Giving glory and thanksgiving to God, the St. Vladimir’s Seminary community celebrated the ordinations of two priests and one deacon in the month of February.
The first ordination took place on February 2, the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. Seminary alumnus Dn. Habib (Caleb) McGee (M.Div. ’24) was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Houston, TX, by the hand of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba. Fr. Habib currently assists His Eminence at the Antiochian Archdiocese Headquarters in Englewood, NJ.
Metropolitan Saba with the newly ordained Fr. Habib McGee.
On February 5, during the OCA Diocese of the South’s annual Pastoral Conference, His Eminence Archbishop Alexander ordained third-year seminarian Dn. Sergio Lopez to the Holy Priesthood at Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Kernersville, NC. Fr. Sergio is well known at Holy Cross, having served a summer internship there under the supervision of Seminary alumnus Fr. Christopher Foley (M.Div. ’06). Fr. Sergio is completing his final semester of studies in the M.Div. program at St. Vladimir’s.
Archbishop Alexander ordained Dn. Sergio Lopez to the Holy Priesthood on Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Holy Cross Orthodox Church
Then on February 15, the Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare Sunday), Metropolitan Saba ordained seminarian Ibrahim Aldaiob to the Holy Diaconate at Virgin Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY. Dn. Ibrahim hails from Homs, Syria, and is in his first year of studies in the Seminary’s M.A. program. Prior to enrolling at St. Vladimir’s, Dn. Ibrahim studied at St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand in Lebanon.
Dn. Ibrahim was ordained at Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY.
May God grant the newly ordained Fr. Habib, Fr. Sergio, and Dn. Ibrahim and their families many years!
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