On January 26, at the age of 95, Protopresbyter Matthew Stadniuk, rector emeritus of Holy Epiphany Cathedral on Yelokhovo Square in Moscow reposed in the Lord.
Fr. Matthew is fondly remembered as secretary of the Patriarchal Exarch of North and South America, Archbishop of New York and the Aleutians, Jonathan (Kopolovich) in 1968, as well as being appointed rector of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City from 1970 – 1973.
The clergy and faithful of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA express their condolences to the family, relatives and spiritual children of the newly-reposed.