News about Patriarch Alexy II :(

More articles on the Patriarch: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5291723.ece http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Alexius_II_of_Russia Dave

I am shocked, saddened and numbed by the news. Yes, May his memory be eternal!

More news items: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103ap_eu_russia_obit_alexy_ii.html http://www.oca.org/news/1713 http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/12enseacliffliturgyann.html http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/12enpatralexeideath.html http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/12enpapanihida.html http://www.pravoslavie.ru/gallery/gallery73.htm What is striking is that Patriarch Alexei reposed less than a year after Metropolitan Laurus with whom he signed the Act of Canonical Communion. http://www.synod.com/synod/enrt07/enakt.html http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/enrt07/enrtphotoalbum.html May the memory of both Patriarch Alexei and Valdyka Laurus be eternal!

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Sorry, I\'ll use English... Memory Eternal! Remember, O Lord, this Thy servant Patriarch Alexy II in Thy Kingdom!

Archbishop Demetrios Expresses Condolences to the Russian Church http://www.goarch.org/news/alexypassing-2008-12-05

Memory eternal.