Our Pastor

Father Kosmas Morfas was born in 1995, and raised in central Indiana. During the summer before college, he felt a calling to serve the Church as a member of the clergy. He subsequently enrolled at Hellenic College Holy Cross School of Theology in Boston in the spring of 2015 as a Religious Studies major.

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While at Hellenic, he met Catherine (née Alexandres), who was participating in Hellenic College’s “Semester of Faith” program during her time as a student at UCLA. The two later attended St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York, where they both graduated. They were married in December of 2019.

As a student at St. Vladimir’s, Fr. Kosmas led the seminary’s athletic club, the St. Demetrios Society, and was involved in the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement, which fosters fellowship among Orthodox seminaries.

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Fr. Kosmas has served as the proistamenos (presiding priest) at Holy Ascension since 2021. He also serves as the Teen SOYO Spiritual Advisor for the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America. When not in church, he and Kh. Catherine enjoy reading, playing sports, and hiking.