His parish in Dublin is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain.
Thomas Carroll grew up in Co. Tipperary, to a Catholic family, with a strong military tradition, he served in the Irish Armed Forces as part of the UN Mission in Cyprus in the 1960s.
[citation needed] He took early retirement in 1996 going on to study Theology, with a view to becoming a Greek Orthodox priest.
[2] He is a graduate of St. Patrick's, Carlow College earning a BA degree in Humanities (Philosophy and Theology).
He also holds a post graduate diploma in communications (Kairos/Maynooth) and a master's degree in Theology from the Pontifical University, Maynooth.