[Magdalen] RIP Fr. Kyrill

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh Jay, I’m so sorry! I think Father John Moses, a Russian Orthodox priest in Waynesboro, might be retired now, but I don’t know if he would be available at all.

> On Dec 20, 2021, at 3:34 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My priest died yesterday, presumably of a heart attack. He was not that
> old, probably in his late 50s, and he did have some health problems, but
> holy cow. I had a call from his wife this morning to tell me and we talked
> at some length as we have been friends for several years. She was
> understandably blindsided as she had been away and came home to find
> paramedics and sheriff deputies in her house. Fr. Kyrill's mother was home
> at the time and had called them.
> 
> Obviously prayers for Matushka Dena would be appreciated, and for the rest
> of Father's family. Also for our very tiny congregation as we are an
> outlier branch of the greater Orthodox Church, currently under the
> oversight of the French Orthodox Church (yes, there is such a thing, and it
> is under the See of Constantinople). We were *just* getting our act
> together after a long hiatus, much of it caused by Covid and the rest
> caused by the rebuilding of a structure to serve as a chapel. It would be
> nice if we could get a priest, but they don't just fall out of the sky.
> Meanwhile, there is one who has offered to come once a month, which is
> better than nothing, He is a different flavor of Orthodox, but nobody much
> cares.