Our Clergy
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Father Anthony Gilbert
Priest and Pastor of St. George
Fr Anthony Gilbert is the priest and pastor of St George. He was born in San Diego, CA and met his wife, Kh. Megan, there in university. After studying abroad together in Greece and getting married, they began attending an Orthodox parish and were received together in 2011.
He was ordained to the holy priesthood by Bishop Basil of Wichita and received an MDiv from St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He served as the assistant priest at St Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, before being sent to St George in Grand Rapids in 2023.
Before his ministry as a priest, Fr Anthony completed a PhD in literature from the University of Victoria, BC. From 2008 through the present, he has taught courses in the humanities and theology at several colleges, universities, and Orthodox seminaries in the United States and Europe.
Fr Anthony enjoys spending time with his family, sailing, and camping. He and Kh Megan have four children and are humbled and grateful to be able to serve the Lord and His people at St George.
He was ordained to the holy priesthood by Bishop Basil of Wichita and received an MDiv from St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He served as the assistant priest at St Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, before being sent to St George in Grand Rapids in 2023.
Before his ministry as a priest, Fr Anthony completed a PhD in literature from the University of Victoria, BC. From 2008 through the present, he has taught courses in the humanities and theology at several colleges, universities, and Orthodox seminaries in the United States and Europe.
Fr Anthony enjoys spending time with his family, sailing, and camping. He and Kh Megan have four children and are humbled and grateful to be able to serve the Lord and His people at St George.
Father Steve VanBronkhorst
Archpriest and Priest Emeritus
Fr. Steve Van Bronkhorst has been a priest emeritus at St. George since 2021. He grew up in Allendale, Michigan in the First Reformed Church. He graduated from Reformed Bible College in Grand Rapids (Kuiper College) and from Western Seminary in Holland. After serving as a Reformed Church pastor for 17 years (including seven years as a missionary in Chiapas, Mexico), he and his wife Susan were chrismated at Saint George in 1998.
He received the Saint Stephen’s Certificate in Orthodox Theology in 2002 and was ordained a priest in the Antiochian Archdiocese in 2003. He served in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and in various churches in the Midwest diocese. Fr. Steve retired from St. Willibrord Orthodox Church in Holland in 2021.
He serves in the altar with Fr. Anthony, and is available for pastoral care.
He received the Saint Stephen’s Certificate in Orthodox Theology in 2002 and was ordained a priest in the Antiochian Archdiocese in 2003. He served in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and in various churches in the Midwest diocese. Fr. Steve retired from St. Willibrord Orthodox Church in Holland in 2021.
He serves in the altar with Fr. Anthony, and is available for pastoral care.
Deacon Andrew Palczewski
Deacon
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Our Hierarchy
His Beatitude, John X, Patriarch of Antioch
Patriarch John X (Arabic: البطريرك يوحنا العاشر al-Baṭriyark Yūḥannā al-ʿĀšir; born Hānī Yāzijī هاني يازجي; January 1, 1955) is primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East.[
His Beatitude was elected by the Holy Antiochian Synod Bishop of Al Husun, Wadi Al-Nadarah in the Archdiocese of Akkar in the year 1995. He served in this position until 2008, when the Holy Synod elected him Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Europe. In addition to his work within the Orthodox Church, His Beatitude also played an important role outside the Church, not least through attending religious seminars and international conferences.
Metropolitan SABA
His Eminence, the Most Reverend Saba Isper, is the Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East and the Holy Synod of Antioch elected His Eminence to lead the Archdiocese during its extraordinary session on Feb. 23, 2023, in Balamand, Lebanon.
His Eminence leads and oversees the Archdiocese’s parishes, missions, departments, institutions and organizations in the United States and Canada from the headquarters in Englewood, New Jersey. The auxiliary bishops aid him in his administration across the continent.
His Eminence leads and oversees the Archdiocese’s parishes, missions, departments, institutions and organizations in the United States and Canada from the headquarters in Englewood, New Jersey. The auxiliary bishops aid him in his administration across the continent.
Archimandrite Jeremy (Davis), Archiepiscopal Vicar for the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest
Archimandrite Jeremy (Davis) grew up in Wichita, Kan. Throughout his early life, he and his family were active members of Evangelical Protestant churches. During his high school years, he felt a calling to professional Christian ministry and subsequently enrolled as a religion and history major at Friends University in Wichita, to prepare for this vocation.
From 2001-04, Fr. Jeremy attended St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, earning his Master of Divinity degree. In August 2004, he traveled to Australia for a year-long mission in the Antiochian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, where he taught and counseled youth and young adults, helping them to understand Orthodoxy’s relevance to their modern, “new world” lives
From 2001-04, Fr. Jeremy attended St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, earning his Master of Divinity degree. In August 2004, he traveled to Australia for a year-long mission in the Antiochian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, where he taught and counseled youth and young adults, helping them to understand Orthodoxy’s relevance to their modern, “new world” lives
On September 1, 2021, Fr. Jeremy was transfered from Holy Ascension Church to serve as Hierarchical Assistant at the Archdiocese Headquarters in Englewood, N.J. On October 31, 2021, he was appointed Protosyngellos of the Archdiocese. On June 10, 2024, Metropolitan Saba appointed Fr. Jeremy as Archiepiscopal Vicar for the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest effective August 1, 2024. In this role, he oversees this Diocese on behalf of the Metropolitan, based at the chancery in Toledo..
