A couple of hours ago I read a post on Facebook by Ray Mastroberte that included the text of an obituary which affected me very deeply. It reported the sudden and unexpected passing to eternal life, on May 20, of Father Archimandrite Anthony (Falsarella), a valued member and contributor to the forum for almost 20 years and an Administrator here for many years. I considered him a dear friend, online and in real life. He was a wonderful priest, a kind and very knowledgeable person, and an extremely talented photographer.
In your charity, please remember him in prayer.
O God of all spiritual and corporeal beings, You Who trampled death, broke the power of Satan and granted life to the whole world, now, O Lord, grant rest to the soul of Your departed servant, the Priest Anthony, in a place of light, freshness, and peace, where there is neither pain, nor sorrow, nor mourning, but only life everlasting.
As You are a gracious God and the Lover of mankind, forgive him every transgression committed by him in word, thought, or deed, since there is no man alive who has not sinned, for You alone are without sin and You are the Resurrection and the Life, O Christ our God, and we render glory to You, together with Your Eternal Father, and Your most Holy, gracious, and life-giving Spirit, now and always and forever.
May the memory of our dear friend and brother, Father Anthony, be eternal and blessed and may all of his loved ones be comforted in the prayerful expectation of being reunited with him in Heaven.
Memory Eternal – Archimandrite Anthony Falsarella [
thenationalherald.com]
