A 40th Day Tribute: Archbishop Job of Chicago and the Midwest

CHICAGO, IL [OCA] — Tuesday, January 26, 2010, marks the 40th day memorial of the repose of His Eminence, Archbishop Job of Chicago and the Midwest, who unexpectedly fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, December 18, 2009.

t Chicago’s Holy Trinity Cathedral, where Archbishop Job served since his enthronement as Bishop of Chicago in 1993, a Panikhida will be celebrated on Tuesday January 26 at 7:00 p.m., according to Archpriest John Adamcio, dean. In a communique issued by Archpriest John Zdinak, chancellor of the Midwest Diocese, all diocesan parishes had been asked to celebrate services in the Archbishop’s memory on that day or during the following weekend.

Clergy of the Altoona-Johnstown Deanery will celebrate a Panikhida at Saint John the Baptist Church, Black Lick, PA, where Archbishop Job was laid to rest, on Tuesday, January 26, at 10:00 a.m. A Panikhida also will be celebrated the following evening at 7:00 p.m. On Sunday, January 31, the Divine Liturgy, followed by a Panikhida and memorial repast, will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m.

At Holy Trinity Cathedral, Boston, where Archbishop Job served during his tenure as Bishop of New England, a Panikhida will be celebrated on Thursday, January 28, at 6:30 p.m. Archpriest Robert Arida, dean, extended an open invitation to area faithful to attend the service and the repast that will follow.

“A SHOCK TO ALL.”

“Archbishop Job’s unexpected repose came as a shock to everyone,” said Father John Zdinak, who had spoken with the Archbishop as he was driving from Cleveland to Chicago, two hours before his death. “If I were to characterize him, I would have to say that, regardless of the circumstances in which he found himself, his intense love for the Church and the People of God was unquestionable.”

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, together with members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America and hierarchs from Greek, ROCOR, Antiochian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Romanian Churches, concelebrated funeral services and the Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, December 22-23, 2009. His Grace, Bishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, presided at additional services and interment at Saint John the Baptist Church, Black Lick, PA on Saturday, December 26.

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