Memorial service for Patriarch Aleksy II of Moscow to be celebrated at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral,USA
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SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] -- The chancery of the Orthodox Church in America has received the following media release from the office of the Administrator of Patriarchal parishes in the U.S.A. concerning the repose of His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy II of Moscow and All Russia. "The office of the Administrator of Patriarchal parishes in the U.S.A sorrowfully informs you that this morning, Dec. 5, 2008, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, fell asleep in the Lord in his residence in suburban Moscow.
"At 7 pm a solemn memorial service will be conducted by US Patriarchal Vicar, His Grace Bishop Mercurius of Zaraisk, at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral, located at 15 East 97 Street, NY, NY." The OCA chancery has also learned that a special session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church will be convened in Moscow on Saturday, December 6, 2008, to appoint a Locum tenens of the Patriarchal Throne and to determine the time and place of the burial of His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy.
May the memory of His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy II of Moscow and All Russia be eternal!
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