San Francisco Chronicle

May 10, 1942. This article is reprinted below.

Disclaimer: All newspaper articles are reprinted exactly as they appeared in the newspaper regardless of misspellings, grammar, errors, or omissions. This article says that Fr. Tsapralis' first name was Benjamin. That is true. After Presbytera Eleni Tsapralis passed away Archbishop Athenagoras gave him the title of Archimandrite and he was given the name "Benjamin". We refer to his name as Kostantinos or Constantine because that is what people remember most.


Obituary - Fr. Kostantinos (B.A.) Tsapralis

Reverend Archimandrite Benjamin A. Tsapralis, 73, long time San Francisco resident and priest of the United Greek Orthodox Community Church, Valencia near Fourteenth street, has died after a short illness.

A native of Sanka, Mantinia county, Greece, Rev. Tsapralis has lived in San Francisco for 40 years.

He is survived by three sons, Dr. Paul Tsapralis, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army; Basil Tsapralis and John Tsapralis, and two daughters, Mrs. Aphrodite Flesoras and Mrs. Madeline Sagris.

Friends may call at San Francisco Memorial Chapels, Valencia near Fifteenth street, until 1 p.m. today (Sunday). The Most Reverend Tsapralis will then lie in state at the Church of Annunciation until Tuesday at 2 p.m. when a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated.

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