On behalf of the Catholic freepers, our sincerest sympathy and prayers for Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow.
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Posted on 12/05/2008 3:53:37 AM PST by Freelance Warrior
The patriarch died on Friday morning, aged 79, the Church told the BBC.
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My sincere condolences.
Prayers to his family and his ease into Heaven.
Oh dear! May his memory be eternal!
May he rest in peace. Sympathies to his family and other loved ones, and best wishes to the Russian Orthodox Church during their transition to a new leader.
Orthodox ping. May his memory be eternal!
May his memory be eternal!
God Bless and keep him.
Prayers for the repose of his soul in the loving arms of the Almighty forever, and for the consolation of those he led. Prayers for them in this time of transition.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescat in pace. Et fidelium animæ per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace. Amen.
O Christ, please rest the soul of Your slave with Saints, where there are neither illness, nor sorrow, no sighs...
On behalf of the Catholic freepers, our sincerest sympathy and prayers for Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow.
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Amen.
“Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.”
May he rest in peace.
Vjecnaja pamjat! Memory eternal!
It seems that several local Orthodox Churches have been having changes in leadership recently, or soon will be having such changes—the Church of Romania, the Orthodox Church in America, and now the Church of Russia. In the Church of Serbia, Patriarch Pavle is gravely ill and in the hospital. He asked to be removed, but his fellow heirarchs asked him to stay on.
No, he had heart problems since 2002 and has spent many time in hospital since that time. He died 79 years old...
During his primatehood he managed to unite the Moscow Patriarchate with the Russian Church abroad, many new monsteries and parishes emerged in Russia.
Is this the event which will lead to their rejoining the Roman Catholic Church. Prayers abounding.
Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon him. A hymn befits thee, O God of Zion, and a vow will be fulfilled unto thee in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer: to thee shall all flesh come. Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon him.
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