It is with sadness to announce that Halia Lodynsky’s father, Stepan Jurczak, fell asleep in the Lord yesterday, 29 September 2019.

The Wake will be held at Celentano Funeral Home. The visiting hours are from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1st. The Panakhyda will be at 7:00 p.m.

There will be two Funeral Liturgies. The first will be here in New Haven at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. After the Liturgy, there will be a reception in the church hall.

Following the Mass in New Haven, Stepan’s body will be transported to Philadelphia.

On Thursday morning, there will be another Funeral Liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 830 North Franklin St, Philadelphia, PA 19123-2005 beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Burial will take place in St. Mary’s Ukrainian Cemetery, 438 Cedar Road Fox Chase, PA 19027.

Stepan’s obituary may be read here.

Let us be united in prayer to the Holy Mother of God, the Holy Theotokos for the peaceful repose of the soul of Stepan, for the consolation of Halia and her family who mourn Stepan. May Stepan’s memory be eternal.