From the January-February 2017 issue of The Word:
Ordained
BEEKMAN, Photios, to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Basil on November 13, 2016, at St. Anthony Church, Spring, Texas. He is assigned to that parish.
DANEVICIUS, Isaac (Brandon Solomon), to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Nicholas on October 23, 2016, at St. George Church, Little Falls, New Jersey. He is assigned as a seminarian deacon to the parish.
GIRGIS, Paul, to the Holy Priesthood by Bishop Nicholas on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at St. Nicholas Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut. He remains a seminarian assigned to St. Mary's Church, Brooklyn, New York, for this year.
PHILLIPS, Jeremiah, to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Nicholas on December 11, 2016, at St. Nicholas Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Dn. Jeremiah will continue his service at St. Stephen the Protomartyr Church, South Plainfield, New Jersey, as a seminarian deacon for this year.
HEFNER, James (Kurt), to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Nicholas on December 18, 2016, at St. Ignatius Church, Twin Falls, Idaho. He is assigned to that parish.
KERR, Stephen, to the Holy Diaconate by His Grace, Bishop John on December 11, 2016, at St. John the Baptist Mission, Lewistown, Maryland. He is assigned to that parish.
VALADEZ, John (Edward), to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Nicholas on November 13, 2016, at St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church, Levittown, New York. He continues his service at St. John the Baptist Church, Levittown, New York, as a seminarian deacon.
Elevated
PETRANEK, Father Richard, was elevated to the rank and dignity of Archpriest by Bishop Basil on November 6, 2016, at St. Paul Church, Katy, Texas.