Founders

  • Mr. and Mrs.
  • Steve and Frosene
  • Zeis
  • Asheville,
  • NC,
  • United States

Frosene was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Her mother migrated from the Tripoli area of Greece and her father was born on the island of Chios. Frosene graduated from Miami High School and graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Genevieve of the Pines in business administration.

Steve was born on the island of Halki, Constantinople. After Greek grammar school he enrolled in Megali tou Genous Sholi in Phanar for three years and eventually transferred to Sankt Georg Real and Handelschule (Austrian High in Constantinople). Steve graduated from North Carolina State University, Wilson College of Textiles.

“We firmly believe that the most important gift any Orthodox Christian can make to our church is the gift to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The torch lit by St. Andrew the Apostle in 38 A.D. can only be perpetuated into the future by gifts we make to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar. All Eparchies world wide received their light from the Phanar. If that light does not shine brightly, then what?”