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Job (Osacky) of Chicago

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==Life==
Archbishop Job was born Richard John Osacky in Chicago on [[March 18]], 1946. Saints Peter and Paul Church, at 53rd Street and Western Avenue, is his home parish. He completed university studies at Northern Illinois University and, after graduating from [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|Saint Tikhon Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]] in 1970, he served as [[cantor]] and youth director at Saint John the Baptist Church in Black Lick, Pennsylvania. He assumed responsibilities in leading Divine Services in the prescribed manner for [[reader]]s, conducting religious education and youth work, and painting icons[[icon]]s. It was his extraordinary affinity with Orthodox youth that gained him the recognition of the Church at large.
In 1973 [[Reader ]] John was [[ordination|ordained ]] to the holy [[deacon|diaconate]] and consequently to the holy [[priest]]hood by (then) Bishop [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius of Pittsburgh]]. He was assigned to the parish in Black Lick, where he also served as spiritual director for the [[Orthodox Christian Fellowship]] at nearby Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
As a [[celibacy|celibate ]] priest, he maintained a zeal for the [[monasticism|monastic ]] life in all his endeavors. In 1975 he was blessed a riasaphor [[monk]], and later was [[tonsure]]d a monk in the [[Lesser Schema]] by (then) Bishop [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington|Herman]] in August of 1982. In November of that year he was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]].
Recognizing that zeal and spirit of dedication to Church service in Father Job, the Diocese of New England nominated the young priest-monk as their diocesan bishop. The [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] ratified the nomination and elected him Bishop of Hartford and the Diocese of New England. He was consecrated to the episcopacy on [[January 29]], 1983, at All Saints Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
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