Chairman Sub-Deacon Michael Boyar
Sub-Deacon Michael Boyar is the grandson of the reposed Very Reverend Lukian Steciuk (OCA – Canadian Archdiocese), the son of Sub-Deacon Peter and Sonia Boyar (of Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Detroit – OCA); husband of Tanya Mitrofanova; Father of 4 children (Patricia Ann, Diane Marie, Vsevalod Igor and Alexandra Nina); Grandfather of 9 and Great-Grandfather of 1 and 2 more in production.
He was ordained to the Sub-Diaconate by His Eminence, Archbishop SERAPHIM (of the same Canadian Archdiocese) in September 2006 after working diligently for several months helping to reopen St. John the Divine Orthodox Church (Windsor, Ontario) which had been closed for several years.
Vice Chairman Haytham Khoury
Haytham was born in Damascus, Syria, in an Orthodox family. During his youth, he was a member of the Young Orthodox Movement, an organization that aims at the spiritual renewal of the Antiochian Orthodox Church. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Aleppo in 1988, he went to France to specialize in Hematology. In France, he had the chance to meet great Orthodox theologians, including Olivier Clement and Boris Bobrisnskoy. This strengthened further his commitment to Orthodoxy and evangelization. In 2000, Haytham came to Canada to pursue further training in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Furthermore, he completed a PhD in Molecular Biology. He works as a physician-researcher in Canada. Since 2000, he has been an active member of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America.
Treasurer Glen Chancy
Orthodox Christian for over 20 years. Married to Christine with five children. Past Webmaster for the Orthodox Christian Network. Former Parish Council member for five years at St. Stephen the Protomartyr.
Occupation: Product Manager for a suite of banking software products. Previously consulted globally for leading banking institutions. Experience in 32 countries.
Board Member Rev. Deacon Christopher Purdef
Rev. Deacon Christopher Purdef was born in Columbus, OH. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University in 1997, and then his MA in Applied Orthodox Theology from the Antiochian House of Studiesin 2013.
He has been married to his wife Valentina, a schoolteacher, since 2001 and they have a son, Andrej, who loves aviation and writing short stories in his spare time.
Deacon Christopher has been a member of St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Mesa, Arizona since 2007. He was a two-term member of the Parish Council, guides the Men of St. Ignatius study group, directed community outreach for the parish, and has led a parish group meal service for the Greater Mesa Homeless Community since the beginning of his deaconate. Deacon Christopher was ordained in March 2013 and is attached to St. Ignatius under the spiritual guidance of the Very Rev. Dr. James Coles.
In the past, Deacon Christopher worked as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer writing small to medium sized grants for community development projects as well as soliciting funding for these grants from expat NGOs raising over 10,000 USD for the Municipality that he served. In addition, he has worked in outbound sales and account management for an online advertisement firm based out of San Francisco, while the last ten years have been dedicated to counseling students for various on-line Universities.
Deacon Christopher is dedicated to growing the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church in North America. He believes that nurturing new missions and supporting priests is paramount to achieving Christ’s Great Commandment [to love God and man and share The Good News of Jesus Christ (to know God and make Him known)].
Board Member Eric A. Tweten
Eric grew up in a Protestant home with two very business and ministry minded very creative parents and two very different siblings, his sister being more status quo and his brother being more a rebel. Eric was serious about God to a fault, which caused his own mistakes in overcompensating at times. He has always been a creative. He completed his general college education in Northern Minnesota, then off to Texas to a Christian leadership institute. From there, on to a university for design technology. He worked in technical design just out of college, and then on to retail management and sales, including some interior design.
He was in management at a Christian coffee shop, and served as a volunteer coordinator at a Christian Art Center. Eric served on the board at a separate generic art center. Eric also served on office staff for an international Christian music tour. Eric as well served on an Orthodox Christian international missions media committee. He has previously been on the board of Share the Faith, before returning now as a staff member and board member.
Eric is now a freelance videographer and serves in the fundraising and marketing department at Share the Faith. He is husband to his wife Mary and father to his daughter Esther. He enjoys the outdoors as he grew up on an old farmstead. Eric is an accomplished musician, and would like to put his musical ability to work in fundraising for Share The Faith through benefit concerts (hopefully with other musicians as well at times). Eric welcomes and invites all of you to offer your time, talent and treasure to St. Herman’s legacy in donating those gifts as you feel so lead by The Holy Spirit to Share The Faith. It is Eric’s pleasure to serve our precious and Holy Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in this capacity. Eric wishes all God’s best to you and yours as you grow in the love and knowledge of The Lord God Almighty in Holy Orthodoxy.
Board Member Arthur Nick Andros:
Art was born in Chicago, educated in the Public-School System, a college graduate, University of Illinois, Architecture. Currently, Art works for the City of Chicago as Project Manager. A Radio Host of two Radio Shows in Chicago on 820.
In his spare time Art divides his time between several non for profits boards, specifically serving as the President of the Film Hellenes, Board Member of GCE School Board, Metropolitan Crime Commission, Media Director and United Hellenic Voters of America, Executive Vice president.
Art was the Anchor Idol Winner of the WGN TV 9 Morning News Show and was a host of a radio show called: My Big Fat Greek Radio Show- Sundays 6:00 -8:00 pm on 1490 am ( www.Radiowpna.com ). And calls Bingo online at fnfcouchbingo.com for seniors- Sundays 8:00-10:00 pm.
Family: Wife Mary- 30 years to date, Child: Nicholas 22 years old
Art’s Philosophy…There are no problems in his world only opportunities which bring individuals together for success. What people say about Art… Art’s down to earth personality would make anyone feel at ease. “Art is respected by his peers and well-liked by his board members, he is very diligent and a pleasure to work with.” And, by all reports, he’s funny! – Past parish council member of Saint Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church – Past parish council member of Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church – Past president of AHEPA (American Hellenic Education Progressive Association.) – Past parish council member of Saint Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church – Member of My Big Fat Media Club – Anchor Idol Champion for WGN Morning News a.k.a.- Joe Matsakapetros
Board Member Fr. Evangelos Pepps
Fr. Angelo (Evangelos) Pepps is a cradle-Orthodox Priest, who thanks to Fr. Lazarus Moore of blessed memory – and in particular, his booklet now called Sacred Traditions of the Holy Spirit in the Church – considers himself a convert to Christ and His Ark of Salvation. He is thankful to his parents of blessed memory, Stavros (Stephen) and Mary who, when he was seriously thinking of becoming an AOG pastor, encouraged him to, “first study our faith and then, decide.” After but a few days in Brookline, in early September 1975, Fr. Angelo had found everything he’d been looking for to follow Christ in the safest and most powerful way – the way of the fathers.
Fr. Angelo is happily married since 1986 to Susan (Fotopulos) and is the proud father of Marissa (Josh) Cook, Elia (Kyle) Reif and Stavros (Stephen), with 3 grandchildren and 2 more on the way.
Ancient Faith Radio gave Share the Faith Director, Fr Evangelos Pepps, an opportunity to discuss Orthodox mission work in the US. How can we share the faith effectively and establish more Orthodox missions? 
