Fr. Youhanna Maurice Youssef was born in Egypt in 1973.
He served as a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher in Saint George Church in Heliopolis, Egypt 1995-2004. He worked as an Electronics and Communications Engineer from 1995 to 2004.
He was ordained presbyter by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III along with His Grace Bishop Serapion on October 13, 2004 to serve in the Diocese of Los Angeles. California
Fr. Joseph Tawdross Gorgi was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1982. He is a graduate of the Theological Seminary in Alexandria and worked as a pharmacist before his consecration. He came to the United States in 2011. He has been serving at St. John Coptic Orthodox Church as a deacon and Sunday School coordinator as well as at the Arabic Youth Meetings. In Egypt, he served at St. George Church Abuqir teaching hymns, Coptic and Sunday School.
He was ordained presbyter by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion along with their Graces Bishop Suriel, Bishop Abraham and Bishop Kyrillos on February 27, 2022 to serve St. John Coptic Orthodox Church in Covina, California.