Who We Are

MA, LPC, Director of Family Life Ministry

Paula Marchman, MA, LPC, is the managing director of Family Life Ministry (FLM) for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta. She practices Christian Psychotherapy and is a Level 2 Gottman certified couple therapist and trained facilitator. Paula enjoys facilitating our “Journey of Marriage Premarital Class” and is looking forward to facilitating our new marriage classes. She loves the creativity and the meaningful resources that FLM produces. 

She now lives in Saint Augustine, Florida with her husband Tom Lekas. They enjoy the beach and spending time with their ten grandchildren.

Facilitator

Fr. Gregory Georgiou is a priest in the Metropolis of Atlanta. He serves in the Family Life Ministry, where he offers the Journey of Marriage seminar for couples marrying in the Church. He also offers the half-day retreat, Continuing the Journey, for married couples throughout the Metropolis. Fr. Gregory also serves on the Orthodox Christian Academy of Atlanta (OCAA).

Fr. Gregory holds a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision and a Master of Arts in Community Mental Health Counseling.

Fr. Gregory is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in the State of North Carolina. He has a private practice where he provides counseling and therapy to individuals and couples.

Facilitator

USN Nuclear Navy Veteran, retired senior reactor operator, and accreditation team leader for the National Nuclear Accrediting Board. Currently, I serve as the president of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in the St. Augustine parish council, a chanter, and leader of Bible study classes. For Family Life Ministries (FLM), I assist with the administration of the Journey of Marriage classes, support implementation of marriage and family classes, serve as editor for web page content, and editor for books currently published by FLM.

Facilitators

We are trained, volunteers to facilitate the Journey of Marriage seminars for the Greek Orthodox Church. We have been facilitating the seminars for the past six years. We do the seminars together as a team. We have been married for 51 years and have two sons and a daughter and five grandchildren.

Stella, baptized name Stavroula, grew up in Greece. She came to the United States when she was 14 years old. Denny, baptized name Demosthenes, was born in the United States, Detroit, Michigan. Denny’s ancestry is also Greek from both parents.We both speak the Greek and English languages. We both love the Lord dearly. Our favorite place to go is Church. We laugh together, we cry together, and we love to also pray together. We are active members of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Clearwater, Florida.

Curricula writer, author, and contributing blogger

Edna King  wanted to be a writer as a child, but followed a more practical path in school. She earned a Master’s Degree in early childhood education and taught elementary school for seventeen years before becoming a homemaker. Her husband Mark is a Deacon at Saint Mary of Egypt Russian Orthodox Church in Roswell, Georgia. Edna teaches Sunday School, bakes prosphora, and  helps with the church garden. Edna loves having adventures in the woods with her family, chasing her chickens, and reading books while her sheltie naps at her feet. Father Deacon Mark and Edna have four children- three adult sons and their daughter who fell asleep in the Lord at the age of eight after a long battle with cancer. It was the blog Edna wrote about her daughter's journey with cancer that developed Edna's skills and interest in writing as a way of encouraging herself and others to trust God in all things. Later, she wrote many posts on an early blog for Family Life Ministry. Some of these blogs grew into books. Edna is one of the authors of Woven, a book for Orthodox teen girls, and Forged, its companion book for young men.  Her latest book is One Good Thought, an inspirational gift book. Her articles have appeared on Pravmir and the Sounding Blog on OCN.

Author

Khouria Faith Potter is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor located in Upstate New York, where she lives with her husband Fr. Gregory Potter, who is the priest of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in South Glens Falls, NY, their daughter Nina, and their two cats. She has a background in International Affairs and non-profit work and did her clinical work for her counseling degree at a women and children’s homeless shelter. In her spare time, she enjoys knitting, exploring more of her current little corner of the world, and tending to plants.

Writer & Podcast Host

Lucia is a recent graduate from the University of Georgia with her a B.S. and a B.A. in physical and human Geography, respectively. She attends Saint Philothea Orthodox Church in Athens, Georgia where she also teaches Sunday school and chairs a committee to improve the sustainability of the church. Additionally, Lucia served as Vice President of the Orthodox Christian Fellowship at UGA. When she is not studying the effects of human behavior on the environment, she enjoys reading, writing, visiting the Georgia Botanical Gardens, and making tea. Lucia is passionate about engaging with fellow Orthodox college students and discovering how to live in the fullness of the faith as a young woman in the 21st century.

Writer

Angie Nasrallah is a writer, teacher, urban farmer, wife and homeschooling mother to five children. A graduate of Florida State University, she also earned her M.Ed in Secondary English Education from The University of Georgia. Angie began her teaching career at UGA as a graduate assistant in the Challenge Program for gifted and talented students. Since that time, she has taught writing and literature in a variety of contexts including public and private school, technical school, hybrid school and homeschool. She currently teaches her youngest son at home. An avid nature lover, Angie enjoys spending time with her boys discovering and photographing cool earthy things. With the older kids, she often finds herself in the role of coach and encourager. When she’s not with her family or out tending the chicken coop, you might find her writing stories and articles for her blog. She and her husband, subdeacon Matthew, live in Marietta, Georgia and are actively involved in St. Basil the Great Orthodox Mission.

Social Media & Marketing

Maria is currently obtaining a B.A. in Religion at the University of Georgia. She possesses a deep passion for those in the special needs community. This passion has motivated her to study American Sign Language, and she is striving to gain fluency in this beautiful language. Maria is an active participant in the on-campus ministry, Orthodox Christian Fellowship. She attends Saint Philothea Greek Orthodox church in Athens, Georgia. She loves serving alongside her community by baking prosphora, singing with the choir and chanters, serving meals to parishioners, participating in a women’s book study, and engaging in community service. When Maria has spare time, she loves cooking, baking, painting, reading, and walking.

Website Designer & Administrator

Andrea is a software engineer in the civic tech space and has a passion for building human centered technology. She currently works with the VA to help veterans find the care they need. She loves to use her skills to give back to the church!

She’s also the wife of a seminarian at St. Vladmir’s Orthodox Seminary and mother to a 2 year old boy. When she’s not chasing Noah around or working, she’s cooking, reading, writing, or lifting weights. Her family loves to explore NYC and the beautiful area outside the seminary on the weekends.