The late Primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czeck Lands and Slovakia will be buried on February 4

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in the Czeck Lands and Slovakia reports that the the order of burial of the late Primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czeck Lands and Slovakia – Metropolitan Nikolai will be conducted in the Cathedral of St. Alexander of Neva in Preshov on February 4, 2006. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Feofan of Berlin and Germany will participate in the burial on behal of the Russian Orthodox Church.

As was reported earlier, Metropolitan Nikolai passed away on January 30 at the age of 79. He was the Primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czeck Lands and Slovakia for six years.

• Primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia His Beatitude Metropolitan Nikolaj was buried in Presov
• Requiem service for the late Metropolitan Nikolai is conducted in the Representation Church of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia in Moscow
• В день погребения Блаженнейшего Митрополита Николая Святейший Патриарх Алексий направил послание Священному Синоду Православной Церкви в Чешских землях и Словакии
• The late Primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czeck Lands and Slovakia will be buried on February 4
• Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia presents his condolences on the decease of Metropolitan Nikolai of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
• Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate presents his condolences on the decease of Metropolitan Nikolai of the Czech Lands and Slovakia