Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

Nashville, Tennessee - Candidate for Priesthood

November 13, 2010

COLLEYVILLE, TX. November 13, 2010 -- God willing, on Sunday, November 21, 2010, the St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church in Nashville will be blessed with an ordination of a new priest. The candidate to be is Antoun Khalil. We ask for your prayers in the fulfillmentof God's will for this blessed event.

"The work of the priesthood is done on earth, but it is ranked among heavenly ordinances. And this is only right, for no man, no angel, no archangel, no other created power, but the Paraclete Himself ordained this succession, and persuaded men, while still remaining in the flesh to represent the ministry of angels."
- St. John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood