Today Cynthia wants you to get to know Fr. Ted Paraskevopoulos.  Almost 5 years ago, he realized that he needed to make some big changes in his life for his health, relationships, work, and family.  How did he do this?  Today you’ll find out!  This is a good podcast for all of us, but it also may be especially for any younger priests out there who need some ideas on how to be their best while serving God and the Church. 

Rev. Fr. Theodore (Ted) Paraskevopoulos B.Th., Ma.Th., D.Min. (ABD)

Fr. Ted has been serving in our Archdiocese since 2006 where he was ordained a deacon and served the communities of Saint Nicolas Greek Orthodox Church in Scarborough and Prophet Elias in Mississauga. It was at Prophet Elias that Fr. Ted was ordained a priest, and then was sent to his first community of Saint Demetrius in Winnipeg, Manitoba. After serving for six years in Winnipeg, Fr. Ted returned to Toronto and assumed the leadership of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, where he continued to serve for the next 8 1/2 years.

Fr. Ted has a bachelor of theology from the Patriarchal Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy, his masters of arts in theology from Saint Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York and is currently finishing his doctoral thesis under the same institution.

Fr. Ted is married to his wife, Joanna, and has three children; twins Katerina , and George, and a younger son Angelo.