[OCA Communications] -- The Very Rev. Nicholas Yuschak (Retired) fell asleep in the Lord in Pottstown on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.

Father Nicholas is survived by his wife, Matushka Vera, and their children.

Visitation will be held Saint Herman of Alaska Church, Gradyville, PA on Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., when His Grace, Bishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania and area clergy will celebrate the Rite of the Funeral for a Priest.

A second visitation will be held at Saint Tikhon Monastery Church, South Canaan, PA on Monday morning, May 18, followed by the celebration of a Panikhida at 11:00 a.m.

Interment will be in Saint Tikhon's Monastery Cemetery.

May Father Nicholas' memory be eternal!