Father Juvenaly Hale

PERSONAL:

  • Born: August 20, 1969

  • Married Deborah Brysch, April 16, 1994 (Protestant Ceremony); Orthodox Ceremony February 17, 2013

  • Children: Rebekah, Joseph, Thomas

ORDAINED:

  • Priest, November 5, 2023, Bishop Thomas
    St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

  • Deacon, October 5, 2014, Bishop Basil
    St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

  • Subdeacon, October 5, 2014, Bishop Basil
    St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

  • Reader, June 10, 2012, Bishop Basil
    St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

EDUCATION:

  • Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
    University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 2016

  • Certificate in Orthodox Theological Studies
    St. Stephen’s House of Studies, Antiochian Village, 2012

  • Master of Arts in Teaching: English
    University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL, 2007

  • Certificate of Ministry
    Sunset International Bible Institute (Church of Christ), Lubbock, TX, 1997

  • Bachelor of Arts - English
    University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 1994

  • Nueces Canyon High School, Barksdale, TX. Graduated in 1987

EXPERIENCE:

-Ministry-

  • 2023 - Present
    Priest, St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

  • 2014 - 2023
    Deacon, St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, TX

  • 1997-2008
    Minister/Missionary for Churches of Christ (Texas, Virginia, and Estonia)

-Secular-

  • 2009 - Present
    Professor of English, Blinn College, Brenham, TX.

Father Juvenaly