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 V. Rev. Father Elia Shalhoub

Date of Birth   October 28, 1954 to Wadih & Bahije Shalhoub

Place of Birth  Douma, El-Bartroun, Lebanon

Date of Marriage  January 7, 1980 to Odette Rahbani

Graduate School    St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York, M. Div. in Theology 1980

College  University of Thesalonike, Modern Greek 1977, Saint John of Damascus Theological Academy, Koura, Lebanon Major in Philosophy 1976

Languages  Arabic, English, Greek and some French

For the last twenty-five years, I have been blessed with my beloved wife Odette, to serve the communities of St. Mary's of West Palm Beach, where we started in 1980 and where we are now, St. Antonias of Halifax, N.S., Sts. Peter & Paul of Charlottestown, PEI, St. George of Toronto, St. Mary of Mississauga, Ontario, and St. George Cathedral of Coral Gables, Florida.

Through the grace of God and the love and trust of our beloved Metropolitan and Hierarchs of this God protected, self-rules Archdiocese of North America, I have been able to sreve faithfully to the best of my ability these communities who were entrusted to my care an help them to reach God the Father through my fatherhood as their priest.

I am so thankful to my beloved Khouryee Odette who dedicated her life to serve God with me.  To my family, especially to my late beloved parents who were a great inspiration to me, and to all my brothers and sisters, and their families for their love and support.