CLERGY


  • Rev. Fr. Tilemahos Alikakos, Protopresbyter

    fr.tilemahos@saintharalambosgoc.org

    Fr. Tilemahos Alikakos was born in Melrose Park, IL, in October 1972.  Between 1978 and 1987, the Alikakos family lived in Sparta, Greece.  Upon returning to Chicago, Fr. Tilemahos attended Rolling Meadows High School followed by Loyola University Chicago where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics in 1994. In the meantime, he attended the Saint Haralambos parish where he learned Byzantine chant with Mr. Bonanos. He then enrolled at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, earning his Master of Divinity in 1997 with highest honors.

    Fr. Tilemahos and Presvytera Georgia were married at Saint Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church in June 1997, and together they spent over a year assisting Metropolitan Nikitas  as lay missionaries at the Orthodox Metropolis of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.  

    Fr. Tilemahos was ordained to the Diaconate on February 28, 1999, by His Eminence, Metropolitan Iakovos of blessed memory. On March 7th, 1999, he was ordained to the Priesthood by then Archbishop Spyridon of America. He was assigned as the associate priest of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, in March 1999., serving with Fr. George Massouras of blessed memory.

    In June 2001, Fr. Tilemahos was assigned as the Proistamenos of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox in Sioux City, Iowa, where he oversaw growth and progress in the community as it built stronger ties with the Metropolis family, participating and getting involved in the Metropolis Clergy Laity and other Metropolis ministries.   
    In August 2004, Fr. Tilemahos was assigned to the Saint Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church in Palos Heights, where he has served as the parish priest for seventeen years before being assigned to Holy Taxiarhai and Saint Haralambos in 2021.  

    Besides his parish duties, Fr. Tilemahos has also served in the position of OCF advisor at the University of Chicago, founder and spiritual advisor of the Midwest Hellenic Dance Festival, the Archdiocesan Council, the Metropolis Council, the Greek Education Committee, Spiritual Court, and the Finance Committee of our Metropolis of Chicago.


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  • FR. ELIAS PAGONES

    Fr.Elias@saintharalambosgoc.org

    Deacon Elias & Diakonissa Amelia Pagones feel deeply blessed to begin a new chapter at Holy Taxiarhai & St. Haralambos! Though they are both from the northwest suburbs, they first met when beginning their studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While there, they were very involved in Orthodox Christian Fellowship and the life of the NIKA House until they both graduated in 2019. In 2023, Dn. Elias graduated from Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology with a Master of Divinity and a Certificate in Byzantine Music, and Dsa. Amelia graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. They were married in the fall of the same year. In June 2023, Dn. Elias was employed as Pastoral Assistant at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, WI, and in January of 2026 he began working at the Metropolis of Chicago. On February 7, 2026, he was ordained to the diaconate and since then has been serving as the deacon to His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael. With His Eminence’s blessing, Dn. Elias and Dsa. Amelia have been called to this new season of ministry. They are grateful and excited to make Holy Taxiarhai & St. Haralambos their new home! 

  • Nicholas Harisiadis, Protopsaltis

    Born and raised in Constantinople. After grammar school and middle school graduated high school from the Theological School of Halki.

    Migrated to Greece for further studies and in 1977 to the United States. Married to Anna, also from Constantinople, and is a father of two married sons, one of them also a Protopsalti in Chicago, and has been blessed with four grandchildren.

    Found himself at the chanting stand (Αναλογιο) at four years of age. Has been blessed by the tutelage of great teachers among them the head chanter (Αρχών Πρωτοψάλτης) of the Patriarchate the late Basilios Nikolaidis who he had as a teacher for six consecutive school years. Currently resides in a Chicago suburb, semi retired, though devoted to serving St. Haralambos full time.