Fr. Theofanis Papantonis takes over as priest-in-charge at the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos in Flushing, New Yorktranslated

With the blessing of the Most Reverend Archbishop of America, Mr. Elpidophoros, Fr. Theofanis Papantonis assumes, from November 16, 2026, the duties of priestly superior at the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos, in Flushing, New York. Father Theofanis was born and raised in Astoria, Queens. He attended the Hellenic American School of Agios Dimitrios and continued his studies at New York University. Responding to God's call to the priesthood, he studied at Holy Cross School of Theology (HCHC) in Brookline, Massachusetts.

After graduation, he began his ministry at St. Nicholas Parish in Flushing, where for two years he was in charge of youth activities. He was then ordained an elder and continued to serve in the same parish until 2013.

In 2013, he was installed at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Hicksville, New York. In the thirteen years of his ministry there, he devoted himself to the support of families and young people and to the pastoral care of the faithful of the parish.

Father Theofanis is now returning to Agios Nikolaos in Flushing, the parish where he began his ministry. He now has many years of pastoral experience and...