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Biography
Fr.
Elias Drossos
Fr.
Elias Drossos was born in Montreal, Quebec on June 16, 1972 to
Kostas Drossos and Charitomeni Tselembas, both from the Island
of Kos, Greece. Fr. Elias is the youngest of three siblings.
He has a twin sister, Maria and his older brother, Fr. Odisseys
Drossos. In the summer of 1990, after graduating from Sir
Winston Churchill highschool, Fr. Elias through the guidance of
his spiritual father, Fr. George Saitanis, entered Hellenic
College in Brookline, MA for undergraduate studies. In May of
1994 he graduated “With Distinction” receiving a
Bachelor of Arts , minoring in religious studies. In the Fall
of 1994, he entered Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
and in May of 1997, he graduated Holy Cross with a Masters of
Divinity.
During his seven years at Holy Cross, Fr. Elias was a member of
the Byzantine Choir, “Romanos o Melodos”. He served as
Chanting Leader, Vice President of the Class of 97, and was
part of ACCESS Orthodox Ministries doing Action Line
through the internet.
After graduating from Holy Cross in May of 1997, Fr. Elias
accepted an invitation from His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop
Sotirios to become the English secretary at the Greek Orthodox
Metropolis of Toronto (Canada), succeeding Fr. Stavros Moschos.
While working at the Metropolis, he also served as an assistant
cantor at Sts. Panteleimon, Anna & Paraskevi, Greek Orthodox
Church in Markham. That same year he met Spiridoula Kallinteris,
and were married the following year on September 6, 1998. On
October 17, 1998, Fr. Elias was ordained to the Holy Deaconate
in his home parish of Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in
Montreal, Quebec and, subsequently to the Holy Priesthood on
November 3, 1998 at St. Nicholas Church in Scarborough,
Ontario. On October 27, 2000, Fr. Elias and Presvytera
Spiridoula became the proud parents of a healthy baby boy,
Konstantinos Kosmas.
Following his ordination, Fr. Elias remained as the English
secretary for Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios and served at the
following assignments:
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Holy
Monastery of Patrokosmas in Bolton, Ontario from November 1998
to September 1999;
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St.
John the Theologian Chapel in Toronto from September 1999 to
October 2000; and
t
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, Sts. Nectarios and Gerasimos
Church in Oshawa, Ontario from October 2000 to October 2002.
t Holy
Trinity Greek Orthodox Community in London, Ontario from October
6, 2002 to present.
For
Fr. Elias and his family, the historic city of London, also
known as the “Forest City” has now become their home.
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