Moscow Patriarchate expresses condolence over death of Metropolitan Laurus
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Moscow, March 16, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate thinks that the death of First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) Metropolitan Laurus of East America and New York is a huge loss and that it is symbolic that he died on the day of the Feast of Orthodoxy."Metropolitan Laurus managed to complete his lifework: he became a part of the history as the ROCOR first hierarch, who united it with the Russian Orthodox Church. It is remarkable that he died on the day on which the Orthodox Church celebrates its Feast," Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, told Interfax-Religion."Of course this is a huge loss for the whole Russian Orthodox Church," the archpriest said.Metropolitan Laurus visited Moscow last month "and it was clearly seen that he was happy because his lifework had been completed," the priest said."He spoke much about good things that the last year unification of churches has brought to the Russian people abroad," the priest said.Metropolitan Laurus will be buried at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, where the ROCOR administrative center is situated and where previous ROCOR first hierarchs were buried.
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