number: 07456777264
Email: mol.george@gmail.com
Ordained to the Priesthood by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 21 September 2025
Ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Silouan Oner, 25 December 2023
Occupations in the Church:
Priest at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2025-Present
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2023-2025
Education:
BA Theology, University of Bucharest, 1997-2001
Theological Seminary of Buzau, 1992-1997
Past Clergy:
Deacon Naim Hage (2002-2016)†
Ordained Deacon July 2002
Occupations in the Church:
Deacon at the Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral of St. George, 2002-2016
Chanter at St George’s Cathedral 1987
Education:
Diploma in Electrics from LAU 1980
Fall asleep in the Lord in 2016. Memory Eternal!