November 21, 2012
Sunrise, FL: Archpriest Damian Criscella has reposed in the Lord

On Wedneday morning, November 21, Archpriest Damian Criscella, a cleric of the Eastern American Diocese and rector of St. Nicholas & San Gennaro Mission in Sunrise, FL, passed away unexpectedly. He was 75 years old.

Archpriest Damian Louis Criscella was born on December 30, 1936, in Pittsburgh, PA. In 1969, he married Julianne Catherine Nichols, and in 1980 he was ordained a deacon of the Antiochian Archdiocese (on April 11, 1982, he was ordained a priest). In 1991, he was accepted into the Russian Church Abroad.

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

Services for the departed will be led by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion in St. Vladimir's Church in Miami, FL. White vestments.

November 26:
Panihida at 6:00 PM followed by Vespers and Matins

November 27:
Divine Liturgy at 8:30 AM followed by Funeral Service at 11:00 AM

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese