Donald R. Hayes was received into Holy Orders as a Reverend Deacon as St. John’s Chrysostom Anglican Church in Richmond, Virginia on June 19, 2010.
He was ordained by Archbishop Scott E. McLaughlin, Presiding Bishop and  Primate of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. The OAC is a worldwide Anglican Communion existing of 1.5 million members.
Rev. Hayes also entered the monastic Order of St. Augustine as an oblate to the Cathedral Priory of St. Stephen the Protomartyr. He is working toward his doctorate degree in Theology. He is a volunteer chaplain for United Hospice at The Pines Nursing Home and has completed his Clinical Pastoral Education at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, N.C.
Rev. Hayes is the son of Paul and Lorene Hayes of Dillon and he is married to the former Cynthia Bush of Satellite Beach, Florida and Cheverly, Maryland. They have two daughters, Tiffany Ann Boone of Columbia, S.C. and Cathleen June White of Port Orange, Fla. as well as four grandchildren, Joshua, Gracie, Tyler and Savanna.