Bio

Rev. Fr Thomas Zain is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he received two B.A. degrees from Michigan State University in June of 1989, one in Marketing and the other for Russian Language. In the fall of 1990 he enrolled in St. Vladimir's Seminary where he studied for two years. His final year was spent at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. It was there that he received his Master of Divinity Degree in May 1993. After completing his M.Div. degree Fr Thomas studied Arabic language and Byzantine Music at the St John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand in Lebanon from 1993-1994.

Fr Thomas married Claudia Yacoub on May 28, 1994. He was ordained a deacon on July 3, 1994 by Metropolitan PHILIP and a priest on July 17, 1994 by Bishop BASIL. He was assigned to St Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA in August 1994, and to St Nicholas Cathedral in August 1997. Fr Thomas and Claudia welcomed their first child, Simone Marie on October 1, 1997 and their second child George Thomas on September 11, 2002.