Born in Beirut, in 1943, he holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the St. Joseph University in Beirut and a Bachelor of Theology from the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology in Balamand. He was ordained a priest in 1987. He became the Dean of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology in Balamand. He was tonsured a monk in 1983 in St. Paul’s Monastery, Mount Athos. He established a monastic community in the Archangels Monastery in Bekaata, Lebanon and was the Abbot there until he was elected a Metropolitan in the year 2009.
