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Funeral of Fr. Elias 

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Our Beloved Friends, Christ is Risen!​
With pain and the joy of the Resurrection, we must inform you of the repose of our Very Rev. Archimandrite Fr. Elias (Bitar), our beloved Professor of Byzantine music and treasure house of liturgical experience, the inimitable “Voice” of Antioch in America, the all-inclusive, generous smile of Saint Nina’s, our tenderhearted father and faithful servant of the Altar of our Monastery.

On Thursday the 21st, entirely himself until the very last, he suffered no more than five minutes; and Fr. Madai was holding him when he took his last breath.

During these 7 years since our beloved Khouria Joanne anchored him and all of us in this Monastery, with her burial in St. Nina’s Cemetery, his health was declining, but his heart kept softening. Fr. Elias was laid beside his Khouria at last, on Monday, May 25th, at 1:00 pm EST.
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https://www.antiochian.org/regulararticle/669

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  • Home
    • Contact
    • St. Nina’s Cemetery
    • Newsletter
    • In Memory of the Rt. Rev. Archim. +Elias Bitar
  • About Us
    • Life of St. Nina
    • The Sisterhood
    • A Day in the Life of St. Nina’s Monastery
    • An Interview with Abbess Aemiliane
    • Friends of the Monastery
  • Service Schedule
  • Ways to Help
    • Needs List
    • Donate
    • Leave a Lasting Legacy at St. Nina’s
  • Gift Shop
  • St. Nina’s Coffee
    • St. Nina’s Monthly Coffee Subscription: 2 lb/mo.
    • St. Nina’s Monthly Coffee Subscription: 1 lb/mo.
    • St. Nina’s Twice-Monthly Coffee Subscription
  • Sheep
  • Summer Camp
    • Camp St. Nina 2024: Session 2
    • Camp St. Nina 2024: Session 1
    • Summer Camp 2023: Session 2
    • Summer Camp 2023: Session 1
    • Summer Camp 2022: Session 2
    • Summer Camp 2022: Session 1
    • Summer Camp 2019: Session 2
    • Summer Camp 2019: Session 1
    • Summer Camp 2018: Session II
    • Summer Camp 2018: Session I
    • Summer Camp 2017
    • Summer Camp 2016
    • Summer Camp 2015
    • Summer Camp 2014
    • Summer Camp 2013