His Beatitude John X
Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
His Beatitude John X was born in the city of Latakia, Syria, in the year 1955. He was raised in a home known for education, virtue and faith. His father, Manah Yazigi, a Syrian, was a teacher of Arabic and a poet. His mother, Rozah Moussi, is of Lebanese origin. His Beatitude has three siblings, one of whom is a Metropolitan and another a nun.
His Beatitude attended the schools of Latakia. He enrolled in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Techrin, in Latakia. He has studied church music and excelled in it, forming choirs and training them in traditional church chants. He is a notable leader of young people and has worked with them in various social and spiritual programs.
He received the degree of Bachelor of Theology from the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology at Balamand in 1978. He then studied at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece and received the degree of Doctor of Theology with Distinction in the year 1983.
His doctoral thesis, which was written in Greek and carried the title The Service of the Holy Baptism: A Historical, Theological, and Liturgical Study, was published. While in Greece, he also studied church music and received a Diploma from the Higher Institute of Byzantine Music in Thessaloniki.
His Eminence Metropolitan SABA
Archbishop of New York and all North America
​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 will lead and oversee 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 Grace Bishop THOMAS
Diocese of Oakland, Charleston, and the Mid-Atlantic
His Grace the Right Reverend Thomas (Joseph), Ed.D., is an auxiliary bishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, serving in the Diocese of Oakland, Charleston and the Mid-Atlantic.
Of Arab-American heritage, Thomas Joseph was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1953. He attended John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, graduating in 1970. He went on to college at William Paterson College, graduating in 1974. After college, he worked in the Department of Community Improvements in Paterson, then served as a teacher for the Paterson Board of Education. When the Antiochian Village camp opened in the late 1970s, he was recruited by Fr. John Namie to serve as one of the original camp counselors from 1979 to 1982.
Reverend Father David Hyatt
Pastor
Fr. David and Kh. BethAnn, and their three sons, moved to Greensburg in July 2023 to serve as the pastor of St. Michael's. Fr. David has served as a priest, deacon, and subdeacon in the Antiochian Archdiocese since 2017. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, the Hyatts lived in Minnesota where they entered the Orthodox Church in the Greek Archdiocese after serving as a Baptist pastor for more than 12 years.
Fr. David's Email: frdavidhyatt@gmail.com
Readers
Thomas Sproch
Lucas Hyatt
Subdeacon
Joseph Gazal
Head Chanter & Choir Director
Kh. BethAnn Hyatt
Church School Director
Kh. Melanie Bell
Church Bookstore Coordinator
Caroline Hill
Facility Maintenance Coordinator
Gust Flizanes
2026 Parish Council
Valerie Flizanes (Chair)
Sara Armanious (Vice-Chair)
Samar Khalil (Treasurer)
Mercedes Michetti (Recording Secretary)
Raymounda Chaho (Corresponding Secretary)
Gust Flizanes
Michelle Gajewski
Christine Mansour
Elias Memari
Brandon Miele
Barli Ross
Rdr. Thomas Sproch
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