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Schemamonk John Reposes in the Lord

August 10, 2015

    

  

On Sunday, August 9 at 11:50 PM, Schemamonk John peacefully reposed in the Lord at Holy Cross Hermitage in Wayne, West Virgina, as reporte on the hermitage's wesbite. Fr. John had recently returned to the hermitage in order to spend his last days there in peace and repentance. His repose providentially fell on the day of the Great Martyr and healer Panteleimon, the patron of the monastery.

Members of the brotherhood had been with him at all times, and the Canon for the Departure of the Soul was being read as he entered his eternal rest. The entire community gathered around his bedside to sing the first Pannihkida, served by Archimandrite Seraphim, Archdeacon Sergius and the monastic clergy.

Father John’s body was prepared for burial according to monastic tradition—his body was cleaned and dressed in the Great Schema while the Psalter was continuously read. He was carried from the infirmary into the church in a red oak coffin that had been made specially for him by a friend of the monastery. The community continued to read the Psalter over his body until his funeral on Tuesday, August 10, at 11:30 AM—the day on which the Church commemorates Mother of God of Tenderness icon, before which Fr. John had spent his last two weeks deep in prayer.

May God grant his memory to be eternal!

View photos of his funeral and burial here.

11 августа 2015 г.

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