Archimandrite Luke (Majoros) fell asleep in the Lord on February 12, 2026 in Ottawa, ON, Canada. He was predeceased by his parents and leaves behind his sister Klara (Nigel), his niece Katleya, and his fellow Monk Viktor (Eryomin).
Father Luke was born Rudolf Majoros on November 4, 1949, in Novi-Sad, Yugoslavia, to Laszlo and Katya Majoros. They also had one daughter, Klara. Rudolf was born into a Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking family, and he and his sister grew up speaking both Hungarian and Serbian.
As a teenager, he left Yugoslavia with his family, and they emigrated to Toronto, ON where his father had gone a year earlier. Rudolf completed his secondary education in Toronto. After this, he entered Saint Michael’s College at the University of Toronto.
For some years, he worked as an airline steward on Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPAir). This was his first permanent employment and exposed him to many different cultures, since he served on some international routes.
During his travels in the 1970s, when he would often stop and visit in Vancouver, BC, he met the man who would become his Orthodox sponsor and guide, Professor Demetrios Economou. He guided Rudolf into the Orthodox Church and to his baptism in Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Vancouver where he was given the name Gabriel. Later, Demitrios enabled the newly-illumined Gabriel to make a visit to Mount Athos for the first time.
A consequence of this visit was his decision in 1977 to return and to live permanently on the Holy Mountain at Hilandar Monastery.
In about 1980, at Hilandar Monastery, Rudolf Majoros was tonsured to be a monk of the Lesser Schema, and he was given the name Luka (Luke). This occurred on the Feast of the Holy Apostle Luke 18 October/3 November.
Father Luke belonged to the generation of monks who arrived at the Hilandar Monastery in the 1970s, alongside the late Archimandrite Pajsije (Tanasijević) (1957 - 2003), Hieromonk Avakum (Medić) (1956 - 2006), Hieromonk Gavrilo (Vučković) (1944 - 2017), and Archimandrite Hrizostom (Stolić) (1939 - 2012), the last being the Bishop of Žiča. Another of his contemporaries, and nearer in age, was the monk Andrej (Ćilerdžić), who later became a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Father Luke served for many years as the “Archondar” (hospitality officer) at Hilandar Monastery, and he was the cell attendant (“kelejnik”) to the late Elder Nikanor (Savic) of Hilandar (later recognised to be a saint).
In about 1980, the Monk Luka was ordained to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Chrysostomos (Anagnostopoulos) of Rodostolon. In 1985, Hierodeacon Luka returned to Canada to see his family with Monk Pierre (Vachon).
In January, 1986, Hierodeacon Luka went to Jamaica, where he lived for about 3 years, teaching English amongst other work.
In 1989, he returned to Toronto, ON, where he was received into the Orthodox Church in America and attached first to Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Toronto, then to the Annunciation to the Theotokos-Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Ottawa, ON.
Later he went with Monk Pierre (Vachon) sought out a site in Québec to make an attempt at eremitic monastic life in 1992. He lived in the Protection of the Theotokos Hermitage in Saint-Eusèbe de Témiscouata, Québec.
On March 12, 2000, at the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint-Benoît de Nursie in Montréal, Québec, the Archdeacon Luke was ordained to the Holy Priesthood. He was attached to the Communauté Monastique de Saint-Séraphim de Sarov, while he remained at Saint-Eusèbe de Témiscouata, QB.
Later, he was transferred to the Monastic Brotherhood of Saint Silouan of Mount Athos at Johnstown, ON. From there, he served for a period of time at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in London, ON, “on-loan” to Metropolitan Sotirios (Athanassoulas) of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto.
Then, in 2003, Father Luke was sent to serve at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Sudbury, ON. He returned to the Archdiocese of Canada in late 2006, and he began to serve as Priest-in-charge of Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Church in Kingston, Ontario. While he served at Kingston, he lived at the Hermitage of Saint Anthony at Westport, Ontario.
In 2011 he was elevated to the dignity of Igumen. In 2012, Father Luke was released from his responsibilities in Kingston, and he was transferred to the Monastery of Saint Silouan in Johnstown, ON. There, he served in the Chapel of Saint Silouan the Athonite, and he travelled often to Potsdam, NY, USA, where he nurtured the beginning of Saint Olympia Mission.
In 2015, Father Luke was elevated to the dignity of Archimandrite and in 2016 the Monastery of Saint Silouan was closed. As a consequence, Father Luke and another monk moved to Kilmarnock, ON, where they continued as the Hermitage of the Protection of the Theotokos. Father Luke served in the Domestic Chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian.
Father Luke was fluent in speaking English, French, Hungarian, Serbian, and Greek.
At the end of 2024, because of the pending sale of the property where they had lived, Father Luke and Father Victor (Eryomin) moved into an apartment in Ottawa. They prayed at home, and they attended services at the Annunciation to the Theotokos-Saint Nicholas Cathedral, and Saint Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church.
In 2025, Father Luke’s health began to suffer and he received various treatments, which culminated in a surgery. Despite the surgery, which was followed by chemotherapy, Father Luke’s health had deteriorated sufficiently that his body could not tolerate treatment, and he remained in a hospital for a lengthy period of time. Then, in February, 2026, he was admitted to the Saint Vincent Hospital in Ottawa’s palliative care ward.
The Funeral Service for the Burial of a Monk will be held at the Annunciation to the Theotokos-Saint Nicholas Cathedral (15, Eccles Street, Ottawa, ON) on Tuesday, February 17 at 6:30 PM The Memorial Divine Liturgy with a final, brief Memorial Service will also be helf at the cathedral on Wednesday, February 16, at 10:00 AM. Both services will be presided by His Eminence Archbishop Irénée and the Cathedral Dean, Archpriest James Giggs. Interment will be in the spring at the Saint James Anglican Cemetery at Maitland, ON.
May Father Luke’s memory be eternal!