Rt. Rev. Mitered Archpriest John C. Kassatkin
Assigned as Pastor May 1982
Born: September 28, 1940 - Export Pennsylvania
Father: V. Rev. Archpriest Constantine J. Kassatkin
Mother: Matushka Josephine (Olesky) Kassatkin
Began as an Altar server in 1944, (age 3) Chisholm MN, then with the blessing of the presiding Hierarch, in 1952 through 1972, served as a sub-deacon at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in NYC, NY.
Attended: Three Saints Seminary Villemoison-Sur Orge, France (1962-1965), Hunter College, New York City, NY
Tonsured Reader: December 25, 1971 in Bayonne NJ by Metropolitan Nicodim
Married: October 1, 1972 to Maxine Bernhardt
Ordained Deacon: December 24, 1972 in St Nicholas Cathedral by Bishop Makary
Ordained into Priesthood: The Feast of Pentecost on June 2, 1974 by Bishop Makary.
Clerical Staff of St. Nicholas Cathedral, NYC, NY (1972-1992).
As a supply priest, temporally served the following parishes: Jackson, Michigan; Philadelphia, PA; Chester, PA; Reading, PA; Bayside, NY; Wilkes-Barre, PA; Passaic, NJ; Bayonne, NJ.