V. Rev. Timothy Wilkinson
Fr. Timothy and his family were received into the Orthodox faith in 1993 at Sts. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was ordained a deacon in 2002 and a priest in 2018, and has served parishes in Ohio, Montana and Washington. Since 2013, Fr. Timothy has helped to lead the Spokane area Orthodox Christian Fellowship. He has graduate degrees in theology from the University of Balamand and Whitworth University, with additional studies at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary and the Antiochian House of Studies.
Father Timothy and his wife Matushka Marie have been married for 40 years and have five (plus 1) grown children.
Thomas (Keith) Schaeffer was ordained a subdeacon on October 12, 2019 by Archbishop Benjamin. Before being received into the Orthodox Church in 2015, Subdeacon Thomas spent 30 years as an ordained pastor in the Assemblies of God denomination, serving churches in Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming, He has five children and nine grandchildren. Subdeacon Thomas was awarded a degree in theology from Whitworth University in 2015.
Subdeacon Timothy Wellings and his family were received into the Orthodox Church in 2017 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Spokane. He has a degree in theology from Moody Bible Institute, with a specialization in patristics. While a student he worked alongside his professor, Dr. Jonathon Armstrong, to translate On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy by Saint Maximus the Confessor, published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.
Reader Maximus and his wife Tristine were received into the Orthodox faith in 1993 at St. Michael Antiochian Orthodox Church in Whittier, CA. He was tonsured a reader on September 18, 2011, at Christ the Savior Antiochian Orthodox Church in Spokane Valley, WA and transferred to St. Luke’s in 2023. Reader Maximus and his wife have been married for more than 30 years and have eight children.
Reader Mark was baptized as an infant at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church (OCA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he grew up surrounded by many relatives and friends. Beginning at a young age he sang in the choir and read liturgical texts in the services. After moving to Idaho, he joined St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church in Post Falls, and in 2009, was tonsured. Reader Mark and his wife Michelle were married at St. Mary’s in 1987 and have two grown children.
