Father Firas Hakum

Father Youhanna Firas Hakum

Full name: Prince Firas al-Din Imad Hakum.

 His mother: Raymonda.

Date of birth: September 14, 1987.

Place of birth: Homs

He received the sacrament of baptism in the Hamidiya Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Homs, at the hands of Bishop John Dahi, on August 21, 1988.

He received his primary, middle and secondary lessons at the National Evangelical School in Homs.

He entered the Monastery of Our Lady of Deliverance (Al-Shorfa) in September 2010, where he continued 5 years of philosophical and theological study at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and at the Pauline Institute.

He was ordained a priest on May 4, 2018, by the laying on of the hand of the Most Merciful Bishop Philip Barakat.

After his ordination, he served in the Armenian Parish, the Tumen Parish, and at the Archbishopric headquarters in Zeidel

Since September 2019, he has been appointed priest of the parish of Nabek.