The Blessed SurgeonSail On: An Encomium of
Protopresbyter Lawrence Barriger By: Father Jonathan Tobias
Late Saturday afternoon, on October 2nd, Protopresbyter Lawrence Barriger fell asleep in the Lord. On Friday evening, October 8th at the St Michael’s Church in Freeland PA, Protopresbyter Kenneth Bachofsky was the chief celebrant of the Burial Service for a Priest. On the following morning, Saturday October 9th, the funereal Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Protopresbyter and Chancellor Frank Miloro, assisted by Protopresbyters Kenneth Bachofsky and Robert Rebeck. Numerous priests from throughout the Diocese assisted the offering of these services.
never get to a point, this side of eternity, when I will not miss him. And, I’m sure, that is true for us all in this God-Saved Diocese. My heart goes out to Pani Linda, Laura and Lisa, his sister Pani Mary Bachofsky and his brother-in-law Fr Kenneth Bachofsky and grandchildren and the entire family: they know more than anyone what it means to miss Fr Larry now. But though our sense of loss is surely less than theirs, it is still painfully great. And as time goes on, we’ll find that it is greater than we know.
Fr Larry was without question the finest theologian and historian (along with +Protopresbyter John Yurcisin) that our Diocese ever had. In times like these, we need an Orthodox theologian more than ever -- there’s so much confusion and decline in the world. Fr Larry was a I will miss Fr Larry deeply. And I will clear-minded treasury of Orthodox The newly-reposed priest was interred at the St Michael Cemetery in Binghamton, New York. Protopresbyter James Dutko presided over the interment service for this distinguished son of the parish.
2022
Diocesan Yearbook
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