Born in Marsa in 1963 Jesmond and was ordained a priest in 1990 after completing a course in philosophy and theology at the University of Malta. In the early years of his priesthood, he worked in some parishes but he was always inclined towards study. Infact, he completed two doctorates in theology. Moreover he studied in America and was a missionary in Greece for 10 years. It was here that he began to fall in love with Byzantine iconography while was studying the Greek Orthodox liturgy. He is in love with art˜and˜ learnt˜from Italian and even Greek iconographers.