The Very Reverend Archimandrite Michael Giavris is a clergyman of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America serving in the Archdiocesan District. He was born in 1985 and was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, as well as the Peloponnesian city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Greece.

 

After his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois Chicago and Hellenic College from 2004 to 2008, he studied graduate level theology at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Boston, graduating with a Master of Divinity in 2011. During his studies in Greece, he also completed a specialized program in Byzantine Music, earning a diploma and teaching license from the Central Music Conservatory of Thessaloniki in 2010.

 

In addition to his studies, he has served in the Office of the Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for six years, in the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s English Office under the Chief Secretariat for two years and, most recently, in the Office of the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America since his ordination to the diaconate on February 2, 2020.

 

On November 8, 2022, he was ordained to the priesthood and elevated to the rank (offikion) of Archimandrite. Since then, while continuing his work in the Office of the Archbishop, he simultaneously served as the Presiding Priest of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George & Saint Demetrios located in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of East Harlem in New York City.

 

On June 16, 2026, he was assigned as the Presiding Priest of Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn, New York.