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August 27, 2010
Jackson, NJ: Archpriest Boris Kizenko has reposed in the Lord

kizenko.lg.jpg (28838 bytes)On Friday morning, August 27, on the eve of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, one of the senior clerics of the Eastern American Diocese, Archpriest Boris Kizenko, peacefully passed away. Fr. Boris was a longtime cleric of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ.

On Tuesday, August 31, His Grace Jerome, Bishop of Manhattan, will serve a Liturgy for the Departed at 8:00 AM, followed by Fr. Boris' funeral at 9:30 AM.

Archpriest Boris Kizenko was born on July 28, 1926, in the city of Kharkov. In 1950 he was tonsured a reader by Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko). In 1956 he married Tamara I. Plyshevsky, and was then ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Anthony (Medvedev) on November 18, 1956. On the feast of the Theophany, January 19, 1957, Fr. Boris was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Averky (Taushev).

Fr. Boris served as rector of the Church of the Entrance into the Temple of the Holy Virgin in Syracuse, NY, Holy Trinity Church in Vineland, NJ, and served for many years as a cleric of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ.

As a result of severe illness, Fr. Boris did not serve in recent months. On Thursday evening, August 26, New Jersey Dean Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov visited Fr. Boris in the hospital, where the latter communed of Christ’s Holy Mysteries. On Friday morning, on the eve of the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Fr. Boris peacefully reposed in the Lord.

We ask all the cleric and faithful children of the Eastern American Diocese to pray for the repose of the newly departed Archpriest Boris.

Schedule of Funeral Services
in St. Vladimir Memorial Church

Friday, August 27
Panihida after the All-Nigh Vigil at 8:00 PM

Saturday, August 28 - The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
Panihida after the festal Liturgy at 11:30 AM
All-Night Vigil at 6:00 PM

Sunday, August 29
Panihida after Liturgy at 11:30 AM
Vespers and Matins at 6:00 PM

Monday, August 30
Liturgy at 8:00 AM, followed by a panihida
Vespers and Matins at 6:00 PM

Tuesday, August 31
Liturgy for the Departed at 8:00 PM
Funeral at 9:30 AM will be led by His Grace Jerome, Bishop of Manhattan
Burial will take place at St. Vladimir Cemetery

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