Thursday, November 19, 2009

600,000 Serbs Mourn Patriarch Pavle at Holy Archangels Monastery near Belgrade


B92 News

The spiritual leader of the Serb Orthodox Christians was laid to rest this afternoon at the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Rakovica, near Belgrade, next to Patriarch Dimitrije, who headed the Serb Church from 1920 until 1930.

The funeral service at the grave was served by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the keeper of the throne of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) until a new patriarch has been elected, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and Littoral.

A message from Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill was also read.

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