Born in
Taybeh on 20 September 1948 to the Very Rev. Ibrahim and Hanneh Khoury, he was educated at the
St. John of Damascus Orthodox Theological Academy. He received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religion in 1974 and a
Master of Divinity degree in 1978, both from
Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Ordained as a
deacon on 6 September 1975 and to the
priesthood on 7 September 1975, he was elevated to the dignity of
archimandrite by
Metropolitan Philip in 1981. He served as pastor at St. George,
Boston, and at St. Mary,
Cambridge. After serving at St. George,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, he then served as dean at
St. Nicholas Cathedral,
Brooklyn, New York, and at St. George Cathedral,
Coral Gables, Florida. On 12 March 1995, he was consecrated as titular bishop of
Jableh by Patriarch
Ignatius IV of Antioch at the
Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America at the chancery in
Toledo, Ohio until . In 2004, he was arrested following a sexual assault in a casino and was sentenced to 28 days in jail as well as being placed on the sex offender registry. As of , he was serving as an auxiliary bishop of the
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean but retired again in 2009. ==Books==