Bishop DEMETRI

BISHOP DEMETRI KHOURY (retired)

Born: Taybeh-Ramallah, West Bank Region September 20, 1948, to the V.Rev. Ibrahim and Hanneh Khoury.

Educated:

• Our Lady of Balamand Monastery, Koura, Lebanon
• St. John of Damascus Orthodox Theological Academy (Balamand) Koura, Lebanon
• Hellenic College, Brookline, MA (1974 -- B.A. in Philosophy and Religion)
• Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA (1978 -- M.Div.)

Ordained:

• Deacon, September 6, 1975
• Priest, September 7, 1975
• Archimandrite, 1981 by Metropolitan Philip
• Bishop, March 12, 1995, by Patriarch Ignatius IV, in St. Mary Cathedral, Damascus, Syria

Ministry:

• Pastor, St. George Church, Boston, MA
• Pastor, St. Mary Church, Cambridge, MA
• St. George Church, Allentown, PA
• Dean, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Brooklyn, NY
• Dean, St. George Cathedral, Coral Gable, FL
• Bishop of Jableh (Syria); Auxiliary Bishop, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America; assigned by Metropolitan Philip to Toledo, OH, Chancery.
• Retired, 2004.

Writings:

• The Divine and Holy Gospel Book (Translation into English)
• Liturgical Guide for Priests, Chanters, and Choirs (Edited annually)
• Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (Transtion into English)

Bibliography:

1. Gillquist, Peter E., "The Elevation of Demetri (Khoury) to the Holy Episcopacy" Word 39.5 (May 1995), 4-8.