Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia presents his condolences on the decease of Metropolitan Nikolai of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of condolences to the Hole Synod of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia in connection with the decease of Metropolitan Nikolai.

To: Holy Synod
Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia

It is with deep grief that I learned about the decease of Metropolitan Nikolai of the Czech Land and Slovakia.

On behalf of the entire Russian Orthodox Church we present our sincere condolences to the orphaned Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. The late Hierarch will stay in our prayerful memory as an ardent worker in the field of Christ, a tireless preacher of Holy Orthodoxy and an old friend of the Russian Orthodox Church.

May the Lord repose his soul in the dwellings of the righteous. Memory Eternal to him!

+ALEXY
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA