Protopresbyter Fr. Gregory Gilbert new priest superior of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Yorktranslated

The Most Reverend Archbishop of America Mr. Elpidophoros met with the Most Reverend Archpriest Gregory Gilbert, who was recently appointed priestly head of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York. The meeting was also attended by the Theophilus Bishop of Diokleia, Mr. Nektarios, Proto-Secretary of the Holy Archdiocese of America. Father Grigorios was ordained an elder in 2015 and has since served the Church with devotion from various positions of pastoral and administrative responsibility. He was rector of parishes in Bel Air, Maryland, and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, as well as the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Theologian, Tenafly, New Jersey. More recently, in fact, he served as Proto-Chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Father Gregory is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. He continued his studies at the Catholic University of America, where he received a PhD in Greek and Latin Studies, specializing in Patrology.

His Holiness entrusted Fr.…