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Our Priest

Fr. Konstantinos Loukas was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Dimitri and Evelyn Loukas. He is from a family of four and grew up attending St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Greektown, Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from high school in 2014, he studied Theology at Hellenic College in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2018. He graduated from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology with a Master of Divinity and a Certificate in Byzantine Chant. While at seminary he met his wife, Presvytera Athanasia.

Pres. Athanasia is from Millinocket, Maine, and grew up attending St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bangor, Maine. Growing up she attended the Metropolis of Boston Camp. She graduated from high school in 2015 and then attended Hellenic College.

Fr. Konstantinos and Pres. Athanasia were married on September 4, 2021. They lived in Bethesda, Maryland for one year, where Fr. Konstantinos served as the lay pastoral assistant and youth director at St. George Greek Orthodox Church. In June of 2022, Fr. Konstantinos was appointed as the Youth Director of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey, and on September 17, 2022, he was ordained by, at the time, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, to the Holy Diaconate and began to serve as the Deacon of the Metropolis.

On September 17, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey elevated Deacon Konstantinos and gave him the offikion of Archdeacon of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.

On September 28, 2024, Fr. Konstantinos and Pres. Athanasia welcomed their daughter, Flora, to the world.

Fr. Konstantinos, Pres. Athanasia, and Flora are all excited to join the beautiful community of St. Sophia/ Ss. Faith, Hope, and Agape. Fr. Konstantinos believes that St. Sophia and her three daughters have been guiding his ministry, as he was ordained on their feast day.

Fr. Konstantinos was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Sunday, October 26, 2025, on the feast day of St. Demetrios the Great at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

Fr. Konstantinos served his first Sunday Liturgy on November 2, 2025.

Church Administrator

Elaine Piligian has been our Church Administrator since November of 2006 and she is responsible for handling all the administrative tasks that keep the church running smoothly. A native Long Island girl, Elaine grew up attending St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church in Greenlawn, NY. She was a medical secretary, working in both private physician practices and at a Queens, NY medical center. She has been married to her husband Aram since 1985, and in 1989 they came to Pennsylvania and raised three children -- Aram Christopher, Georgeanne and Thomas. Since coming to St. Sophia in 2006, Elaine has embraced her role of assisting the priest with day-to-day duties and special events. She runs the Parish office, maintains the operation of the church and Cultural Center, and coordinates and schedules church sacraments. “My duties vary greatly day by day, but it is very important to me to create a friendly, welcoming atmosphere in the office while also maintaining a high level of integrity, confidentiality, and commitment as I carry out my duties.”

Protopsaltis (Lead Chanter)

Panagiotis (Panos) Zournatzoglou is a graduate of the Music School of Drama and received his Bachelor of Arts in 2021 from the University of Macedonia in Music Science and Art with a specialization in Byzantine Chant Interpretation and Performance. He has also completed his coursework in Music Therapy for his Music and Society postgraduate studies at the same university. He can teach Byzantine music, lead the parishioners who currently chant at our parish, and can assist as a neokoros, as well.