COLLEYVILLE, TX. June 1, 2005 -- Mr. Michael Hanna has been nominated for priesthood. Mr. Hanna is a professor in Mathematics currently living in Orlando, Florida.

Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Mr. Hanna will be ordained a priest for St. Mark Coptic Church in Phoenix, Arizona on June 26, 2005. We ask the Lord to let it be according to His will and to bless Mr. Hanna and his family.

"The work of the priesthood is done on earth, but it is ranked among heavenly ordinances. And this is only right, for no man, no angel, no archangel, no other created power, but the Paraclete Himself ordained this succession, and persuaded men, while still remaining in the flesh to represent the ministry of angels."
- St. John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood