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Actually vicar is the appropriate title - Cf. http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7106.asp and Webster's dictionary
Fr. Steve was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[diaconate]] in 1980 by the late [[Bishop]] [[Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos|Gerasimos]] of Abydos at the St. Nicholas Church in St. Louis and served for several years as the deacon to the late [[Metropolitan]] [[Silas (Koskinas) of Saranta Ecclesies|Silas]] of New Jersey. In 1983, Fr. 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 (Coucouzis) 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, Fr. Steve served as the assistant to vicar of Metropolitan [[Anthony (Gergiannakis) of San Francisco|Anthony]] of San Francisco 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.
Since arriving in southern California, Fr. Steve has been the vicar of Metropolitan Anthony for the southern California region of the diocese. Currently, he serves on the advisory board of the [[Orthodox Peace Fellowship]]; is a member of the Archdiocesan Presbyters Council and edits their newsletter, ''The Presbyter''; and is a member of the board of directors for Project Mexico and St. Innocent's Orphanage near Tijuana, Mexico.
