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In 1978, he went to study in the Protestant Theological [[Seminary]], the Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission, (ACTS) in Seoul, Korea, without finding the answer to his quest. In 1982 he found the book ''The Orthodox Church'' by [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Timothy (Kallistos) Ware]] in a book shop in Seoul, which helped him to discover the Church for which he had been looking. Finally on [[September 6]], 1983, he converted to Orthodoxy with the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, [[Demetrius I (Papadopoulos) of Constantinople|Patriarch Demetrios]], and of His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysios of New Zealand, and was chrismated by the hand of Archmandrite Sotirios Trambas (Bishop of Zelon, stationed in Korea).<ref>Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_indonesia.html History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia]. [[October 29]], 1997.</ref>
Having graduated from Korea, he went to Greece, where he stayed on [[Mount Athos]]. During this time he began to translate liturgical books into Indonesian, and struggled with terminology suitable to express the faith. From 1983-84 he studied in Greece with the [[Apostoliki Diakonia]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. By the end of 1984 he went to study in the U.S., at the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Boston. Having finished his study in Boston and in two other schools in the U.S., he was [[ordination|ordained]] by His Grace Bishop [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh|Maximos of Pittsburgh]] to the [[Diaconate]] in the Holy Cross Church (pastored by Fr. John Chakos), and to the [[priest]]hood in the St. Paul Orthodox Church in ClevelandNorth Royalton, Ohio, (then pastored by Fr. James SymeonidesDemetrios Simeonides).<ref>Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_indonesia.html History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia]. [[October 29]], 1997.</ref>
===Mission In Indonesia===