Jaroslav Šuvarský: key obituary facts
Is Jaroslav Šuvarský dead? Yes. Jaroslav Šuvarský died on November 13, 2026, at age 85.
Cause of death: Jaroslav Šuvarský's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Jaroslav Šuvarský known for?
Jaroslav Šuvarský was a Czech Orthodox priest.
Jaroslav Šuvarský, a Czech Orthodox priest who served as a metropolitan protopresbyter of the Czech Orthodox Church and spiritual administrator of the Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, died November 13, 2026, aged 85.
He was born on May 25, 1941, in Zavidov, in what is now Ukraine, to a family of Volhynian Czechs. In 1947, after the Second World War, his family moved back to the Czech lands.
Šuvarský studied theology at the University of Prešov, completing his studies with a doctorate. His doctoral dissertation examined Saint Gorazd, the first Czech Orthodox bishop and a new martyr. He pursued further studies in Leningrad in 1968, at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland, in 1969, and at the Oriental Institute in Rome. His work brought together theological study and service in the Czech Orthodox Church, including pastoral responsibility at the cathedral dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius. His books included Svatý Gorazd, published in 2009, and Národní památník hrdinů heydrichiády, published in 2014, a study of the national memorial to the heroes of the Heydrich terror.