On April 28, 2019, on the feast of the Resurrection of Christ, in the 93rd year of life, Archbishop Alipy (Gamanovich) mp

print version April 29, 2019 11:15 On April 28, 2019, on the feast of the Resurrection of Christ, in the 93rd year of life, Archbishop Alipy (Gamanovich) departed to the Lord, who for about thirty years ruled the Chicago and Mid-American Diocese of the Russian Church Abroad (1987-2016), the builder of the Pokrovsky Cathedral Cathedral in Chicago. The time and place of the commemoration of worship, funeral and burial will be announced later, the official website of the ROCOR reports. *** Nikolai Mikhailovich Gamanovich was born on December 19, 1926 in the village of New Mayachka, Kherson region of Ukraine in the family of a hereditary blacksmith. During the years of collectivization, the family was forced to leave their native village. During the Second World War in the occupied territories, the Germans recruited young people to work in Germany, Nikolai was among those who were forcibly taken away in early December 1942. Together with his fellow villagers, he ended up in a camp for Eastern workers - Ostarbeiter. When it was possible in camp conditions, I went to a temple in Berlin. On February 3, 1945, illegally leaving the camp, he joined the brethren of St. Job of Pochaev, who was evacuated from Slovakia before the Soviet offensive. After some time, the monastic brethren left Berlin and settled in southern Germany. After the capitulation of Germany, the brethren first moved to Geneva, and from there, on December 1, 1946, arrived in the United States to live in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, founded by Archimandrite Panteleimon (Niznik) with the blessing and support of Archbishop Vitaly (Maksimenko). In Geneva, before leaving for the United States, he was tonsured into a rassophore with the name Alipy. In the Holy Trinity Monastery passed various obediences, but the main lesson was in the icon painting, where he worked under the leadership of hieromonk Cyprian (Pyzhov), a famous icon painter abroad. In 1948, together with two other novices (the future Metropolitan Laurus and Archimandrite Flore) Archbishop Vitaly (Maksimenko), he was tonsured into a robe. After graduating from the seminary at the monastery , he taught in her Church Slavonic and Greek languages ​​and other subjects; He compiled Church Slavonic grammar, published in 1964. In 1950, Metropolitan Anastasius (Gribanovsky) ordained a hierodeacon, and in 1954 - a hieromonk. In 1974, in the city of Chicago, with the participation of the Metropolitan of Eastern American and New York Philaret (Voznesensky), the Archbishops Seraphim (Ivanov) and Vitaly (Ustinov) and Bishop Laurus (Shkurly) was consecrated in the Bishop of Cleveland, the Vicar of Chikuga, which was used for the Bishop of Cleveland, and the Bishop of Chilegus, Shikurly, Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of the City of Cleveland, Chikugly, Bishop of Shredla, was baptized in the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of Cleveland, the Bishop of the City of Leoton In 1987, after the death of Archbishop Seraphim (Ivanov), he was appointed ruling bishop of the Chicago diocese. In 1990 he was elevated to the rank of archbishop. In 1994, he was transferred to the Australian-New Zealand department , but due to poor health, the Australian consulate was slow with a permanent residence permit, and at the request of parishioners of the Pokrovsky Cathedral in Chicago was returned to its former place. In fulfilling his duties, he did not leave the icon painting - he had painted Sergievsky Cathedral in the city of Cleveland. During Lent of 2002, Vladyka Alipy fell in the fence of the cathedral, hitting his head against the asphalt, and as a result he suffered injuries that prevented him from moving independently. In 2003, Archimandrite Peter (Lukyanov) , former head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, was consecrated to help His Grace the bishop of Cleveland.