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TO  THE  HOLY  SYNOD
OF  THE  MOSCOW  PATRIARCHATE
CHISTY  LANE  5  MOSCOW  119034  RUSSIA
 
    WITH  DEEP  SORROW  WE  RECEIVED  THE  NEWS  OF  THE  PASSING  AWAY  OF  THE  MOST  RESPECTED  HOLY  PATRIARCH  ALEXY  II  OF  MOSCOW  AND  ALL  RUSSIA  A  REMARKABLE  AND  IMPRESSIVE  PERSONALITY  WHO  BY  HIS  DYNAMIC  LEADERSHIP  HIS  CREATIVE  INITIATIVES  AND ACHIEVEMENTS  GUIDED  THE  CHURCH  OF  RUSSIA  WITH  THE  WISDOM  AND  POWER  OF  THE  SPIRIT. 
     PARTICIPATING  BROTHERLY  IN  THIS  GREAT  PAIN   WE  ALREADY  CELEBRATED  A  TRISAGION  WARMLY  PRAYING  THAT  THE  TRIUNE  GOD  WHOM  THE  BELOVED  PATRIARCH  ALEXY  FAITHFULLY  SERVED  IN  VERY  CRITICAL  TIMES  KEEPS  HIS  SOUL  AMONG  HIS  SAINTS  MAY  HIS  MEMORY  BE  ETERNAL
    TIRANA  5  DECEMBER 2008
 
+ ANASTASIOS
ARCHBISHOP  OF  TIRANA  DURRES  AND  ALL  ALBANIA
    Note: In the funeral of the Holy Patriarch of Moscow Aleksy II was present and our Archbishop Anastasios accompanied by His Eminence Nikolla Bishop of Apollonia.
    For more about the funeral service visit the web page of the Russian Patriarchate http://www.patriarhia.ru/db/text/505167.html
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