Born in Jdaidet Artouz in the Damascus countryside in 1978.
He finished his secondary school education in Jdaidet Artouz in 1996 and joined the college of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Damascus University in 1997. He entered St. George's Patriarchal Monastery as a novice and became a monk in 2001. He then he moved to Greece where he acquired a Bachelor's degree in Theology from the Theological College in Athens in 2006. In 2007 he was ordained a deacon and then a priest in the Al Hosn diocese by the laying on of the hands of His Eminence Bishop John of Al Hosn (now the Metropolitan of Europe).
In 2009 he gained a Masters degree from the faculty of Greek Literature at Athens University and a Masters degree in the field of Patristic studies at the College of Theology in Athens University.
He is now preparing his doctoral thesis in the field of Greek literature at the College of Philosophy in Athens University, Greece.
He is skilled in Ancient and Modern Greek as well as English.
He was an active member of the Orthodox youth movement in Damascus and served in its choir, attending also many conferences and meetings and acquiring many skills in ecclesiastical and pastoral matters.