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Name: |
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Reverend Father THEOPHAN KOJA Archimandrite, (born Arian Koja)
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Born: |
1966
November 16, in Tirana, Albania
Parents: Aristidh-Nikolla and Afërdita-Vasilika |
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Baptized: |
1991 June 21, receiving the name of GEORGE by Very Rev. Fr. Arthur
E. Liolin, Chancellor of the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America,
in Archdiocesan Cathedral of Holy Annunciation in Tirana, Albania
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Education: |
1973 -
1981 High School in Tirana, Albania
1981 - 1985 College Economic School in Tirana, Albania
1985 - 1989 Academy of Economic Science in Tirana, Albania
1992 Feb 7 - July 15, Intensive courses in Orthodox Theology Seminary in
Durrës, Albania
1991 - 1992 Member of the Choir of Archdiocesan Cathedral of Holy
Annunciation in Tirana, Albania
1993 -
1999 to Romania with a scholarship from Foreign Affairs Department of
Romania
1992 - 1996 Institute of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, Romania
1998 Working on a Doctorate Degree in Theology, University of Sibiu, Romania |
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Ordinations: |
1995 January 1, ordained into Holy Deaconate by His Grace + CALINIC, Bishop of Argeş and Muscel
in the Cathedral of Sfânta Vineri (St. Parascheva) in PiteştiRomania
1995 May 16, ordained into Holy Priesthood and elevated into Archimandrite by
His Grace + CALINIC, Bishop of Argeş and Muscel in the Diocesan Cathedral in Argeş Monastery
from Curtea de Argeş, Romania
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Marital Status: |
1995 January 6, Tonsured into Monasticism and making the Monastic Vows, receiving the name of
THEOPHAN by His Grace + CALINIC, Bishop of Argeş and Muscel in the Diocesan Chapel in
Argeş Monastery from Curtea de Argeş, Romania
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Work: |
1991 -
1992 Economic Inspector for Department of State Control of Albanian
Government in Tirana, Albania |
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Assignments: |
1995 - 1997 St. Stephen Orthodox Church in Bucharest, Romania
1995 - 1998 Priest of Cotmeana Monastery in Argeş, Romania
1998 January 15 - April 13, Holy Cross Romanian Orthodox Church in Hermitage,
Pennsylvania (PA), U.S.A.
1999 January 1 - June 5, Abbot of Aninoasa Monastery (Diocese of Argeş and Muscel)
in Câmpulung Muscel, Romania
1999 June 8, Parish Priest of Saint Thomas Romanian Orthodox Church in Saint Louis,
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Citizenship: |
Romanian - May 5, 1998 |
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Petition: |
1998
March 3, Invited by then His Grace + NATHANIEL, Bishop of Detroit and the
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America in Feb. 2, 1999
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Languages: |
Albanian, Romanian, English, Italian, Greek and Macedo-Romanian |
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Military: |
1987 -
1989 Transmission Specialist. Discharged in Albania |
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