Peter Th. Arbes of Holy Trinity in Westfield, NJ, was invested as Archon in 2010 and conferred with the offikion Hartoularios.

Archon Arbes has served at the Parish Council (since 1998), at the Metropolis Council (2008-2010), at the Finance Committee Chair of the Diocesan Council (1997-1998) and at the Archdiocesan Council (2008-2010).

Archon Arbes is a Finance Investment Advisor.

Archon Arbes and his wife, Barbara, were married in 1982.

John J. Blazakis of St. George in Piscataway, NJ, was invested as Archon in 2010 and conferred with the offikion Dikaiophylax. He participated in two pilgrimages to the Ecumenical Patriarchate (in 2006 and in 2009) and he was the motorcade coordinator for the visit of His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the US in November 2009.

Archon Blazakis is a member of Fellowship 1000 of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey. He was also responsible for the transportation of the Archbishop of Crete (2010).

Archon Blazakis is a retired Chief of Police in Somerset County, NJ.

Frank (Paul) Boardman of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Charlotte, NC, was invested as Archon in 2017 and conferred with the offikion Maestor.

Archon Boardman has chaired the Parish Facilities Committee, which advises the Metropolitan of Atlanta on all matters related to the construction of churches and other buildings in the Metropolis. He also conducts the Hellenic Dance Program at the Cathedral.

Archon Boardman is an architect.

Zenon Christodoulou of the Holy Trinity Church in Westfield, NJ, was invested as Archon in 2016 and conferred with the offikion Skevophylax.

Archon Christodoulou is a management consultant. He also owns a lithograph business, servicing the printing needs of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey at no cost to the Metropolis.

Judge Chrones currently serves as a Circuit Court Judge in Chicago, after a long tenure as a practicing attorney in Chicago.

Judge Chrones states that he wishes to pay back to the Ecumenical Patriarchate the beneficence afforded years ago by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to his late father-in-law, Nikolaos Karnezos, who was born in Imbros. The Patriarchate paid for his father-in-law’s education, leading to a degree in physics from the University of Athens.

Judge Chrones and his wife have established a scholarship fund, in Mr. Karnezos’ name, for the benefit of the Patriarchate to educate young people. Thus far, $100,000 has been sent to the Patriarchate. Judge Chrones also has organized many fundraising events for the ministries of the Chicago Metropolis.

Jonathan J. Couchell of St. Nicholas Church in Spartanburg, SC, was invested as Archon in 2011 and conferred with the offikion Dikaiophylax.

Archon Couchell has served as President and Treasurer of the Parish Council and as member of the Metropolis of Atlanta Council. He is also a benefactor and supporter of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, the St. Photios Shrine, and IOCC.

A parishioner of Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Anaheim, California, the Hon. Steven G. Counelis was invested as an Archon by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on October 31, 2021 and conferred with the offikion Nomophylax.

Archon Hon. Counelis is Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Riverside. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government, and with his Juris Doctor degree, from the University of San Francisco. As a college student, he served at the United States Supreme Court, in the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice. Prior to being elected to the Superior Court in 2010, he served as a Deputy District Attorney for seventeen years. He has also served in a number of parish leadership roles. In 2016 he was elected by the Metropolis Assembly to serve on the Metropolis Council, and has done so to the present. Archon Counelis and his wife Stacia have served as the Conference Advisors to the Young Adult League (YAL) Conference Ministry of the Metropolis of San Francisco since its renaissance in 2018, and continue to guide in the execution and planning of the annual Conference.