FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Fr. Nicholas N. Harbatis, 89, died March 7. He was born April 30, 1926 in Fitchburg, Mass. He completed high school in Clinton, Mass., and enrolled at Wayne State University in Detroit, earning a bachelor degree in education. He then enrolled at Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline and graduated in 1948.

He married Mary Mamangakis of New York, who predeceased him in 2014.

He was ordained a deacon by Bishop Athenagoras Cavadas at Evangelismos Church in Dover, N.H. in February 1949, and as a priest at Holy Cross Chapel in Brookline in March 1949.

He served at Annunciation Church in Woburn, Mass. (March 1949-November 1950); St. Nicholas, Detroit (November 1950-February 1957); St. John, Tampa, Fla. (February 1957-October 1961); St. Demetrios, Astoria, N.Y. (October 1961-November 1964); St. Nicholas, Detroit (November 1964-August 1975); St. Nicholas, Fort Pierce, Fla. (November 1976-February 1977, after one year leave of absence); St. Andrew, Miami (March 1977-November 1985); St. Nicholas, Detroit (December 1985-June 1998). He retired July 1, 1988.

Survivors include a son and a daughter, with whom he had been living with in Florida when he died.