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===Life as a Clergyman===
Father Steve was ordained to the [[diaconate]] in 1980 by the late Bishop [[Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos ]] at the St. Nicholas Church in St. Louis and served for several years as the deacon to the late Metropolitan Silas of New Jersey. In 1983, Father Steve was ordained to the [[priest]]hood by Metropolitan Silas at the Holy Trinity Church in Waterbury, CT and was assigned by then Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzelis) of America|Iakovos]] to pastor the Assumption Church in Seattle, WA. In 1997, Metropolitan Anthony of the Diocese of San Francisco assigned him as pastor of the Church of St. Paul in Irvine, CA.
In addition to his pastoral duties in Seattle, Father Steve served as the vicar of [[Metropolitan]] Anthony for the Northwest region of the diocese; president of the Diocese of San Francisco Clergy Syndesmos; a member of the Archdiocesan Presbyters Council; president of the pan-Orthodox clergy council of the State of Washington; Orthodox ecumenical represntative to the Church Council of Greater Seattle; a member of the Seattle/St. Petersburg (Russia) sister churches program; and was instrumental in founding the St. John the Almsgiver Ministry, a pan-Orthodox program to feed the homeless in Seattle.
