Our Priests

  • Father George has been serving as the Presiding Priest (Proistamenos) of Annunciation Cathedral since February 1, 2014. A native of Veria (Βέροια), Greece, he came to the United States as a high school foreign exchange student. In 1987 he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Seattle Pacific University, in Seattle, WA. In the Spring of 1990, he earned a Master of Divinity degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA. On December 16, 1990, he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in Seattle, WA. Fr. George is married to Presvytera Chrysanthie (Zografos) Bessinas, a native of Houston, TX, and they are the parents of three sons and one daughter, Nicholas, Christopher, Andreas, and Sotiria.

  • Father Christopher, a native of Long Island, NY, first served Annunciation Cathedral as a lay Youth Director from 2012 to 2013 and, beginning September 1, 2026, he is serving as the Cathedral’s Assistant Priest. In 1999 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps with an honorable discharge in 2005. The same year he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the State University of New York, in Cortland, NY, and in the Spring of 2010, he earned a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA. Father Christopher was ordained to the holy priesthood on March 25, 2015 in Houston TX. He is married to Presvytera Annabelle (Dragas) a native of Virginia Beach and they are the parents of one son, Petros.