Distinguished Servant to the Church
Boston, MA - Rev. Dean Timothy Andrews, (Constantine Andrews Arvanitis) passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday July 18th having offered a life of dedicated service to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He was 93 years old.
Born in Salem Massachusetts, Father Timothy graduated from Gordon College in Boston in 1937 with a BA in Theology. He studied at the University of Athens, and graduated from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School in Pomfret Connecticut in 1942. He received a Graduate Degree in Library Science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY in 1945, and an MA in Psychology and Library Science from Columbia University in New York City in 1950.
Father Timothy was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on July 4, 1953. His first parish assignment was at St. Sophia’s in San Antonio TX. He was a full-time and substitute priest in over 130 churches throughout the country. He was also the first priest assigned to serve St. Catherine’s, Quincy Massachusetts, St. George, Bethesda Maryland, and St. Mark, Boca Raton Florida.
He is probably the most noted librarian in the history of the Archdiocese of North and South America, working first at the Pratt Institute and New York Public Library, Director of the Grove City University PA library, and Government Librarian for the US Department of Agriculture, Washington DC. He was the principle organizer and Director of Libraries at the Hellenic College and the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School in Brookline MA. He also developed the St. Basil Academy Library in Garrison NY and the Libraries of the Archdiocese in NYC. His intellectual contributions include important translations, bibliographies, and articles in numerous periodicals.
Father Timothy is survived by his loving wife, Presvytera Maritsa Andrews, who he married on February 1, 1953, his children and son-in laws and grandchildren: daughters P. Zoë Stavri and her husband William F. Polsgrove, Stephanie C. Andrews and her husband Marc A. White Jr., and his son Christopher G.T. Andrews, and his beloved grandchildren, Marina A. White, Marc A. White III, and Alexandra L. White. and also his brothers George Arvanitis, William Arvanitis and his wife Penny, Ernest Arvanitis and his wife Helen, and his sister Sophie Demitrack and her husband George. His father, Andrew Arvanitis and wife Zoë, sister Chrysoula, and brother Dimitri, all preceded him in death. He has several nieces and nephews and friends, colleagues, students and former parishioners.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 21 at 10am at the Holy Cross Chapel at Hellenic College, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts. Visiting hours on Friday, July 20 from 4 to 8pm at the Holy Cross Chapel.
Contact: Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos
Tel.: 212.774.0244
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