Father Steven Tsichlis was born in St. Louis, MO on January 11, 1953 and is the son of the late George and Thelma Tsichlis. Raised in St. Louis at the St. Nicholas parish, Father Steve graduated from the University of Missouri in 1974 with a B.A. in history and philosophy; received a certificate of studies from the University of Thessaloniki in Greek and Byzantine History in 1977; graduated from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA with a Masters of Divinity in 1978; graduated from Yale Divinity School with an S.T.M. in 1981; and pursued a doctorate in patristics with the late Father John Meyendorff at Fordham University in New York.