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# Archpriest Christopher Stade, Founder of Chrysostom Press, Falls Asleep in the Lord
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/86195-archpriest-christopher-stade-founder-of-chrysostom-press-falls-asleep-in-the-lord/
- Published: 2026-01-21T13:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:12:41.000Z
- Description: Fr. Christopher Stade, longtime Missouri pastor and founder of Chrysostom Press, reposed in the Lord, remembered for his humility and lasting contributions to Orthodox scholarship.
- Author: Tobias Straney
- Tags: #Category: News, ROCOR, Clergy Repose

**HOUSE SPRINGS, MO —** Archpriest Christopher Stade, longtime rector of St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Church in House Springs and a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, [reposed in the Lord](https://orthochristian.com/175250.html) on January 9\. Recently retired due to health reasons, Fr. Christopher served the parish for more than two decades, first as assistant priest from 1990 to 1992 and then as rector from 1992 until 2016, a period marked by significant parish growth.

Beyond his pastoral ministry, Fr. Christopher was widely known as the founder of Chrysostom Press, which translated and published influential English-language editions of the Gospel and Epistle commentaries of Blessed Theophylact of Ohrid, as well as *The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints* by St. Dimitry of Rostov.

[![](https://uoj.news/content/images/2026/01/86101-san-francisco-community-launches-appeal-to-support-young-parishioner-awaiting-kidney-transplant-85db8d7991d2.jpg)On this topicSan Francisco Community Launches Appeal to Support Young Parishioner Awaiting Kidney Transplant](https://uoj.news/news/86101-san-francisco-community-launches-appeal-to-support-young-parishioner-awaiting-kidney-transplant/)

His funeral and a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy were celebrated on January 12 at the parish by Archbishop Gabriel, who remembered him as a humble and devoted shepherd.  
  
Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/86179-jordanville-community-calls-for-prayers-for-archimandrite-theophylact/) that a San Francisco community has launched support for young parishioner awaiting kidney transplant.