| |
| | Bishop BASIL |
 | | From 1973 until 1975 he served as pastoral assistant at St George Church in Detroit, MI, and from 1975 until 1986 he served as director of the Archdiocese's Department of Youth Affairs with offices at the main chancery of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America in Englewood, NJ. |
 | | On January 27, 1980, he was ordained to the priesthood by Metropolitan PHILIP at St Anthony Church in Bergenfield, NJ, and on October 9, 1988, he was elevated to the dignity of archimandrite by Metropolitan Philip at St George Church in Wichita, KS. |
 | | During his pastorate the new church temple was erected, consecrated and elevated to the status of Cathedral on April 21, 1991. |
| www.stgeorgecathedral.net /bpbasil.html (559 words) |
|