OUR PRIESTS

Our Parish priests, the Very Rev. Fr. Elias Kentrotis together with Fr. Menelaos minister to the faithful through regular Liturgical Services, Sacraments and group meetings including bible study, seniors group, youth and teen groups and a broad range of other events.

Very Rev. Fr Elias Kentrotis studied at Thessaloniki University and was ordained by Metropolitan Ezekiel of Pisidia, former Archbishop of Australia in 1976 at the Holy Monastery of Vlatadon in Thessaloniki. Fr. Elias has served as a Priest since 1976, and has been Parish Priest at St Haralambos since 1988. He is fluent in English, Greek (and Cypriot!)

Father Menelaos was ordained to the Priesthood by His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis on Sunday 10th March 2013 and Father Menelaos’ first posting as a Parish Priest was at the Parish of St John the Baptist Cairns and he served there for 10 years. His Eminence Archbishop tonsured Father Menelaos as a confessor on Sunday 1st November 2019.

Father Menelaos was appointed as an assistant Priest along side Father Elias. Father Menelaos’ first Divine Liturgy on Sunday 12th March 2023. 

Father Menelaos is committed to serving the Parish of St Haralambos and the wider community.