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The
Burial
of
Rev
Fr
John
Limbeson
Ellwood
City,
Pennsylvania
August
26,
2005
| On
Friday,
August
26,
2005,
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
traveled
to
The
Monastery
of
the
Transfiguration
of
the
Lord
in
Ellwood
City,
Pennsylvania,
for
the
burial
of
Rev
Fr
John
Limbeson.
The
Funeral
Service
for
a
Priest
was
celebrated
in
California.
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| Following
a
lengthy
illness,
Fr
John
fell
asleep
in
the
Lord
with
his
family
by
his
side
at
his
home
in
California. |
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| Among
his
work
in
the
Church
as
both
a
priest
and
layman,
Fr
John
was
the
first
national
president
of
The
American
Romanian
Orthodox
Youth. |
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| His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
prepares
the
casket
for
burial. |
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| The
hierarch,
clergy
and
faithful
go
with
the
casket
in
procession
from
the
monastery
chapel
to
the
cemetery. |
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| Psa
Betty
Limbeson
surrounded
by
her
family. |
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| His
Eminence
blesses
the
casket
with
holy
water
after
it
has
been
lowered
into
the
ground. |
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| Following
the
burial
of
Fr
Limbeson,
His
Eminence,
together
with
some
of
the
clergy,
sang
a
small
Memorial
Service
(Panahida)
at
the
grave
of
the
Very
Reverend
Mother
Abbess
Alexandra,
founding
abbess
of
the
monastery. |
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