San Francisco, June 19, 2026
wadiocese.org
Prayers are requested for His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) who was urgently admitted to the hospital yesterday following a recent heart operation.
On Tuesday, June 16, Abp. Kyrill, 71, underwent a heart ablation. According to the diocese, he was feeling well following the heart ablation until late in the evening on Wednesday.
At 1:00 AM on Thursday morning, he was “admitted to the emergency ward with complications.”
“Archbishop Kyrill is requesting the prayers of the faithful of the Western American Diocese and beyond for his health and recovery,” the diocese writes.
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