Family Matters
Our Autistic Family: A Father's Reflections on Raising His Profoundly Autistic Children
Deacon Demetrius Romanczuk serves Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Mission in North Carolina, is a retired educator with a background in special education, an Accessibility Coach with the On Behalf of All initiative: Toward an Accessible Divine Liturgy for Children with Disabilities, husband of Matushka Cathy, and devoted father to Luke and Kate, who have level 3 autism. Honest about his family's challenges, he shares how he and his wife approach them with a sense of humor, with the knowledge that this life includes a struggle of becoming more Christ-like, and the hope that in eternal life all will be understood.
For more information on the On Behalf of All Initiative, visit: https://www.goarch.org/oboa
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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