Background
Essey, Basil was born on November 26, 1948 in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Frederick and Genevieve Alberta (Lhota) Essey.
Essey, Basil was born on November 26, 1948 in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Frederick and Genevieve Alberta (Lhota) Essey.
Bachelor, California University of Pennsylvania, 1970; Master of Divinity, St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, New York, 1973.
Tonsured reader, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Monessen, Pennsylvania, 1964; ordained subdeacon, then deacon, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 1979; ordained priest, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Bergenfield, New Jersey, 1980; elevated to archimandrite, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1987; consecrated bishop, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Wichita, since 1992.