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Father Andreas Maclean Papayiannis has been the Ieratikos Proistamenos (Presiding Priest or Rector) of Dormition Greek Orthodox Church since February 1, 2016. Prior to this, he served as Parish Priest of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Flagstaff, Arizona. Father Andreas was born in southwestern Ontario to an American mother and European father, the third of four children. He attended St John's-Kilmarnock School in Waterloo Region, and served as a cadet with the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada. Father Andreas was tonsured as a Reader at St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church of Redondo Beach, California, and later, Father and his future Presvytera (title of the priest's wife) were married there. Father Andreas and Presvytera Mari have two teenaged children, Alexandra-Panagiota and Ioannis. Father Andreas was ordained as Deacon and as Priest by His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco; His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston elevated him to the office of Pnevmatikos (Spiritual Father). Father Andreas would very much like to meet and get to know you! Please call 802.862.2155 to set up an appointment

Father Andreas is a commissioned officer with the Vermont State Guard, holding the rank of Chaplain (COL). Father is a certified Mental Health First Aid Responder (National Council for Mental Wellbeing), Rural Health Chaplain (US Department of Veterans Affairs), and has completed SBHP Tier 1 & Tier 2 of the Center for Deployment Psychology (Uniformed Services University of the US Department of Defense).

Father Andreas received a Master of Divinity with High Distinction degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts in May, 2012. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from The College of Charleston, South Carolina in 1992. He also completed post-graduate study in Accounting at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. For fifteen years before Seminary, he worked in the field of corporate finance as a controller and financial analyst, primarily in manufacturing and the entertainment industry. Father worked in Kentucky, South Carolina and California.

In August, 2009, Father Andreas “left the world” and went to seminary to begin his second career and true vocation. While a seminarian, Fr. Andreas was assigned to Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a historic inner-city community. There, he re-established GOYA and assisted the priest in pastoral and administrative duties. He also served an internship with the Chancellor of the Metropolis of Boston, where his responsibilities included Leadership Development and OCF coordination. After graduation from Holy Cross, Fr. Andreas served as Metropolitan Methodios's Deacon.

Father Andreas has been honored as a Kentucky Colonel and Aide-de-camp to the Governor of Kentucky. Based upon his descent from Officers and Magistrates of the Crown in early 17th century Virginia, Father is a hereditary member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and serves as Chaplain of the Society in the State of Vermont. To relax, Father enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, baking prosphora, reading, landscape photography, and especially anything outdoors in God's beautiful creation!