Patriarch Alexy prays for Solzhenitsyn's repose
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Moscow, August 7, Interfax - Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia together with many other people prayed for the repose of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's soul. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addressed those who came to the writer's funerals held in the Moscow Donskoy monastery, the Patriarchate's press service reports. Alexy II again expressed his condolences to the family of the late. "I kiss the late for the last time and pray to Master of life our Lord Jesus Christ to repose the His late servant Alexander in the heavenly dwellings," his address reads. The patriarch noted that Solzhenitsyn reflected on his future earthily decease "with Christian dignity and calmness... he believed death is a transition from temporary existence to life everlasting.""The Lord granted him power and courage to bear the cross of standing for truth, to work in the literary field for the memory of those who suffered for faith and truth in dark years of the last century but managed to live honestly and in good conscience," Patriarch Alexy writes.According to him, the whole Solzhenitsyn's life is "a worthy example of serving to truth, devotion to his vocation and God's given mission.""He spared no effort to make people know the truth about tragic but heroic past of our country. In his witness to truth, suffering for it, he stuck to his life principle: a word of truth conquers the world. His spiritual testament to the present and future generations is based on this conviction and adherence to truth," the Church primate believes and hopes the Lord will forgive "all transgressions both voluntary and involuntary of His late servant." Source:
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