Fr. Alexander Lukashonok

Fr. Alexander received his bachelor’s degree in Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literature from University of Illinois, Chicago. Before entering seminary, he spent a year of study at Moscow Theological Seminary, Sergiev Posad, Russia. He then entered St. Vladimir Seminary in 2002 and was ordained deacon in 2004 and priest in 2005, graduating with a Master of Divinity the same year. His dissertation was on the New Martyrs of Russia, especially St. Amphilokhios of Pochaev, with a translation of his Akathist from Church Slavonic into English. Before coming to Omaha, Fr. Alexander served as Assistant Pastor at two very large parishes in the Chicago area; St. Peter and St. Paul, Glenview, and St John the Baptist, Des Plaines, where he obtained great pastoral experience and training. He was assigned as the Rector of All Holy Spirit in 2013. All Holy Spirit began with a burst of energy from the blessing of God, where the founding families had a strong desire to live and learn a more authentic Orthodox life, and welcome and join their neighbors to a new community in West Omaha. Today it is a vibrant and growing parish of 120 families. The ministries and members of the parish represent a wide range of backgrounds and interests which make the parish a diverse place of worship, witness, and service. In 2018, we have purchased and are developing 12 acres at 192 and Pacific, where our future Church home will stand as a light of Christ. It was this very vision that attracted Fr. Alexander to Omaha, to join in this very unique mission and become part of this holy story. Fr. Alexander and his wife Presbytera Oksana are the happy parents of a beautiful daughter, Ekaterina; and have made their home in, and come to love Omaha.

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Fr. Elias Warren

Fr. Elias received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in German, Latin and Comparative Literature from, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas. Fr. Elias received his Masters in Arts in German from University of Oregon, and a Master of Theological Studies from Seabury-Western Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Fr. Elias received Ph. D. in German from Ohio State University, and a Doctor of Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation, Indiana, and a diploma from St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Studies. Fr. Elias was a clergyman in a denomination for almost 25 years. Fr. Elias and Presbytera Rose were chrismated January 13, 2002, at Saints Constantine and Helen in Cheyenne, WY and welcomed home by Fr. Peter Harrison, Fr. Gabriel Nicholas (Hieromonk), and Fr. Dean Talagan. Father Elias was ordained a Deacon on January 7, 2004, in Bayard, with His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah presiding, and was ordained a Presbyter January 25, 2004, in Assumption Cathedral, Denver. He served Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Bayard, NE, for ten years and three months. Father Elias has also served as a chaplain at the Eppley Addiction Treatment Center, Scottsbluff, NE, as well as an Independent Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (private practice), a student of Tae Kwon Do and recreational piano. Fr. Elias married Rose Lee Christe, (Rodoula Chrysoulis) in Dallas, Texas, in 1964. Their daughter Kirsten and her husband Steve Carrell currently live in Beatrice, NE and have two children, Galayna and Tevan. Following Fr. Elias’ retirement in 2014, he and Presbytera Rose moved to Omaha, from Gering, NE.

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