Job (Osacky)
Male, Deceased Person
1946 – 2009
Who was Job (Osacky)?
Archbishop Job (Osacky) of Chicago was the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the Midwest until his unexpected death. His territory included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Archbishop Job was born Richard John Osacky in Chicago on March 18, 1946. Saints Peter and Paul Church, at 53rd Street and Western Avenue, was his home parish. He completed university studies at Northern Illinois University and, after graduating from Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary in 1970, he served as cantor and youth director at Saint John the Baptist Church in Black Lick, Pennsylvania. He assumed responsibilities in leading Divine Services in the prescribed manner for readers, conducting religious education and youth work, and writing icons.
In 1973, Reader John was ordained to the diaconate and consequently to the priesthood by Bishop Theodosius of Pittsburgh. He was assigned to the parish in Black Lick, where he also served as spiritual director for the Orthodox Christian Fellowship at nearby Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
In 1975, he was blessed a riasaphor monk, and later was tonsured a monk in the Lesser Schema by Bishop Herman in August 1982. In November of that year he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1946
Chicago - Education
- Northern Illinois University
- Died
- Dec 18, 2009
Maumee
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on July 23, 2013
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