His Holiness Patriarch Alexy Expressed his Condolences to the Clergymen and Faithful of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church over the Demise of their Primate

His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to the clergymen and faithful of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church with the demise of their Primate in the message to Archbishop John of Yaroslavl and Kostroma, Locum Tenens of the Old Believers Metropolitan’s See of Moscow and All Russia.

The full text is given below.

To: His Eminence Archbishop John of Yaroslavl and Kostroma,

Locum Tenens of the Old Believers Metropolitan’s See of Moscow and All Russia

Your Eminence,

We share the grief of the sad loss that befell the hierarchs, clergy and laity of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church – the demise of His Eminence Andrian, Old Believers Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia.

The deceased hierarch, though his primatial ministry was not long, had fruitfully worked for the well being of his flock and for the strengthening of spiritual foundations in public life.

His earthy path stopped suddenly during pilgrimage, and we now pray for his rest in the eternal heavenly mansions.

With love in Christ,

+Alexy
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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia