Guest Speakers

Guest Speakers

St. Martin's hosts a pleathora of guest speakers throughout the year to preach and teach in Worship services, Adult Education classes, and more.
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The Most Rev. Hosam E. Naoum

Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem and Primate of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East

Sunday, May 4
9 and 11:15 a.m.* • Traditional Services • The Church
10:15 a.m. • Educational Hour • Bagby Parish Hall

*The 11:15 a.m. service will be livestreamed on our Watch Online page.

The Most Reverend Dr. Hosam Elias Naoum is the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, Archbishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (Anglican). In 1988 Archbishop Hosam was ordained as deacon and began his incumbency at St. Matthew's Church in Zababdeh and St. Philip's Church in Nablus/Rafedia. He was ordained as a priest in 1999. In 2011, he earned a Master of Theology degree in Canon Law from Virginia Theological Seminary in the USA and completed his doctoral studies at VTS in the summer of 2019. Consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor in June 2020, he was installed as the fifteenth Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem in 2021. In May 2022, he was also awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary. In addition to overseeing the 28 parishes and 30+ institutions of the Diocese, Archbishop Hosam also serves as the Secretary to the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem and is actively involved in the work of ecumenical and interfaith dialogues.