Presbytera Francesca (Madonanakis) Demetriades, 93, beloved wife of the late Rev. Dr. James Demetriades, died on Saturday, June 16, 2018, surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born in Constantinople, Turkey on March 25, 1925 to George and Magdalini Mandonanakis.  Presbytera Frances grew up within the loving and nurturing embrace of the Greek Orthodox Community and excelled spiritually before graduating from the Fener Yakinion Greek Lyceum for Girls. Upon graduating, Frances served the Orthodox Community as Catechetical Director of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople.  In November of 1954, Frances married her childhood sweetheart, Rev. Dr. James Demetriades.  Her first child, Nicholas Demetriades, was born in Constantinople.

Their life together took them on many intellectual and spiritual adventures; first to Winnipeg, Canada where she served as the Presbytera by Father James' side.  Following their service in Canada, the couple was assigned to the Greek Orthodox Community in Youngstown, OH where their daughter Georgia was born.  They next served their beloved Cathedral of St. George in Hartford for 30 years and St. Demetrios Hellenic Orthodox Church, Bristol for 10 years. She is survived by her son, Nicholas J. Demetriades and his wife Linda of Cromwell; her daughter, Georgia M. Demetriades and her husband Antonios A. Biliardis of Arlington, MA; her grandchildren, James N. Demetriades and Cassandra N. Demetriades; a brother, Michalis Mandonanakis, a sister-in-law and Koumbara, Thomae Manopoulos and her family of Greece.

The funeral will be Monday, June 25th, at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 433 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford.  The wake will be at 11 a.m., Funeral chanted at 12 p.m. and Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford.