Below please find a status note from Fr. Dennis Rhodes, who is a member of the Albanian Archdiocese Student Fund Committee, on one of the Albanian Archdiocese Seminarians:
 
Ananias' Graduation from St. Tikhon's Seminary
From Father Dennis Rhodes
 
At the end of May this year, I was privileged to attend graduation ceremonies at Saint Tikhon’s Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, for the Class of 2022. Among the graduates were Subdeacon Ananias Ananievski, whose studies were supported by our Theological Student Fund.
 
During the ceremony, Metropolitan Tikhon, President of the Seminary, and locum tenens of our own Albanian Archdiocese, awarded Ananias the degree of Master of Divinity, based on his three years of study at the Seminary. In addition, he was recognized for his outstanding scholarship, receiving Honors in Dogmatic Theology for his thesis entitled in part, “Asceticism, Deification and Martyrdom, Arenas for Salvation,” which examined the theology of marriage in the Orthodox tradition. His thesis advisor was Archbishop Michael of New York, Rector of the Seminary.
Following his graduation, Ananias has taken up residence in Worcester, Mass., and began an internship with Fr. Mark Doku, rector of Saint Mary’s Church there. He will be assisting Fr. Mark in the parish and performing other tasks for our Archdiocese.

Congratulations to Ananias on his graduation! May God bless him and guide him as he continues his service to our Albanian Archdiocese.