| In Memoriam: Protopresbyter Arthur Liolin |
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| Friday, October 6, 2023Visiting Hours from 1:00PM until 5:00PMBurial Service for a Priest at 5:00PM, and additional Viewing until 7:00PM. Saturday, October 7, 2023Viewing from 9:00AM until 10:00AMHierarchical Divine Liturgy, beginning at 10:00AM.Departure for Burial at Forest Hills Cemetery at 11:45AMIn your kindness, please remember Priftëresha Margaret and the whole Liolin family in your prayers. May Father Arthur’s memory be eternal!Funeral services provided by:The Brasco & Sons Memorial Chapels Inc. — Waltham773 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453 For complete obituary, guestbook & additional information, please refer to: BrascoFuneralHome.com |
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| Protopresbyter Arthur E. Liolin, former pastor of Saint George Albanian Orthodox Cathedral and Chancellor Emeritus of the Albanian Archdiocese in America, fell asleep in the Lord on September 28, 2023 surrounded by his loving family, having received the sacraments of Holy Unction and Holy Communion the day prior.Father Arthur was born on June 19, 1943 in New York City. Ordained a priest in September of 1970, he served as pastor and rector of Saint George Albanian Orthodox Cathedral for over fifty years, offering his skills, his diligence, and his love as chancellor of the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America for most of these five decades. Through all the years of his service, he was a faithful pastor, priest, teacher, and preacher of Christ’s Holy Gospel to countless faithful, not only those of Saint George Cathedral, but to the faithful of every community of this archdiocese, to those who were pining for freedom from within the borders of a captive Albania, and to a new generation of Albanian Christians in Shqipëria and as immigrants here in America. For the many clergy who serve and have served the Albanian Archdiocese, he was a leader, a brother, a fellow faithful servant in the trenches of ministry; he remains an inspiration.The Church takes confidence now, even in grief, in the words of our Savior Christ, Who greets those who so multiply their talents in faith, saying “Well done good and faithful servant… enter into the joy of your Lord!” (Matthew 25:23) |
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