On December 19, after a long illness, in the 86th year of his life, Priest Evgeny Solodsky, a retired cleric of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, reposed in the Lord.
With the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, on Saturday, December 24, at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, after the All-Night Vigil, the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, served a litiya for the newly reposed Priest Evgeny.
We express our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of the departed and pray that the All-Merciful Lord will give rest to the soul of His newly reposed servant in the dwellings of the righteous.
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Priest Evgeny Solodsky was ordained on March 19, 1967, by Metropolitan (later Patriarch) Pimen of Krutitsy and Kolomna at the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo, Moscow.
After immigrating to the USA, he served in various parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate and ROCOR, including St. Andrew Cathedral in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 2005 he was retired by the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Mercurius of Zaraisk (now Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk).
