Fr. Panagiotis grew up in the suburbs of Chicago attending the Greek Orthodox parishes of St. Nectarios in Palatine and St. Athanasios in Aurora. He earned his BA (2008) from the University of Oklahoma with a double major in Religious Studies and Classical Greek. From there he proceeded to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, where he received his MDiv (2013). While at seminary, Fr. Panagiotis met and married Presbytera Nichole, who also graduated from Holy Cross the same year with an MTS. Together they have four children. Fr. Panagiotis was ordained to the Diaconate on June 29th, 2013 and to the Priesthood on July 28th, 2013. Following his ordination to the Priesthood, he served the parish of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview, IL from 2013-2019.