Rev. Dr. Dimitrios G. Moraitis
>> email: FatherD@stparaskevi.org

    Fr. Dimitrios was born in Germany and raised in Queens, New York. After working as a General Contractor and Building Engineer, he went back to school to become a social worker. He quickly realized that God was calling him to the Priesthood and he entered the seminary of Hellenic College/Holy Cross in Brookline, MA in 1992.

     Fr. Dimitrios graduated in 1996 from Hellenic College as Valedictorian and received his Masters of Divinity at Holy Cross in 1998. After serving as a Deacon during his senior year in Boston, he was ordained to the Priesthood and assigned to the St. Demetrios communtiy in Chicago, Illinois where he served as the second Priest from 1998 until 2000.

     In 2000 he was assigned as the Senior Pastor of Sts. Constantine and Helen Church in Fayetville, North Carolina. During his ministry in North Carolina, he also served as an Army Chaplain at Fort Bragg and began his Doctoral studies.

    After serving four years at Sts. Constantine and Helen, he arrived at St. Paraskevi. He has been the Senior Priest of St. Paraskevi since 2004.

    In May of 2006, after completing his Dissertation, Fr. Dimitrios received his Doctorate of Ministry Degree from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He has been a guest lecturer at several universities and is currently editing his dissertation for publication.

    Fr. Dimitrios is married to Presbytera FLora. Their daughter Arsenia was born in 1999 in Chicago, and their youngest daughter, Chrisoula, was born in 2001 in North Carolina.

Formal Education

  • 1992-1993  Florida Atlantic University/Social Welfare Major
  • 1993-1996  Hellenic College Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies
    Graduated as Valedictorian
  • 1996-1998  Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
    Master of Divinity Degree - Graduated with Highest Distinction
  • 2002-2006 Doctor of MinistryDegree Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Ordinations

  • Diaconate  February 15, 1998
  • Priesthood May 16, 1998

Churches Served

2004 - Present St Paraskevi, Greenlawn, NY - Senior Pastor
August 2000 - 2004 Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox  Church - Fayetteville, NC, Senior Pastor
June 1998 - August 2000 - St Demetrios, Chicago, Illinois, Associate Pastor

Missions

1999, 2002, 2005 Led 3 mission teams to “Project Mexico” (built residential homes)

Ministries

  • 2001-2003 Chairman of the Metropolis of Atlanta Winter Youth Rally
  • Community 2000-2003 Chaired the first Feed Fayetteville an Ecumenical mass feeding
    Involvement and information sharing program.
  • Served on the Board of Directors for The Partnership for Children  as the faith community representative.
  • Led  three teams at Operation Inasmuch (a local ecumenical home  repair and community rebuilding project)
    Participates in two different ecumenical clergy groups
  • Military April 2003 – August 2004 - Served as the interim contracted civilian Orthodox Chaplain for Ft. Bragg Army Base and Pope Air Force Base, Served the Russian Orthodox Community on Post.
  • 2005 - Present - Director of the Long Island InterGOYA
  • Co-chaired HIHI (Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiate)
  • Guest Lecturer - St Vladimirs Seminary
  • Direct Archdiocese District Representative for the Archdiocese Benefits Committee

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