Patriarch Alexy II to be buried at Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow
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Moscow, December 6, Interfax - Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia will be buried on the grounds of the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow on Tuesday, December 9, Metropolitan Kirill, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, said in a television program on Saturday.
Alexy II himself wished to be buried at the Epiphany Cathedral, where he had conducted services for years and where the relics of St. Alexy, the deceased patriarch's patron saint, are stored, he said. One of Alexy II's predecessors, Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow and All Russia, is also buried at the Epiphany Cathedral, Metropolitan Kirill said.
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Alexy II himself wished to be buried at the Epiphany Cathedral, where he had conducted services for years and where the relics of St. Alexy, the deceased patriarch's patron saint, are stored, he said. One of Alexy II's predecessors, Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow and All Russia, is also buried at the Epiphany Cathedral, Metropolitan Kirill said.
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