Military Chaplains


Orthodox Military Chaplains

The Orthodox Church in America is a member of the National Conference of Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF), and a member of the Endorsers for Chaplaincy Veterans Affairs Centers (ECUAC) and is recognized by the Armed Forces Chaplains Board to certify and endorse chaplains to serve in the armed forces.

Email: chaplains@oca.org

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, Ecclesiastical Endorser for the US Military Chaplains

V. Rev. Theodore Boback, Chaplain
Lieutenant Colonel, USA-Retired
Dean and Executive Director of Orthodox Military & Veterans Administration Chaplains

2028 E Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone: 410-276-3422

V. Rev. Joseph J. Gallick, Chaplain
Lieutenant Colonel, USAR-Retired
Assistant Dean and Deputy Director
3 Wildwood Dr.
Southborough, MA 01772-1989
Phone: 508-481-2028

* Indicates non-OCA Clergy


Active Duty U.S. Air Force

*Rev. Stephan Close (AO)

Chaplain (LTC) USAF

Wing Chaplain
451 AEW/HC
Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan

Spouse: Annette
Phone: 044-01638-454723
DSN: 420-2089
Mobile: 079-197-9464
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Ioan Irinel Dumitrascu (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

Air Combat Command
633 ABW/HC
Langley AFB, VA

Spouse: Emanuela
Mobile: 330-503-7180
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Eugene Lahue (OCA)

Chaplain (MAJ) USAF

PSC 2 BOX 7985
APO AE 09012
[Ramstein AFB, Germany]

Spouse: Melissa
Phone: 011-49-637-147-5753
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Matthew Streett (GO)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

37 TRW/HC
2320 Carswell Avenue, Ste 3
Lackland AFB, TX 78236

Phone: 210-671-2911
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*V. Rev. Mark W. Sahady (AO)

Chaplain (LTC) USAF Wing Chaplain

Beale AFB, CA 95903

Spouse: Barbara
DSN: 312-368-4705
Cell: 530-329-5916
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


U.S. Air Force Reserve Component

Rev. Oliver Herbel (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAFR

1845 16th Street S
Fargo, ND 58103

Spouse: Loretta
Home: 218-289-4693
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Peter G. Souritzides (GO)

Chaplain (MAJ) USAFR

510 Linden Place
Orange, NJ

Home: 973-674-6600

Rev. Thaddeus Werner (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAFR

245 Cingaree Road APT 1307
Greenville, SC 29607

Spouse: Valerie
Home: 864-201-6674


Active Duty U.S. Army

*Rev. Peter Aleria (AO)

Chaplain (CPT) USA

Ft. Bliss, TX

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*Rev. Paul S. Andreasen (ROCOR)

Chaplain (LTC) USAR

2023 Stonehenge Drive
Harker Hts, TX 76548

Phone: 254-768-7649
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

V. Rev. Peter A. Baktis

V. Rev. Peter A. Baktis (OCA)

Chaplain (COL) USA Senior Chaplain Team Bliss

224 Sheridan
El Paso, TX 79906

Spouse: Jeanne
Office: 915-568-1519
Mobile: 915-443-6923
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

V. Rev. Peter Dubinin

V. Rev. Peter Dubinin (OCA)

Chaplain (LTC) USAR

3357 Backridge Road
Woodlawn, TX 37191

Assignment: DIMA Chaplain
5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Spouse: Suzanne
Office: 270-461-1721
Mobile: 931-439-1021
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Isaiah R. Gillette (AO)

Chaplain (LTC) USA

110A Scott Pl.
Ft. Riley, KS 66442

Spouse: Elizabeth
Office: 785-239-8346
Mobile: 785-318-0217
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. George Hill (OCA)

Chaplain (MAJ) USA

2500 Lull Water Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28306

Assignment: Command Chaplain, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC

Spouse: Pamela
Office: 910-432-4455
Mobile: 910-853-8342
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Sean Levine (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USA

17th Infantry 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team
Joint Base Mchord, WA 98433

Assignment: 1/17th Infantry Stryker Battalion

Spouse: Jennifer
Home: 253-912-4781
JBLM On-Call Chaplain: 253-967-0015
Core Chaplain's Office: 253-967-3669
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

V. Rev. George Oanca (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USA

10101 Warfighter Road, Bldg. 9420
Fort Carson, CO 80913

Assignment: 3-61 CAV/4th BCT/4th ID

Spouse: Cristina
Office: 719-503-4340
Mobile: 612-432-6099
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Paul Rivers (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USA

CMR 469 BOX 890
APO AE 09227

Spouse: Kendra
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


U.S. Army Reserve Component

Rev. Ian Burgess (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USANG

7006 Bohn Blvd.
Anderson, CA 96007

Spouse: Mary
Phone: 530-917-9758
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Kevin Teed Millsaps (GO)

Chaplain (CPT) TNARNG

211 Sasanoa Ct.
Kingsport, TN 37664

Assignment: 3rd Sqdn, 278th ACR, Kingsport, TN 37660

Spouse: Tina (Irene)
Home: 423-220-9240
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Danut Palanceanu (OCA)

Chaplain (1LT) USAR

1404 Daybreak Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89108

Home: 702-365-9190
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. James Parnell

Rev. James Parnell (OCA)

Chaplain (1LT) USA NG

575 Scarsdale Road
Yonkers, New York 10707-1659

Spouse: Holly
Home: 914-573-8051
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. James Sizemore (OCA)

Chaplain (MAJ) OHARNG

474 E. Main St.
Circleville, OH 43113

Assignment: 37th IBCT (174th ADA Bde in 2010)

Spouse: Barbara
Office: 614-336-7479
Home: 740-601-3911
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


U.S. Navy

*Rev. David Alexander (AO)

LT, CHC, USN

United States Naval Academy
101 Cooper Rd.
Annapolis, MD 21402

Spouse: Heather Maria
Office: 410-293-1100
Mobile: 914-886-2582
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*V. Rev. Joseph William Butts (AO)

LT, CHC, USN

Assignment: Recruit Training Command
3355 Illinois St.
Building 1301
Great Lakes, IL 60088-3115

Office: 847-688-2288
Mobile: 484-885.6241
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*V. Rev. John Constantine (GO)

LCDR, CHC, USN

Assignment: VTU

Office: 652-862-6461

V. Rev. Jerome Cwiklinski

V. Rev. Jerome Cwiklinski (OCA)

CAPT, CHC, USN

MARFORPAC
P.O. BOX 64105
Camp H.M. Smith, HI 96861-4105

Spouse: Wendy
Office: 808-477-8529
Mobile: 760-994-9792
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

V. Rev. Stephen Duesenberry

V. Rev. Stephen Duesenberry (OCA)

CDR, CHC, USN

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
FPO AP 96629-2840

Spouse: Sharon
Office: 619-545-3080
Mobile: 619-301-4761
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Protopresbytr Milton D. Gianulis (GO)

CAPT, CHC, USN

Assignment: Marine Corps Installations East
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Office of the Chaplain - Bldg. 67
PSC 20004
Camp Lejeune, NC 28542-0004

Office: 910-451-8691
DSN: 751-xxxx
Mobile: 757-508-5367
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. John Kalantzis (GO)

CDR, CHC, USN

Assignment: Naval Warfare Development Command
Norfolk, VA 23511

Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Herman Kincaid

Rev. Herman Kincaid (OCA)

LTJG CHC USNR

6980 County Line Road
Burr Ridge, IL 60527

Spouse: Jessica
Phone: 630-323-3525
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Philip J. Pelikan (AO)

CDR, CHC, USN

U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy PSC 817
Box 43 FPO, AE 09622

Assignment: Naples, Italy

Office: 314-626-6817
Mobile: UNK
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Hieromonk Kilian (Christopher) Sprecher

Hieromonk Kilian (Christopher) Sprecher (OCA)

LT, CHC, USNR

575 Scarsdale Road
Yonkers, NY 10707

Assignment: 6th Comm, 4th MLG, Brooklyn, NY

Mobile: 914-364-2655
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Eugene Wozniak

Rev. Eugene Wozniak (OCA)

LCDR, CHC, USN

Assignment: 17th Coast Guard District (dch)
Juneau AK 99801

Office: 907-463-2038
Cell: 907-957-1067
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


U.S. Armed Forces - Retired

V. Rev. John Anderson, US Army
* Rev. Protopresbtyr William J. Bartz, US Navy
V. Rev. Theodore Boback, Jr., US Army
* Rev. Peter Daratsos, US Army Reserve
* V. Rev. Theophanos Degaitas, US Navy
V. Rev. Gregory Dudash, US Air Force
V. Rev. Joseph J. Gallick, US Army Reserve
V. Rev. Andrew Harrison, US Air Force Reserve
V. Rev. James Jadick, US Air Force Reserve
Rev. Sam J. Kalamaras, US Navy Reserve
* Rev. Karl Kish, US Navy
V. Rev. Mark Koczak, US Navy
V. Rev. John Kondratick, US Air Force
V. Rev. Michael Kovach, US Army
V. Rev. Elias Krenitsky, US Army
* V. Rev. Edward Macura, US Army
V. Rev. Michael Margitich, US Air Force
V. Rev. Frank Mayernick, US Air Force
V. Rev. Andrew D. Nelko, US Navy
V. Rev. David Pratt, US Navy Reserve
V. Rev. Paul Pyrch, US Navy
V. Rev. Daniel Ressetar, US Air Force Reserve
* V. Rev. Gregory Roth, US Air Force
* V. Rev. Constantine Rogakos, US Army
Rev. Paul Schellbach, US Army Reserve
* V. Rev. John Shaloub, US Navy Reserve
V. Rev. Michael Simerick, US Navy
V. Rev. Alvian Smirensky, US Navy Reserve
V. Rev. Ken Stavrevsky, US Air Force
V. Rev. John W. Stefero, US Air Force
V. Rev. Peter Telencio, US Army
V. Rev. John Tkachuk, US Air Force Reserve
V. Rev. Alexander F. C. Webster, US Army Reserve


Chaplain Locations

California

Beale AFB
Fr. Mark W. Sahady

Camp Pendleton
Fr. Jerome Cwiklinski

Colorado

Fort Carson
Fr. George Oanca

Germany

Ramstein Air Base
Fr. Eugene Lahue

Vaihingen
Fr. George Hill

Japan

Camp Butler Okinawa
Fr. Christopher Allen

Kansas

Fort Riley
Fr. Isaiah Gillette

Kentucky

Fort Campbell
Fr. Peter Dubinin

Fort Knox
Fr. Paul Rivers

North Carolina

Camp Lejeune
Fr. Milton D. Gianulis

Fort Bragg
Fr. George Hill

Texas

Fort Bliss
Fr. Peter Aleria
Fr. Peter Baktis
Fr. Benjamin Henderson

Lackland AFB
Fr. Matthew Streett

United Kingdom

RAF Mildenhall Air Base
Fr. Stephen Close

Virginia

Langley AFB
Fr. Ioan Irinel Dumitrascu

Washington

Fort Lewis
Fr. Sean Levine


Veterans Affair Medical Center, State Hospitals, and Regional Medical Centers Chaplains

California

* Rev. David Ogan
* Rev. Duane Pederson

Palo Alto
Rev. Leo Arrowsmith

Connecticut

Newington
V. Rev. Sergei C. Bouteneff

New Haven
V. Rev. Michael Westerberg
V. Rev. Sergei C. Bouteneff

Florida

Miami
V. Rev. Philip Reese

Illinois

North Medical Center
V. Rev. Andrew Harrison

North Chicago
* Rev. George E. Philippas

Massachusetts

Boston
* V. Rev. Christopher Foustoukes

North Hampton
* Rev. Harry Valopas

Maryland

V. Rev. Michael Roshak

Michigan

* Rev. Basil Stamas

New Jersey

East Orange
* Rev. James Aloupis

Lyons
* V. Rev. Anthony Pappas

New York

Albany
V. Rev. Igor Burdikoff

Manhattan
Rev. Daniel Degyansky

Ohio

Brecksville
V. Rev. John Klembara

Pennsylvania

Lebanon
V. Rev. Daniel Ressetar

Lewisburg
V. Rev. Daniel Kovalak

Pittsburgh
V. Rev. George York
V. Rev. Paul Suda

Waymart
V. Rev. John Kowlaczyk

Wilkes-Barre
V. Rev. Joseph Martin

Virginia

* Rev. Nicholas Bacallis