Bijo K. Mathew was born in Kerala, India to Aleyamma & Mathew Jacob. He moved to the USA when he was 10 years old and lived in Queens Village, NY. Bijo went away to college and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Management Information systems from the University of Houston. During his three and a half years in Houston, he had the great fortune to live with my cousins Justin & Joshua. Bijo was ordained to the fourth level of Deacon, Koruyo on July of 1998 by H.E . Mor Nicholvos Zacharia, to the fifth level, apodyaqno, on March 2002 by H. E. Mor Ivanios Mathews, to full deacon, shamosho, on August 2004 by H.E. Mor Titus Yeldho and as a priest, Kassisso, on September 4, 2004 by H. E. Mor Titus Yeldho. Currently Fr. Bijo is the vicar of St. George Syrian Orthodox Church, Charlotte, NC and work full time as a Training Project Manager for McKesson Corp in Alpharetta, GA. Fr. Bijo has a younger sister, Biji who is married to Joy and they live in New York.
Janice Joseph was born in Dallas, TX to Mariamma & Very Rev. Fr. Joseph C. Joseph. Janice has two younger siblings, Joel and Jill. Joel is married to Ancy and Jill is working full time in the field of Social Work. Janice earned a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Computer Information systems & Business Management from Georgia State University. Currently she works full time as an E-Learning Specialist for McKesson Corp in Alpharetta, GA.
Father Bijo & Janice got engaged in July of 2001 in Atlanta, GA and married in May of 2002 in New York. After being offered a job with McKesson the couple quickly moved to Atlanta in September of 2003. God blessed them with their first child, Jacob in June of 2006 and their second son, Joshua in May of 2009.