{"id":17,"date":"2023-09-25T03:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T03:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-03-03T23:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:14:49","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/index.php\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JohnX.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JohnX.jpg 240w, https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JohnX-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Patriarch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MtSABA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MtSABA.jpg 240w, https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MtSABA-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His Eminence Metropolitan Saba (Esper) of New York and All North America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Archbishop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FrNetktarios00.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348\" style=\"width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FrNetktarios00.png 787w, https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FrNetktarios00-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FrNetktarios00-768x850.png 768w, https:\/\/stjosephorthodoxchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FrNetktarios00-773x855.png 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fr. 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