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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 (ECVAC) 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

His Grace, Bishop Daniel Episcopal Liaison

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, USA-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. Charles (Constantine) Blizzard (AO)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

Peterson AFB
455 Vincent St
Peterson AFB, CO 80914

Assignment: MSG Chaplain

Home: 719-556-7672
DSN: 556-4442
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Kenneth DeVoie (AO)

Chaplain (LTC) MAANG

National Guard Bureau
111 S. George Mason Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22204

Assignment: Chief, Programs Section (J1)

Spouse: Sharon
Phone: 703-607-5416
DSN: 327-5416
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Ioan Irinel Dumitrascu

*Rev. Ioan Irinel Dumitrascu (GO)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

USAFE
PSC 2 BOX 9606
APO, AE 09012

Assignment: 86 AW/HC, Ramstein AB

Spouse: Emanuela
Mobile: (+49) 0174-475-4086
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

V. Rev. Eugene Lahue (OCA)

Chaplain (COL) USAF

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

Rev. Ovidiu Pacurar (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

Gateway Chapel 1850 Barnes Ave., Bldg 6300
JBSA Lackland, TX 78236

Assignment: 502 ABW/HC, Technical Training Branch

Spouse: Adela-Viorica
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Matthew Streett (GO)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

Assignment: Air Force Academy, Colorado

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

Rev. Thaddeus Werner

Rev. Thaddeus Werner (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

673 Air Base Wing
4984 Zuckert Ave
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK 99506

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

Rev. Timothy Yates

Rev. Timothy Yates (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAF

Freedom Chapel
2200 Truemper St., Bldg 1528
JBSA-Lackland, TX 78236

Assignment: 502 ABW/HC, Installation Ministries

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

U.S. Air Force Reserve Component

Rev. Gregory Bruner

Rev. Gregory Bruner (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) INANG

4322 Meridith Dr
Fort Wayne, IN 46815-5139

Assignment: 122d FW MXG Chaplain

Spouse: Ksenia
Phone: 779-875-1084
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Oliver Herbel (OCA)

Chaplain (MAJ) NDANG

Spouse: Loretta

Rev. Herman Klarr (OCA)

Chaplain (1LT) USAFR

N1249 County Road F
Lublin WI 54447

Phone: 715-669-3855

*Rev. Michael Lillie (ROCOR)

Chaplain (1LT) USAFR

Youngstown Air Reserve Station
3976 King Graves Rd. Vienna, OH 44473

Assignment: 910 Airlift Wing Chaplain

Spouse: Amanda Melanie
Phone: 330-261-3823
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Peter G. Souritzides (GO)

Chaplain (MAJ) USAFR

c/o St George Church
818 Valley Rd
Clifton, NJ 07013-2206

Phone: 973-674-6600

Rev. George Volkovinsky (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USAFR

Hillside Ave
Edwardsville, PA 18704

Spouse: Larysa
Phone: 570-287-7186

Active Duty U.S. Army

Rev. Peter Aleria

*Rev. Peter Aleria (AO)

Chaplain (MAJ) USA

BDE HQs, Building 316 Rose Barracks
Vilseck, DEU
APO AE 09114

Assignment: 18th MP BDE Chaplain

Spouse: Quila
Phone: +49 172 108 5936
DSN: 314-599-1853
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Matthew Fuhrman (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) USA

457 Barnes Ave
Fort Gordon, Georgia

Assignment: 369th SIG BN, 15th SIG BDE

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

Rev. George Hill (OCA)

Chaplain (LTC) USA

Assignment: US Army Garrison, Hawaii

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

Rev. Sean Levine

Rev. Sean Levine (OCA)

Chaplain (MAJ) USA

8985 Birch Bay Circle
Lorton, VA 22079-5660

Assignment: Family Life Center Chaplain

Spouse: Jennifer
Phone: 210-274-1102
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Christopher Moody (GO)

Chaplain (CPT) USA

Fort Bragg, NC

Assignment: 18th FA Chaplain

Spouse: Victoria
Cell: 508-736-1667
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

V. Rev. George Oanca (OCA)

Chaplain (MAJ) USA

4480 Golf Club Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80922-3382

Assignment: 4th EN BN 36 EN BDE
Fort Carson, CO 80913

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

U.S. Army Reserve Component

V. Rev. Peter M. Dubinin

V. Rev. Peter M. Dubinin (OCA)

Chaplain (COL) USAR

3357 Backridge Road
Woodlawn, TX 37191

Spouse: Suzanne
Home: 931-216-9741
Office: 912-315-3192
Mobile: 912-432-1696
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. Danut Palanceanu (OCA)

Chaplain (1LT) USAR

1404 Daybreak Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89108

Assignment: 650th RSG

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

Rev. James Parnell

Rev. James Parnell (OCA)

Chaplain (CPT) CTARNG

All Saints Orthodox Church
205 Scarborough St.
Hartford, CT 06105

Assignment: 1-102nd Infantry Regiment

Spouse: Holly
Home: ​860-922-5329
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Rev. James Sizemore

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)

CDR, CHC, USN

4301 Jones Bridge Road, Room C-1099
Bethesda, MD 20814

Assignment: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Spouse: Heather Maria
Office: 301-295-9658
Personal: 215-915-0719
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Christopher Allen (ROCOR)

LCDR, CHC, USNR

SS. Joachim & Anna Orthodox Mission
12130 Arbor Mesa
San Antonio, TX 78249

Spouse: Nona
Office: 210-305-1854
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*V. Rev. Joseph William Butts (AO)

LCDR, CHC, USN

20 Gravely Dr.
Middletown, RI 02842

Assignment: Officer Training Command, Newport, RI

Spouse: Yvonne
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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V. Rev. Stephen Duesenberry

V. Rev. Stephen Duesenberry (OCA)

CAPT, CHC, USN

Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
1575 Gator Blvd Ste 123
Virginia Beach VA 23459-8739

Spouse: Sharon
Office: 757-462-4316 x292
Mobile: 614-531-6923
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev, David Hostetler (GO)

LT, CHC, USN

USMC Camp Butler,
Okinawa, Japan

Spouse: Nora
Office: 760-763-7216
DSN: 312-761-7216
Mobile: 760-689-5687
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. John Kalantzis (GO)

CAPT, CHC, USN

Office of the Navy Chief of Chaplains
Washington, DC

Office: 757-443-7895
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

*Rev. Gregory Andrew Kearns (GO)

LT, CHC, USN

Marine Air Control Group 28
MCAS Cherry Point, NC

Spouse: Brittany (Anastasia)
Phone: 720-445-1991
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*Rev. Ambrose Jeff Perry (AO)

LCDR, CHC, USN

Strategic Communication Wing One
Command Chaplain
7641 Mercury Rd
Tinker AFB OK 73145-8707

Office: 405-739-3318
Mobile: 619-618-5535
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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*Rev. Anthony J. Westerman (AO)

LT CHC, USN

MCB Butler, Okinawa, Japan (MCIPAC)
Unit 35002
FPO, AP 96373-5002

Phone: +080-2705-2944
DSN: 623-4619
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

U.S. Navy Reserve Component

Rev. Herman Kincaid

Rev. Herman Kincaid (OCA)

LT, CHC, USNR

NR MCICOM
NOSC Chicago
Great Lakes, IL

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

U.S. Armed Forces - Retired

V. Rev. John Anderson, US Army
* Rev. Paul S. Andreasen, US Army
V. Rev. Peter A. Baktis, US Army
* Rev. Protopresbtyr William J. Bartz, US Navy
V. Rev. Theodore Boback, Jr., US Army
* V. Rev. Stephan [Henry] Close, US Air Force
* V. Rev. John Constantine, US Navy
V. Rev. Jerome Cwiklinski, US Navy
* Rev. Peter Daratsos, US Army
* V. Rev. Theophanos Degaitas, US Navy
V. Rev. Gregory Dudash, US Air Force
V. Rev. Joseph J. Gallick, US Army
* Rev. Joseph Kelvin Gardner, US Air Force
* Rev. Protopresbyter Milton D. Gianulis, US Navy
V. Rev. Isaiah R. Gillette, US Army
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. Elias Krenitsky, US Army
* V. Rev. Edward Macura, US Army
V. Rev. Frank Mayernick, US Air Force
V. Rev. Andrew D. Nelko, US Navy
* Rev. Philip J. Pelikan, US Navy Reserve
* 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. Mark W. Sahady, US Air Force
V. Rev. Paul Schellbach, US Army
* V. Rev. John Shaloub, US Navy Reserve
V. Rev. Michael Simerick, US Navy
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
V. Rev. Eugene Wozniak, US Navy

Chaplain Locations

Alabama

Fr. Eugene Lahue

Alaska

Fr. Thaddeus Werner

California

Camp Pendleton

MCAGCC Twenty-nine Palms
Fr. Jerome Cwiklinski

MCRD San Diego
Fr. Jerome Cwiklinski

Colorado

Air Force Academy
Fr. Matthew Streett

Fort Carson
Fr. George Oanca

Peterson AFB
Fr. Charles (Constantine) Blizzard

Delaware

Dover AFB
Fr. George Volkovinsky

Florida

Pensacola
Fr. Ambrose Jeff Perry

Georgia

Fort Gordon
Fr. Matthew Fuhrman

Germany

Grafenwoehr
Fr. Peter Aleria

Ramstein AFB
Fr. Ioan Dumitrascu

Hawaii

US Army Garrison
Fr. George Hill

Illinois

Burbank
Fr. Gregory Bruner

Great Lakes
Fr. Herman Kincaid

Japan

Okinawa
Fr. David Hostetler Fr. Anthony Westerman

Massachusetts

Hanscomb
Fr. Kenneth DeVoie

Maryland

Fr. David Alexander

North Carolina

Camp Lejeune
Fr. Stephen Duesenberry

MCAS Cherry Point
Fr. Andrew Kearns

Fort Bragg
Fr. Christopher Moody

Ohio

Youngstown Air Reserve Station
Fr. Michael Lillie

Rhode Island

Newport
Fr. Joseph Butts

Texas

JBSA-Lackland AFB
Rev. Ovidiu Pacurar
Fr. Timothy Yates

Virginia

CJB Langley-Eustis
Fr. Joseph Kelvin Gardner

Fort Belvoir
Fr. Sean Levine

Langley AFB
Fr. Joseph Kelvin Gardner

Washington, DC

Fr. John Kalantzis

Retired Chaplains

V. Rev. Sergei C. Bouteneff
* V. Rev. Claude Vinyard
V. Rev. Michael Westerberg