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Funeral service of the Russian Patriarch Alexy II ( 09.12.2008 )

In the cathedral church of Christ the Saviour a funeral service of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and whole Russia Alexy II was served. After the ceremony of forgiveness with the fifteenth Head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the coffin with the body of the Patriarch on the hands of the Hierarchs was taken out of the church. The Heads of the Local Orthodox Churches took part in the funeral service: the Patriarch of Constantinopole Bartolomew, the Georgian Elijah, the Romanian Daniel, the Archbishop of Athens and whole Greece Ieronymos, the Archbishop of Tirana and whole Albania Anastasios, the Metropolitan of Czech Republic and Slovakia Christopher.

On the funeral service of His Holiness Alexy, the representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches also took part: from Orthodox Church of Alexandria – the Metropolitan Peter; from Orthodox Church of Antiohia – the representative of the Patriarch, Episcope Niphon; from Orthodox Church of Jerusalem – Metropolitan Hesychius; from Serbian Orthodox Church – the representative of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan of Montenegro Amphilochius; from Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Metropolitan Dometian; from Orthodox Church of Cyprus – Metropolitan George; from Orthodox Church of Poland – Archbishop Simeon; from Orthodox Church of America – Archbishop Seraphim.

After the funeral service and the ceremony of forgiveness with His Holiness Alexy in the cathedral church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the coffin with the body of the departed Head of the Russian Orthodox Church was taken to the Theophany cathedral church in Elochva. In the Litany of transferring of the departed Head of the Russian Orthodox Church, thousands of believers went to.

The Liturgy for the departed was celebrated by Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Cyril, after which according his will the Russian Patriarch Alexy II was buried in the chapel of Annunciation in the Theophany cathedral church.

On the cross on the grave it was written with golden letters: ,,His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and whole Russia Alexy II. The Testemony of Yours to be mentioned by God in His Heavenly Kingdom“.

 

Source: Patriarhia.ru