Father Stephen, ordained to the holy priesthood on March 6th, 2016, is currently the Rector of St. Mary’s Dormition in Calhan, Colorado. Fr. Stephen is a successful web designer, consultant, and Internet marketer. He has worked with many well-known clients, including Subway, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Synergy Real Estate, Vita4Life, Caster City, & Share Financial. He is also currently the webmaster for the Diocese of the West. He possesses a BM from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada in Musical Compositional – Instrumental and a MDiv from St. Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary. While in seminary he served as Secretary for both the St. Herman Society (Ecology Group) and St. Ambrose Society (Pro Life Group). In his parish work, he helps run the parish Youth Group, along with starting and continuing a Project Mexico Youth Group that goes down every year to help build homes in Mexico.

Aside from work in the technology field, Fr. Stephen is an accomplished composer and musician. He has co-written jingles for the radio as well as arranging movie scores for high school orchestras in the Clark County area. Some of his most notable compositions include; Maeva Suite for Full Orchestra, 42 for String Quartet, Orthodoxy for String Quartet, Twist of Fate 2.0 for Solo Horn in F.

He is married since 2011 to his wife Lindsey (Lilliana). They have 1 child, Zoe Fotini and a very loving dog named Bently.

Contact:
sosburn@occif.com