Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

"Blessed is the way you walk today, O soul; a place of rest has been prepared for you."

It is with a profound sense of our own loss - yet in the inextinguishable light of peace and mercy that is the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - that we inform the faithful of our Holy Metropolia of the passing from this life of the servant of God Protopresbyter WILLIAM DIAKIW, pastor-emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Lyndora, PA. 

O God of spirits and of all flesh, Who has trampled down death; You have overthrown the devil and have given Life to Your world: now give rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant protopresbyter WILLIAM, in a place of light, a place of refreshment and a place of repose, where there is no sickness, sighing nor sorrow. As You are a Good God, Who loves mankind, pardon every sin, which he has committed, whether by word or by deed or by thought, for there is no man who lives and has not sinned. You alone are sinless, Your Righteousness is Eternal and Your Word is Truth. For You are the Resurrection, the Life and the Repose of your newly presented servant protopresbyter WILLIAM, Christ our God and we give glory, together with Your Father, Who is Eternal and Your All-Holy, Good and Life-Creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen!

Вічна пам'ять! Memory Eternal!

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Schedule of the Funeral Services:

Friday, January 27, 2023

Visitation Hours: Noon-2pm & 4:30pm-7pm

Funeral Service for a Priest - 7pm

Saints Peter and Paul
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
21 Evergreen and Arbor Streets 
Lyndora, PA 16045

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Divine Liturgy and Conslusion of the Funeral - 10am 
Saints Peter and Paul
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
21 Evergreen and Arbor Streets 
Lyndora, PA 16045

Internment at
North Cemetery
North Main Street
Butler, PA 16001

Memorial Luncheon following:
Ukrainian Hall
SS Peter and Paul
Lyndora, PA 16045