[Magdalen] RIP Fr. Kyrill

[Kate Conant]

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23467062/kenneth-proctor-bracy

May his memory be eternal! Life to you and all who knew and loved him!


On Mon, 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.
>