JOHNSTOWN, PA -The Chancery has been advised of the death of + ELIZABETH PREPELKA, the mother of Very Rev. Fr. Robert Prepelka on Thursday, November 15, 2007. Funeral arrangements are as follows: Sunday night November 18, 2007; 7:30 PM Funeral Service at the Sabolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, 3510 Main Street, Munhall, PA (412) 462-2288. Funeral Liturgy on Monday November 19, 2007 at 9:30 AM in St.Nicholas Church, Homestead, PA.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery has been advised of the death of + FRANK PREPELKA, the father of Very Rev. Fr. Robert Prepelka. Funeral arrangements are as follows: The Funeral Service will be sung at the Savolskis, Wasik, Glenn Funeral Home (3501 Main Street, Munhall, PA 412-462-2288) on Sunday, September 23 at 7:30 PM. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated in St. Nicholas Church of Homestead at 10 AM on Monday, September 24. Participating Clergy are to wear white vestments.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery has been advised of the death of + IRENE BOKACH, the mother of Pani Beverly Leasure. Funeral arrangements are as follows: Viewing is at the Ketusky Funeral Home on Brooks Boulevard in Manville, NJ. Hours are Monday September 3, 3007 from 2-4 PM and 6-9 PM. The Parastas will be sung on Monday evening at 7:30 PM. White vestments. The funeral service is in Holy Ghost Church in Manville on Tuesday at 9:30 AM. Participating Clergy are to wear white vestments.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Peter Buletza fell asleep in the Lord on December 8, 2006. Father Buletza, age 88, lived in retirement in Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ. Father will lie-in-state in St. John's Church in Perth Amboy on Monday, December 11 where the Priest's Burial Service will be celebrated at 7 PM. Funeral Liturgy is in St. John's Church on Tuesday, December 12 at 10 AM. Clergy are to wear white vestments. Priests of the Consistory and the New Jersey Deanery will con-celebrate the Liturgy.

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SCRANTON, PA - The Very Rev. Protopresbyter John I. Dolhy, pastor emeritous of St. Nicholas Parish in Scranton, PA, fell-asleep-in-the-Lord on Sunday November 19, 2006. Father John will lie-in-state in St. Nicholas Church of Scranton on Friday, November 24. The Burial Service for Priests will be sung on Friday evening at 6 PM. The funeral Liturgy will be celebrated in St. Nicholas Church on Saturday at 10:30 AM. Clergy should wear white epitrachil.

ERIE, PA - Pani Dolores Hazuda, the wife of the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Ronald Hazuda, fell asleep in the Lord last evening, after suffering a stroke. Pani Dolores, a native of the Johnstown Cathedral was the daughter of the late Professor Andrew Panchisin.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - On Friday, February 24, 2006 Mrs. Elizabeth Miterko of Christ The Saviour Cathedral fell-asleep-in-the-Lord. Mrs. Miterko, an exemplary Orthodox Christian served for many years as the Cook at Christ the Saviour Seminary. Fr. Frank Miloro, Diocesan Chanceller has asked that all diocesan priests remember her in prayer during Divine Liturgy.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Diocesan Chancery has learned of the falling asleep in the Lord of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Nikolai of Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia on Monday, January 30, 2006 at the age of 78.

HAWK RUN, PA - After celebrating Divine Liturgy this morning, the Rev. Father Charles Kovich suddenly fell-asleep-in-the-Lord. Father Charles, the present Pastor of St. John The Baptist Church, Hawk Run, PA, previously served parishes in Central City and Lansford , PA.

MANVILLE, NJ. At 3:00 am (EST) today, the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Andrew Hutnyan, fell-asleep-in-the-Lord after a lengthy illness. Father Andrew, a priest of some 45 years of our Diocese, Pastor Of Holy Ghost Church, Manville, NJ and past Diocesan Supervisor of Church Schools, will lie in state in Holy Ghost Church in Manville, On Wednesday afternoon (Feb 25). Funeral Services will take place on Wed Feb 25 at 7:00 pm and Thursday Feb 26, 2004 at 10:00 am.

PERTH AMBOY, NJ - Early this morning the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Stephen Sedor fell-asleep-in-the-Lord. Father Stephen, Pastor Emeritus of St. John The Baptist Church, Perth Amboy, NJ, Past Diocesan Consistory Member, former editor of The Church Messenger, and pioneer in the Orthodox Religious Education Initiatives in our Diocese and on the Pan Orthodox Level, will lie in state in St. John's Church, Perth Amboy, N.J. on Tuesday Afternoon, (December 2) from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The Office of Burial for a Priest will take place Tuesday at 7:00 pm.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - At 2:00 pm (EST) today, the Very Rev. Protopresbyter John Yurcisin, peacefully fell-asleep-in-the-Lord after suffering a stroke earlier in the day. Father John, Pastor Emeritus of Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Past Chancellor and Vicar General of the Diocese, will lie in state in Christ The Saviour Cathedral on Sunday afternoon (June 22) from 12 Noon until 9:00 pm . The Office of Burial for a Priest will take place Sunday at 4:00 pm. Divine Liturgy will be served at 10:00 am Monday, June 23 with interment to follow.

CLYMER, PA - The Very Rev. Robert Salley, longtime pastor of St. Michael's Church, reposed in the Lord at the age of 64. His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas celebrated the Funeral Service on Monday December 30. Fr. Robert was born on Jaunary 12, 1938 in Bridgeport, CT. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on May 24, 1964 by the late Metropolitan Orestes at St. Micheal's Church in McKeesport, PA. Fr. Robert is survived by his wife, Pani Magdaline (Laichak) Salley, whom he married in 1964, as well as four children, Mark Stephen, Jason and Jennifer.

NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO -- Very Rev. Fr. Michael Conrad, the pastor of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, North Royalton, Ohio, fell-asleep-in-The Lord early this morning after a lengthy illness.

The Chancery has been notified that + HARRY ZIAS, the father of Rev. Fr. Jeff Zias, fell-asleep-in-the-Lord yesterday afternoon.

JOHNSON CITY, NY - The Chancery has been notified that + MARGARET Kadlec, mother of the Very Rev. Thomas Kadlec, fell-asleep in the Lord yesterday.

The Chancery has been notified that + ANDREW BENC, the father of Protodeacon Gregory Benc, has fallen-asleep-in-the-Lord.

BELGRADE, SERBIA -- His Holiness, Patriarch Pavel, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church died today, Sunday Nov 15, 2009, in a Belgrade hospital after receiving Holy Communion, the church announced. He was 95.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery was saddened to learn that His Eminence Archbishop Job (Osacky) of the Midwest Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America, died unexpectedly yesterday, Dec 18, 2009.