Rev. Father Peter Souritzidis

Father Peter came to the United States from Megara, Greece in 1975 as a high school graduate. He studied English and enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston where he studied Electrical Engineering.  For the next ten years he held positions in sales and marketing for engineering firms and during that time he completed his Masters in Business Administration.

In the late 1970’s while he was a student he worked as a custodian for St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in Quincy, MA.  God used this interface with His Church to call father to the Priesthood. Years later, married with three children, he entered Holy Cross Seminary where he received his Master’s of Divinity and was ordained in 1994.

Father Peter served the Parish of Saint George in Ocean City, Maryland, for five years, during which time major additions to the Church were built. 

For the next ten years, he served the Parish of  Sts Constantine and Helen in Orange, NJ.   After the decision to merge with Saint Nicholas of Newark, during Father’s ministry the merger was successfully completed and the construction of the new Church in Roseland, Ss Nicholas, Constantine and Helen began.

Father Peter serves as a Chaplain with the rank of Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and he is the Wing Chaplain at McGuire Air Force Base, NJ.

Father Peter is married to Presvytera Gigi and they have three sons, Timothy, Arthur and Daniel.