Archbishop Nathaniel and Bishop Andrei Attend the Funeral Service of Protopresbyter Dumitru Ichim

KITCHENER, ON — On August 21–22, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and of The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate and His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland were present at St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, for the funeral service of the newly departed Very Reverend Protopresbyter Dumitru Ichim.

On Friday evening, August 21, His Grace Bishop Andrei officiated the Wake Service (Priveghi), assisted by priests and deacons from the surrounding area. Clergy, family members, spiritual children, and faithful gathered in prayer to pay their final respects to Father Dumitru and to give thanks to God for his many decades of priestly, theological, literary, and cultural service.

On Saturday, August 22, His Grace officiated the Holy and Divine Liturgy. Assisting His Grace were the V. Rev. Ionut Tudor Maerean, parish priest of St. John the Baptist Church and Dean of the Central Canada Deanery, together with a number of priests and deacons from the area.

At the conclusion of the Holy and Divine Liturgy, the Funeral Service was celebrated in the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel. The gathered hierarchs, clergy, family members,…