Father Zocimus was born in Egypt on March 4, 1958.
He earned a medical degree in 1981 and a Masters Degree in Internal Medicine in 1990. He worked as an internist and Medical Director in a Cairo Hospital.
Father Zocimus came to California in 1998 and worked in Medical Research and served as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher in Holy Virgin Mary Church in Los Angeles from 1998-2003.
He was ordained presbyter by His Grace Bishop Serapion on March 2, 2003, to serve at St. Mary of Egypt Coptic Orthodox Church in Santa Clarita, California.
On Sunday, March 22, 2026, he was elevated to the priestly dignity of Hegumen by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion. His Grace Bishop Abraham and His Grace Bishop Kyrillos participated in this blessed elevation
