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178:, Lebanon for a year, before serving in the United States from 1970 until 1987. On December 1, 1971 Riachi came to Detroit sent and supported there by Archimandrite Agabios in his office. He took over in 1978 pastoral work to Melkites in Detroit and was named Archimandrite on 21 July 1981 by Patriarch
166:. From 1958 to 1965 Riashi studied philosophy, theology, computer science and mathematics. In 1962 he became a subdeacon and 1963 was ordained deacon. Riashi was ordained to the priesthood on 4 April 1965, but took off his name Athanasius and bore the name of George, being a member of the
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