Joasaph (McLellan)

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Archimandrite Joasaph (

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
.

Life

He was born in Boston on January 24, 1962 to Francis James McLellan, Sr. and Polina B. McLellan[3] (nee Rooney).[2]

He attended the Boston public schools and

Ph.D degrees from Brown University in Slavic Language and Literature.[2] His dissertation title was: "The Hilandar Gospel and its Place in the Textual History of the Church Slavonic Tetraevangelion".[3] He was a founding faculty member of the Summer School of Liturgical Music at Holy Trinity Seminary.[2]

From 2000 to 2004 he taught Russian at the

bliny for the students at his "tiny, little apartment". After University of Missouri he taught at Princeton University.[4]

At the request of the Metropolitan

Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.[6]

The Synod of Bishops of ROCOR appointed him chief of the ROCOR Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and on February 8, 2009 at the Cathedral of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia in

Mark (Arndt) of Berlin elevated him to the rank of archimandrite, and then left with him to Jerusalem.[7]

As the head of the mission, Fr. Joasaph served at Ascension Convent on the

Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem:[8] On May 5, 2009 a concelebration was held at the Life-bearing Tomb of the Lord by Metropolitan Aristarchos (Peristeris), Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Jerusalem Patriarchate and Bishop Agapit (Goratchek) of Stuttgart, Vicar of the German Diocese.[9]

On August 11, 2009, Archimandrite Joasaph, in the presence of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God, performed a

Cambridge, MA who donated a building to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Manhattan. This fulfilled the wishes of the late Metropolitan Laurus who had wished to locate his gravesite and perform a memorial service for him.[10]

Fr. Joasaph underwent treatment by Dr. Jeffrey Clark at Massachusetts General Hospital from August 2009 until his death on December 18, 2009 from cholangiocarcinoma, aged 47.[11][4]

He left behind his stepmother Jolinda (Pelagia) McLellan of Roslindale, MA, and five siblings: Ann Lardas of Stratford CT and her husband the Protopriest George Lardas and their children Xenia, Nicholas, James and John; Daniel McLellan of Londonderry, NH, and his wife Amy (Elizabeth) and their children Ian, Daniel, and Madeleine; Genevieve McLellan of New York and her fiance Kevin Utter; Andrew McLellan of Roslindale, MA, and his wife Angeli (Olga) McLellan and their son David and Suzannah McLellan; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and ten godchildren.[11]

His

George (Schaefer) of Mayfield.[13] He is buried in the monastic cemetery near the main church.[12]

References

  1. ^ Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage June 1998, Page 8
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Brady Fallon Funeral Home and Cremation Service - Obituary". www.currentobituary.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad". archive.eadiocese.org. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b Courtney Shove Former MU professor turned cleric dies in Boston // Columbia Missourian website, Dec 18, 2009
  5. ^ "Synaxis of the Saints of the Kievan Caves Monastery". www.jordanville.org. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ "The Conscecration of Archimandrite George to the Episcopate, and the ordination of Hierodeacon Joasaph to the Priesthood". www.jordanville.org. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. ^ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website". synod.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Татьяна Веселкина. "Во дворах дома Господня, посреди тебя, Иерусалим" (Пс. 115: 10) / Православие.Ru". Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. ^ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website". www.synod.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  10. ^ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website". www.synod.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  11. ^ a b "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website". www.synod.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  12. ^ a b http://stnicholasstratford.org/files/monthlybulletin/2010/Bulletin-1001.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  13. ^ "Funeral of Archimandrite Joasaph". jordanville.org. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

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