Meet our Clergy
Fr. Gabriel McHugh, Presbyter
Fr. Gabriel was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California. He received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Sonoma State University in 2015, before moving to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Holy Cross School of Theology.
While living in Boston, Fr. Gabriel also completed a master’s degree in mathematics, taught middle school math at St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Christian School, and taught freshman math classes at Hellenic College. He graduated from Holy Cross with a Master’s of Divinity in May 2020. He and his family moved to Loveland in May 2020 to begin serving the parish of St. Spyridon.
Fr. Gabriel was ordained to the diaconate on October 25, 2020, and to the Priesthood on February 27, 2021 by his Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver.
Effective January 1, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah has assigned Fr. Gabriel as the head priest to the parish of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church.
Fr. Gabriel and his wife, Presbytera Mercy, have three children, Joseph, Lydia, Mary, and Catherine. In his free time, Fr. Gabriel loves spending time with his family, hiking and exploring outdoors, and practicing Byzantine chant.
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To contact Fr. Gabriel, please email
frgabriel@stspeterandpaulboulder.org.
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Fr. Benedict Andersen, Presbyter
Father Benedict Andersen, a native of Denver, holds a bachelor of philosophy degree from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome (2002) and a master of divinity degree from St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York (2005). After spending nearly a decade as a Benedictine monk in the Republic of Ireland, he was ordained to the diaconate on November 13, 2013, and to the priesthood on November 1, 2014. On July 12 and 13 2025, he was received into the Orthodox Faith at Saint Spyridon by His Eminence, Metropolitan Constantine of Denver, and became a presbyter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Father Benedict has several years of experience in liturgical book design and has published scholarly articles and reviews on liturgical, monastic, and scriptural topics. His true passion is the Psalter as interpreted and prayed by Christians through the ages. He currently resides in Fort Collins with his Australian shepherd, Gus.
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