Our Priest

Father Jeffrey (Simeon) Spencer

Father Jeffrey (former Deacon Simeon) Spencer was elevated to the diaconate by His Grace Bishop Antoun on January 15, 2012, at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he and his family have attended for 30 years.

He was then elevated to the Priesthood by His Grace Bishop Thomas on July 6, 2025, at the Antiochian Village, in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.

He is married to Kh. Leslie, and has four grown children.

He earned a BA and an MA in Philosophy from Georgia State University, and a Masters in Theological Sciences (MTS) from the Antiochian House of Studies (AHOS), where he is currently a PhD student. Father Jeffrey is a coordinator of the Orthodox Academic Society, which holds bi-annual symposia featuring the works of AHOS graduate students. He also works as a teaching assistant at AHOS and has previously taught at colleges in the Atlanta area.

An Air Force brat, he was born in Minot, North Dakota, moved around a bit, then moved “back home” to the South to finish high school in Atlanta.

Father Jeffrey became the full time priest for Saint Michael’s starting on August 3rd 2025.