Saint Stephen Orthodox Church

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Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America

Orthodoxy in America

Archpriest Andrew Moore

Father and Khouria

E-mail: fatherandrew@martyr1.org

Father Andrew Moore graduated from Georgia Tech in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, but this was only the beginning of his education. In 1969, Father Andrew graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia with a Master of Divinity degree.

Ordained in the Presbyterian Church in August of 1969, he and Khouria Dannie then began their ministry at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Kingsport, Tennessee. From 1972 to 1975, they founded and served in an inner-city ministry known as The Way, also in Kingsport. In 1979, after resigning the pastorate of Woodlawn Presbyterian Church in Mableton, Georgia, Father Andrew and Khouria Dannie, with a few families, founded St. Stephen Evangelical Orthodox in the inner-city neighborhood of Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

Along with other EOC churches throughout the country, St. Stephen was received into the Antiochian Archdiocese in February of 1987. Father Andrew was ordained in the Orthodox Church by Metropolitan PHILIP on February 22, 1987 and was assigned as pastor of St. Stephen Orthodox Church. St. Stephen moved to Hiram, Georgia in 1988, where God has graciously granted them a peaceful and fruitful community resting on twenty-five beautiful acres of land.

Father Andrew and Khouria Dannie have been married for 46 years and have been blessed by God with six children and thirteen grandchildren. The Lord has further extended His kindness to them through many spiritual children and fellow-servants in this Christ-loving parish.

Deacon Ray Ralston

For almost twenty years, Deacon Ray Ralston has served with Father Andrew at the altar of Saint Stephen Orthodox Church. He holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering.