Fr. Paul Megally
Fr. Paul was born on July 27, 1940. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Education, and a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Psychology. He served as a Sunday School Servant at Saint Mark Church in Kuwait for 20 years, and also at Archangel Michael Church in Santa Ana, California for 7 years. On June 19, 1994 His Holiness Pope Shenouda III ordained him Priest. He was promoted to the rank of hegumen on January 9, 2005.

Fr. Essac Milad Androus

Fr. Esaac Milad Androus was born in Egypt on September 14, 1969. He earned a medical degree from Cairo University in 1993. He worked as primary care physician from 1994 to 2000 and entered an Orthopedic surgery program prior to coming to the United States in 2001.
He was ordained by H.G. Bishop Serapion as a full deacon on August 17, 2003 and presbyter on January 11, 2004.

Fr. Mina Ghebrial
Fr. Mina Shoukry Ghebrial was born in Alexandria, Egypt on April 24, 1971. He grew up in Alexandria until 1980 when his family immigrated to the United States. He completed his education in the United States where he received his B.S. in Biology from California State University in 1991 and his M.D. from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia in 1995. After completing a three year Pediatric Residency and an extra chief resident year at University of California, Irvine (UCI) he entered private practice in Pediatrics initially in Long Beach and then Mission Viejo, California.

Prior to his ordination as priest, Fr. Mina Shoukry has served in at Saint Mark Church in Los Angeles, Saint George Church in Philadelphia, and Archangel Michael Church in Santa Ana as a Sunday School servant as well as a a deacon. He was ordained as archdeacon on April 28, 2007 at Archangel Michael church and as a priest on April 29, 2007 at Saint Peter & Saint Paul Church.

Archdeacon Michael Ishak
Dr. Mounir has achieved the highest qualifications in Fishing Biology and Aquatic Sciences. He graduated with Ph. D. degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. USA. He reached many top positions in his field in Egypt. He also represented Egypt in numerous international conferences.
After his retirement, he came to California and joined his family and became very active in serving The St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Santa Monica, California. He served the church in many capacities, including becoming a member of the church?s board of trustees.

On Sunday, December 17th, 2000, H. G. Bishop Serapion ordained the deacon Dr. Mounir Mikhail Ishak, as the Archdeacon of St. Peter & St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church. He was given the name: "Archdeacon Mikhail"

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Archdeacon Mikhail to our Coptic Community, a man who achieved the highest qualification in his civilian field and attained many high offices in Egypt before coming to USA. At the time he left Egypt, he was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Egypt. He was also the "Professor & Secretary General of this institute." (SFM)