BIOGRAPHY OF VERY REVEREND ALEXANDER KILE
Archimandrite
Alexander Kile was born in Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey, on
February 5th 1956 from Argiris and Lilyanna. He finished his
elementary education in the Greek educational system in Istanbul
and then he enrolled in the private French Benedictine High School
Saint Benoit.
In
1974 he immigrated to Toronto, Canada where he finished his High
School Education at the French-Canadian High School of Etienne Brulee.
In
I976 he enrolled to Hellenic College in Brookline, MA, and then
continued his Theological Studies at the Aristotelian University,
in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he graduated with honors from the
School of Theology in 1985.
During
His Studies in Greece He received the Scholarships of The Ecumenical
Patriarchate, UNESCO, Taylor of the Greek Archdiocese of North and
South America. The same year he went back to Toronto Canada
and worked as lay assistant in All Saints Greek orthodox Church.
On
September 13th 1986, he was tontured monk and on September 14 was
ordained deacon by His Grace Bishop Timothy of Detroit in Farmingville,
Detroit.
On
December 1986 Rev. Kile was ordained priest at Saint Spyridon, Washington
Heights, Manhattan, New York, by His Grace Bishop Philotheos of
Meloa. He was assigned as a second priest to that parish.
On
December 25 1990, while serving as Dean of the Cathedral of Saints
Constantine and Helen in Brooklyn New York, upon the order of His
Eminence Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America, he was elevated
to the rank of Archimandrite by His Grace Bishop Philotheos of Meloa.
Very
Reverend Alexander Kile from 1986 to today he served the following
communities:
- Saint
Spyridon (New York, NY)
- Saint
Demetrios (Jamaica, NY)
- Saints
Constantine and Helen Cathedral (Brooklyn, NY)
- Saint
Nicholas (West Babylon, NY)
- Dormition
of Virgin Mary (Port Jefferson, NY)
- Saint
Demetrios (Union, NJ)
He
speaks five languages fluently and he is in command of two. English,
French, Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek and the two other are Russian
and Serbian.
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