Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh

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His Grace Demetri (Matta Khoury), Titular Bishop of Jableh, was an auxiliary bishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America from 1995 to 2003.

Born: Taybeh-Ramallah, West Bank Region September 20, 1948, to the V.Rev. Ibrahim and Hanneh Khoury.

Education

• Our Lady of Balamand Monastery, Koura, Lebanon
• St. John of Damascus Orthodox Theological Academy (Balamand) Koura, Lebanon
• Hellenic College, Brookline, MA (1974 -- B.A. in Philosophy and Religion)
• Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA (1978 -- M.Div.)

Ecclesiastical Positions

• Deacon, September 6, 1975
• Priest, September 7, 1975
• Archimandrite, 1981 by Metropolitan Philip
• Bishop, March 12, 1995, by Patriarch Ignatius IV, in St. Mary Cathedral (Mother Cathedral of the Antiochian Patriarchate), Damascus, Syria
• Pastor, St. George Church, Boston, MA
• Pastor, St. Mary Church, Cambridge, MA
• St. George Church, Allentown, PA
• Dean, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Brooklyn, NY
• Dean, St. George Cathedral, Coral Gables, FL
• Bishop of Jableh (Syria); Auxiliary Bishop, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (1995-2003); assigned by Metropolitan Philip to Toledo, OH, Chancery.
• Suspended from service as a bishop pending an investigation following his arrest for criminal sexual misconduct and disorderly drunkenness in July 2003.[1][2]
• Retired from service following his February 25, 2004 guilty plea to a reduced charge of attempted fourth degree criminal sexual misconduct (a felony).[3][4][5]
• Restored as vicar of the Iglesia Católica Apostólica Ortodoxa De Antioquia México-Venezuela-Centroamérica-El Caribe in the Exarcado De El Caribe in December 2008.[6]

Writings

• The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
• The Divine and Holy Gospel Book
• The Liturgical Guide for Priests, Chanters, and Choirs
• The Great Euchologion (translated from Arabic and Greek texts of the Typicon)
• The Service Book of the Bishop (in English)
• The Book of the Typicon (Translated from Arabic into English)
• Handbook of the Faithful
• A Cloud of Witnesses - Saints and Martyrs from the Holy Land
• The Book of the Prophetologion (contains the Old Testament Lectionary readings appointed at Vespers and at other services during the Liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox Church)

Bibliography

• Gillquist, Peter E., "The Elevation of Demetri (Khoury) to the Holy Episcopacy" WORD MAGAZINE 39.5 (May 1995), 4-8.