Rev. Fr. Joachim "Joseph" Pastirik

12/09/1941 - 10/19/2025

REV. FR. JOACHIM (Joseph) PASTIRIK, O.S.B. age 83, Benedictine monk and priest of Saint Andrew Abbey, and longtime faculty member of Benedictine High School, died Sunday evening, October 19, 2025. Beloved son of the late John and Margaret (Bobovnick) Pastirik; loving twin brother of John (Sherry); dear uncle of John Jr. (Mary), great-uncle to Anna, Emma, and Owen, and friend of many. Friends will be received THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT ST. ANDREW ABBEY CHURCH, 2900 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, FROM 2:30 P.M. TO 6:30 P.M. WITH MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT 7 P.M. Burial Friday, October 24 at Calvary Cemetery at 10 A.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to St. Andrew Abbey. (ARRANGEMENTS BY ST. JOHN FUNERAL HOME OF BEDFORD 440-232-1155).