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Previous to the priesthood, Fr Nabil was president of the parish council of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne. After this, he was ordained to the diaconate in 1993, serving at St Nicholas.

In the same year, Archbishop Bishop [[Gibran (Rimlawi) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran of Australia and New Zealand]], Fr [[Dimitri Baroudi]] (priest of St Nicholas, 1990-present) and Dcn Nabil organised a Forum at St Nicholas, most of whom were priests. This forum inspired many conversions from the Anglican Church to the Orthodox, usually many finding a home at St. Nicholas. These included Virginia Hutchinson (now at [[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Australia)|St. Anna Convent]]), Fr Raymond Smith (with his congregation of 50 families on the Gold Coast), Fr Ted Doncaster (priest of St Anthony the Great, Perth), Fr George Robinson (in Canberra, now in ROCOR), Fr Geoffrey Harvey (priest of the Good Shepherd Mission, Melbourne), and the late Fr Columba Radford (serving the Western Rite parish of St Cuthbert's, Melbourne).

In 1997, Dcn Nabil was ordained to the priesthood; closely followed by his 1998 elevation to Archimandrite. This made him the first person priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese Diocese of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania to be elevated to Archimandrite in Australia. During this time, he continued to serve at St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, East Melbourne.

Archimandrite Nabil, with With Fr Dimitri Baroudi, Archimandrite Nabil, reinvigorated the Sunday School, established a youth group and a senior citizen's group, and provided strong representation of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in a number of inter-faith forums. In 1999, Archim. Nabil was elected president of the Victorian Council of Churches, the first Orthodox to be so.

After 2002<!-- anyone know when exactly? -->, Archim. Nabil moved to Sydney to continue his work with parishes in Sydney, and was appointed Vicar-General of the Archdiocese. On the [[August 28|28th of August]], 2005, Archimandrite Nabil commenced duties as Dean of St. George Cathedral, Sydney, replacing Fr Nicolas Mansour who retired after 42 years of priestly service at the Cathedral.