Father Andrew was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and grew up as a member of St. Nicholas Cathedral. He is the first of four children. Fr. Andrew married Ruth Elia Davis in 1987 and they have one son, Nicholas Peter. In 1990 they relocated to Northern California until being called back to serve in the Los Angeles area in August of 2020.

Fr. Andrew received his BA degree from Cal Poly Pomona in Agricultural Business Management with a minor in Information Services. He also has a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership from the University of California, San Francisco.  He completed the St. Stephen’s Course of Study receiving a Certificate in Applied Orthodox Theology from the Antiochian House of Studies in 2005. He was ordained to the Holy Diaconate at the hands of Metropolitan JOSEPH on July 3, 2005 in San Francisco, CA.

After serving fifteen years as a deacon first at St. John the Evangelist Church in Orinda, CA and later at St. Timothy Church in Fairfield, CA he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at the hands of Metropolitan JOSEPH on December 8, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.  Fr. Andrew was attached to St Timothy Church until his assignment to St Nicholas Cathedral in August of 2020. In December of 2025, Fr. Andrew was sent to St Simeon Church as Associate Pastor and he became the pastor in March of 2026 upon the retirement of Fr. George Ajalat.

Father Andrew has served many roles in his lifetime in the Orthodox Church including Teen SOYO President, Director of Camp St. Nicholas (in the 1980's and again in the 2020's) and Camp St John in 1990; was the founding Chairman of the Archdiocese Department of Communication and Information. Fr. Andrew is a former Board of Directors member of the St. Herman Orthodox Theological School in Kodiak, AK as well as Project Mexico and the St. Innocent Orphanage. He currently serves on the Finance Committee (and is a the former Treasurer) of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion (OCAMPR), and Spiritual Advisor to the Diocese of Los Angeles Camping Programs at Camp St Nicholas. Fr Andrew is also the Custodian of Records for the parish background checks in California in partnership with the Archdiocese Youth Protection Program.

In his secular career, Fr. Andrew worked for fifteen years as the Director of Information Services for Sutter Health, an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley.  He retired from the Healthcare industry and began full time pastoral ministry in January of 2021.  Prior to this, Fr. Andrew served as Director of Applied Professional Services for an information technology consulting firm specializing in large scale system implementations, business process improvement, and technology / process integration.  His hobbies include umpiring little league baseball (though his knees don't allow him that luxury any longer) and playing rock and roll keyboards.